| XboX 360 New Dashboard Update 2011 So what does everyone think of the new dashboard update? |
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 MuDvAyNePremium
join:2002-03-02
Brooklyn, NY
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| Besides it killing LIVE for a few hour for me, I have grown on it pretty quickly. It actually feels like a Microsoft product to me now. Some of the new apps look interesting, I just hope it doesn't drive up the price of LIVE again. I was trying to check out the EPIX app but it was not working. I hope that it doesn't cost extra.
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 paintrefTrainPlane Simulation Addict
join:2003-02-21
Houston, TX | reply to X Digital X
I like the new dashboard, everything is more streamlined.
Only thing I wish they did was to label which apps need the gold membership to use, that way you don't go around downloading apps you can't use. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by paintref:Only thing I wish they did was to label which apps need the gold membership to use, that way you don't go around downloading apps you can't use. That would be ALL of them basically.
Personally I think the ads in the middle aren't big ebough. I want them HUGE. Like taking up the whole page so it makes seeing the tabs that take me to the things I actually want to do are impossible to see.
I find it weird that dispite charging $60 a year MS still need advertising revenue for XBL and yet somehow Sony can provide PSN for FREE and have no advertising.
I think if I'm paying $60 for XBL I should get it sans ads. The free XBL memberships should be subjected to the ads. |
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What about that they put the game launch icon in the smallest tile to the top left, and big advertisements in the middle, shouldnt it be the other way around. |
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gsm1
join:2009-03-10
Renton, WA
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I got it |
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pandoraPremium
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The update is OK. I still don't like having to buy the gold plan to watch Netflix or Hulu Plus.
Mostly the Kinect seems a bit creepy to me. I sorta reminds me a bit of something out of a cross between Terminator and Battlestar Galactica.
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 Mac BridgerLate to the partyPremium
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It's nice to have expanded use of the kinect, even if Bing can't understand what you're saying. I can't say about navigating yet, nut I still can't find everything on the new interface. Although I hate that Apps is one of the last options. I guess M$ needs the marketplaces near the beginning to make money.
The new Netflix makes great use of kinect, but they did away with a lot of options, like "restart" and display mode.
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AwolRJ
join:2007-01-05
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I really like the Cloud thing they added and being able to download your profile at whatever xbox your on. I have 2 in my house and my kids were always mad when they went down stairs to play the saved game from the upstairs machine didnt load there game up where they left off. With this cloud no more need for a usb for little files like that! |
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AwolRJ
join:2007-01-05
Niagara Falls, ON | reply to Mac Bridger
Ya there is no more picture size option in netflix, hope they add that back. |
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 Rook008Miles To GoPremium
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Far Rockaway, NY
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It's not bad, I like the "Quickplay" option on the Home tab for the games and apps I play straight from the hard drive.
I don't like how much of the screen is just empty space though.
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| I'm disappointed in this update, as I have to test my connection every time I log in. The web site said to download my profile again, but that didn't help. This gets rather annoying after a while. |
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 GoggalorPsychonautPremium
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said by AwolRJ:I really like the Cloud thing they added and being able to download your profile at whatever xbox your on. I have 2 in my house and my kids were always mad when they went down stairs to play the saved game from the upstairs machine didnt load there game up where they left off. With this cloud no more need for a usb for little files like that!
How much storage do you get with your Cloud share?
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DelmarPip
join:2011-10-15
South Padre Island, TX | reply to X Digital X
Vectordirect just clear the cache that always helps |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Goggalor
said by Goggalor:said by AwolRJ:I really like the Cloud thing they added and being able to download your profile at whatever xbox your on. I have 2 in my house and my kids were always mad when they went down stairs to play the saved game from the upstairs machine didnt load there game up where they left off. With this cloud no more need for a usb for little files like that!
How much storage do you get with your Cloud share? It's 512 MB. Basically just enough for your profile and maybe a few game saves. |
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GoggalorPsychonautPremium
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kudos:1 | said by BF69:It's 512 MB. Basically just enough for your profile and maybe a few game saves.
Looks like it. Thanks for the info. |
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Thanks for the info |
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 KenPremium,MVM
join:2003-06-16
Brownsburg, IN | reply to BF69
said by BF69:said by Goggalor:How much storage do you get with your Cloud share?
It's 512 MB. Basically just enough for your profile and maybe a few game saves. A few game saves? That's enough room for your profile and at least 50 game saves. Depending on the game, it could be enough for over 250 game saves. |
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Rook008Miles To GoPremium
join:2002-02-05
Far Rockaway, NY | Yeah, my profile is about 20MB, and my game saves are pretty small with most being under 2MB and a couple at around 11MB.
It's actually a lot of storage for profiles and save game files. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Ken
said by Ken:said by BF69:said by Goggalor:How much storage do you get with your Cloud share?
It's 512 MB. Basically just enough for your profile and maybe a few game saves. A few game saves? That's enough room for your profile and at least 50 game saves. Depending on the game, it could be enough for over 250 game saves. Good luck trying to get your DLC on there. |
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