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  1. Alexander

    Alexander Registered User

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    xbox360

    with it being hd compatible does it have hd port on the back or is it and adapter to adapter to adapter kind of jobby?
    Alexander, Dec 7, 2005
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    It's got some sort of docking port for it's official hdd on the top.

    From what I've read it has USB ports, so there's prob no reason why you can't just plug an external hdd caddy into it.
    Conway, Dec 7, 2005
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  4. Alexander

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    HD as in High definition
    Alexander, Dec 7, 2005
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    ah, HDTV :D

    no fucking idea.

    rtfm :lol:
    Conway, Dec 7, 2005
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  6. Alexander

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    :dunce: :lol:
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  7. Alexander

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    i thought it would simply just have a port on the back, but nowhere says anything about it and it was never mentioned in the lauch videos saying what input outputs it had.
    Alexander, Dec 7, 2005
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    it does support 1024x768 but i think its interlaced and not progressive, not sure
    Lee, Dec 8, 2005
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    yeah thats what i've heard but how does it connect to a device with that resolution. It can't just have scart
    Alexander, Dec 8, 2005
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    Better buy a nice big fan, a lot of the XBox360's are supposed to be over heating.
    JockB, Dec 9, 2005
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    Slightly disappointing resolution compared to what a phat PC will give :down:

    I was hoping for about 1900 by 1200 or something :lol:
    andy_rocks, Dec 9, 2005
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  12. Alexander

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    i know microsoft are total shit like, glad i didn't get one now, bring on the ps3.
    Alexander, Dec 9, 2005
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    I'd imagine that'd be just as bad on the cooling issue.

    I'm sorry but you can't expect to shoehorn a multicore processor into a box that small and not expect it to overheat.

    Thats part of the reason why PC towers are so big - it's just as much about ventilation as being able to fit more stuff into it.
    Conway, Dec 9, 2005
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  14. Alexander

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    it may also be because they rushed getting the console out before the ps3
    Alexander, Dec 9, 2005
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    More raw processor power doesn't mean it'll be better...

    Look at the PS2 and the Xbox, Xbox was more powerful on paper, but PS2 had better games (and a larger range from what I've seen, could be wrong).

    Developers might be put off by the complexity of it, the PS2 was supposedly an absolute pig to program. Imagine trying to code your game to run accross multiple CPU cores simultaneously with concurrency? I've done it with 4 threads (processor tasks) as part of a simple code demo on a Solaris server and it was an absolute headfuck.
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    where did that come from? but anyway, i'm not saying it will be better, but in terms of sales microsoft will never beat playstation till they get a share of the asian market, even nintendo sell more units than xbox because of there asian market share.

    The asians aren't interested in the 1 day to complete, blast everything in sight, mindless entertainment that the xbox offers. Even though those type of games are mint:lol:

    The games need a lot more depth to appeal to that market
    Alexander, Dec 9, 2005
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    True, look at the gamecube if you want evidence of that ;)
    Conway, Dec 9, 2005
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    Got my xbox 360 yesterday - Perfect Dark zero is brilliant.. Got FIFA ready to play aswell.

    The visualisatiojn thing on the cd player would outshine anything in a club aswell... its fab (Created by Jeff Minter aswell)
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    whats the crack with the HD connection?
    Alexander, Dec 18, 2005
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    says on there though the connector on the xbox is av, av isn't hd though so it won't be proper hd
    Alexander, Dec 18, 2005
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