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**Bman** · March 2nd, 2009

I was just about to buy a 360, and to my surprise they announce the red 120GB elite version for Resident Evil, march 13th or something, can't wait!

melon · March 13th, 2009

Just bought RE5 this morning before work. I can't wait to play it!

Oh and since I've been playing it a few weeks now...

Originally Posted by technokid88

oh that sucks.. but
The Last Remnant for Xbox = Crap lol

It does have the technical issues that everyone noted, like the slow disc loading times and the battle frame rate issues. Nonetheless, loading the game onto the hard drive makes issue #1 irrelevant, as it loads much more quickly, and the frame rate issues, while admittedly unpolished, really do nothing to lessen the enjoyment of the game.

The only thing I've noticed--and I don't know if this is an XBox 360 bug or a game bug--but my wireless controller disconnects heavily during the battles to the point of being useless. It didn't do that at first, and doesn't disconnect outside of the battles, but it is basically useless during the battles now. Thankfully, I do have a wired controller, as I bought one for use on my PC over a year ago, and that works flawlessly. The cord is so long that it really doesn't hamper my playing whatsoever.

Does anyone have any input on what could be causing the controller issue I'm having?

**Bman** · March 13th, 2009

So I picked up my LE Resident Evil 5 360 Elite.

Trying to play Resident Evil 5, keeps saying disc is unreadable, I play a bit, then it does that. So I tried installing it to drive, same issue. So I went back to the store, and it played perfect there. So I picked up Halo 3 to test if it's my drive or not.

Will update soon, going to install Halo 3 and ResEvil5 and see what happens. If not then he said I could come back and get a new 360.

**tdinc** · March 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by Bman

So I picked up my LE Resident Evil 5 360 Elite.

Trying to play Resident Evil 5, keeps saying disc is unreadable, I play a bit, then it does that. So I tried installing it to drive, same issue. So I went back to the store, and it played perfect there. So I picked up Halo 3 to test if it's my drive or not.

Will update soon, going to install Halo 3 and ResEvil5 and see what happens. If not then he said I could come back and get a new 360.

for a new system to do that right out of the box. take it back..... thats a bad sign..

**Bman** · March 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by tdinc

for a new system to do that right out of the box. take it back..... thats a bad sign..

Yea Halo 3 installed and plays just fine, Resident Evil still has the issues. I am going to bring back the system tomorrow.

Question, how do I allow my 360 and Computer to talk to each other.

And, what is the real difference between Gold And Silver accounts?

**tdinc** · March 13th, 2009

not a 360 owner, sorry Bman,

I found this for LIVE information
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/goldBenefits.htm

**indyjones** · March 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by Bman

Yea Halo 3 installed and plays just fine, Resident Evil still has the issues. I am going to bring back the system tomorrow.

Question, how do I allow my 360 and Computer to talk to each other.

And, what is the real difference between Gold And Silver accounts?

Basically you can't play online with sliver plus some other stuff see here

**indyjones** · March 13th, 2009

Oh tdinc despite having 'the other system' beat me to the link

**Bman** · March 13th, 2009

Thanks guys, so I found how to setup Windows Media Center with the xbox, but most of my videos are HD files, like mkv and such. Says it can't play it, how do I make it so that it can play it. Cause my computer can play them just fine.

**tdinc** · March 13th, 2009

The Xbox 360 supports videos in .wmv-format, as well as high-definition .wmv-videos, H.264, MPEG-4, and PlaysForSure WMV videos. The December 2007 dashboard update added support for the playback of MPEG-4 ASP format videos.[42]

The console can also display pictures and perform slideshows of photo collections with various transition effects, and supports audio playback, with music player controls accessible through the Xbox 360 Guide button. Users may play back their own music while playing games or using the dashboard, and can play music with an interactive visual synthesizer.

Music, photos and videos can be played from standard USB mass storage devices, Xbox 360 proprietary storage devices (such as memory cards or Xbox 360 hard drives), and servers or computers with Windows Media Center or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher within the local-area network in streaming mode.

As the Xbox 360 uses a modified version of the UPnP AV protocol, some alternative UPnP servers such as uShare (part of the GeeXboX project) and MythTV can also stream media to the Xbox 360, allowing for similar functionality from non-Windows servers. This is possible with video files up to HD-resolution and with several codecs (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV) and container formats (WMV, MOV, TS).

This link will give you all supprted file formats
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...x_360_play.cfm

Bman, you need to convert the mkv files. the 360 does not support that codec format for HD. this will help

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...n_xbox_360.cfm

**Bman** · March 13th, 2009

Originally Posted by tdinc

This link will give you all supprted file formats
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...x_360_play.cfm

Bman, you need to convert the mkv files. the 360 does not support that codec format for HD. this will help

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...n_xbox_360.cfm

I read that guide, and its quite stupid. Is there an easier way, I don't feel like installing 10 programs to convert 3000files. Is there a 1 step option?

*Edit, found one with only 3 programs lol

**tdinc** · March 14th, 2009

To be honest, why would you want to put them on the 360 when you can stream from your PC? just wondering?

**Bman** · March 14th, 2009

Originally Posted by tdinc

To be honest, why would you want to put them on the 360 when you can stream from your PC? just wondering?

Old 22" non HD Monitor, or 40" 1080P HDTV.... lol

**Bman** · March 14th, 2009

Picked up the new 360 today, everything working great!

**zeke_mo** · March 14th, 2009

Originally Posted by Bman

Old 22" non HD Monitor, or 40" 1080P HDTV.... lol

if a monitor is 22" its more than likely HD, not 1080p, but atleast 720

**Bman** · March 14th, 2009

Originally Posted by zeke_mo

if a monitor is 22" its more than likely HD, not 1080p, but atleast 720

Yea but its really old, and only at 1680x1050, thats not a hd resolution.

**failurbydesign** · March 15th, 2009

i love my ps3, but i want an xbox for game play and netflix, ill hack t he **** out of it too

**Bman** · March 15th, 2009

I wish I knew how to hack it.

Android412 · March 15th, 2009

google is your friend

**failurbydesign** · March 15th, 2009

xbox scene is your friend too

March 2nd, 2009	Top \| #41
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? I was just about to buy a 360, and to my surprise they announce the red 120GB elite version for Resident Evil, march 13th or something, can't wait!

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #42
melon MS-DOS 2.0 Joined: February 2002 Location: Ásgarðr Posts: 854 Reputation: 420 Power: 134	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Just bought RE5 this morning before work. I can't wait to play it! Oh and since I've been playing it a few weeks now... Originally Posted by technokid88 oh that sucks.. but The Last Remnant for Xbox = Crap lol It does have the technical issues that everyone noted, like the slow disc loading times and the battle frame rate issues. Nonetheless, loading the game onto the hard drive makes issue #1 irrelevant, as it loads much more quickly, and the frame rate issues, while admittedly unpolished, really do nothing to lessen the enjoyment of the game. The only thing I've noticed--and I don't know if this is an XBox 360 bug or a game bug--but my wireless controller disconnects heavily during the battles to the point of being useless. It didn't do that at first, and doesn't disconnect outside of the battles, but it is basically useless during the battles now. Thankfully, I do have a wired controller, as I bought one for use on my PC over a year ago, and that works flawlessly. The cord is so long that it really doesn't hamper my playing whatsoever. Does anyone have any input on what could be causing the controller issue I'm having? http://www.xeidon.com / .org / .net

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #43
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? So I picked up my LE Resident Evil 5 360 Elite. Trying to play Resident Evil 5, keeps saying disc is unreadable, I play a bit, then it does that. So I tried installing it to drive, same issue. So I went back to the store, and it played perfect there. So I picked up Halo 3 to test if it's my drive or not. Will update soon, going to install Halo 3 and ResEvil5 and see what happens. If not then he said I could come back and get a new 360.

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #44
tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,505 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 164	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Originally Posted by Bman So I picked up my LE Resident Evil 5 360 Elite. Trying to play Resident Evil 5, keeps saying disc is unreadable, I play a bit, then it does that. So I tried installing it to drive, same issue. So I went back to the store, and it played perfect there. So I picked up Halo 3 to test if it's my drive or not. Will update soon, going to install Halo 3 and ResEvil5 and see what happens. If not then he said I could come back and get a new 360. for a new system to do that right out of the box. take it back..... thats a bad sign..

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #45
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Originally Posted by tdinc for a new system to do that right out of the box. take it back..... thats a bad sign.. Yea Halo 3 installed and plays just fine, Resident Evil still has the issues. I am going to bring back the system tomorrow. Question, how do I allow my 360 and Computer to talk to each other. And, what is the real difference between Gold And Silver accounts?

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March 13th, 2009	Top \| #46
tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,505 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 164	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? not a 360 owner, sorry Bman, I found this for LIVE information http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/goldBenefits.htm

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indyjones OSNN.net Adventurer Joined: November 2002 Location: England Posts: 1,567 Reputation: 330 Power: 131	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Originally Posted by Bman Yea Halo 3 installed and plays just fine, Resident Evil still has the issues. I am going to bring back the system tomorrow. Question, how do I allow my 360 and Computer to talk to each other. And, what is the real difference between Gold And Silver accounts? Basically you can't play online with sliver plus some other stuff see here Intel Q9450 , Asus Rampage Formula X48, 4Gig Corsair Dominator 8500 @ 1066mhz, Lianli case, Logitech G15 & MX1000. Gigabyte 9800GTX, Pioneer DVDRW, Intel SSD, Zalman 9700, MS ForceFeedBack 2, Dell 2005FPW, Xbox360 Adapter, VISTA X64 Ultimate/ Win7 Ultimate

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #48
indyjones OSNN.net Adventurer Joined: November 2002 Location: England Posts: 1,567 Reputation: 330 Power: 131	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Oh tdinc despite having 'the other system' beat me to the link Intel Q9450 , Asus Rampage Formula X48, 4Gig Corsair Dominator 8500 @ 1066mhz, Lianli case, Logitech G15 & MX1000. Gigabyte 9800GTX, Pioneer DVDRW, Intel SSD, Zalman 9700, MS ForceFeedBack 2, Dell 2005FPW, Xbox360 Adapter, VISTA X64 Ultimate/ Win7 Ultimate

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #49
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Thanks guys, so I found how to setup Windows Media Center with the xbox, but most of my videos are HD files, like mkv and such. Says it can't play it, how do I make it so that it can play it. Cause my computer can play them just fine.

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #50
tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,505 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 164	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? The Xbox 360 supports videos in .wmv-format, as well as high-definition .wmv-videos, H.264, MPEG-4, and PlaysForSure WMV videos. The December 2007 dashboard update added support for the playback of MPEG-4 ASP format videos.[42] The console can also display pictures and perform slideshows of photo collections with various transition effects, and supports audio playback, with music player controls accessible through the Xbox 360 Guide button. Users may play back their own music while playing games or using the dashboard, and can play music with an interactive visual synthesizer. Music, photos and videos can be played from standard USB mass storage devices, Xbox 360 proprietary storage devices (such as memory cards or Xbox 360 hard drives), and servers or computers with Windows Media Center or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher within the local-area network in streaming mode. As the Xbox 360 uses a modified version of the UPnP AV protocol, some alternative UPnP servers such as uShare (part of the GeeXboX project) and MythTV can also stream media to the Xbox 360, allowing for similar functionality from non-Windows servers. This is possible with video files up to HD-resolution and with several codecs (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV) and container formats (WMV, MOV, TS). This link will give you all supprted file formats http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...x_360_play.cfm Bman, you need to convert the mkv files. the 360 does not support that codec format for HD. this will help http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...n_xbox_360.cfm

March 13th, 2009	Top \| #51
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Originally Posted by tdinc This link will give you all supprted file formats http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...x_360_play.cfm Bman, you need to convert the mkv files. the 360 does not support that codec format for HD. this will help http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...n_xbox_360.cfm I read that guide, and its quite stupid. Is there an easier way, I don't feel like installing 10 programs to convert 3000files. Is there a 1 step option? *Edit, found one with only 3 programs lol

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tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,505 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 164	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? To be honest, why would you want to put them on the 360 when you can stream from your PC? just wondering?

March 14th, 2009	Top \| #53
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Originally Posted by tdinc To be honest, why would you want to put them on the 360 when you can stream from your PC? just wondering? Old 22" non HD Monitor, or 40" 1080P HDTV.... lol

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Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,700 Blog Entries: 106 Reputation: 1386 Power: 218	Re: XBox 360 or PS3? Picked up the new 360 today, everything working great!

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