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Have you tried port forwarding?

Personally I'm not paranoid about the amount of spam in my inbox, just that I get enough of it already, had it been a demo of something that I really knew that I wanted to play and that wasn't already available to download on marketplace then I would have put my name down for one.

I would put my name down for the demo but, I don't really want to play the game, the competition probably doesn't exist and it's not worth it for getting added to yet another mailing list... Great for someone who's considering getting the game though. Just not my kind of game...

Wow that was epic, I just jumped and dodged all the brutes etc and the planted the nade as you said, got into the warthog and made it to the checkpoint. Thanks Caris, thats saved me a lot of time.

Hai Guyz, stuck on Halo 3 >< Third mission on Heroic, I have lead the marines away from the base, now I have to get to the town of Voi. My problem is I'm at the part where I'm trying to hold out in the two domed structure and I keep getting killed by the Wraith I know I need the fuel rod run to destroy it, and getting that is hard enough but basically... Does anyone have any tips or know of "the best way" of getting hold of a fuel rod gun and which part of the Wraith do I need to hit to destroy it the quickest and how many shots should it take? It's starting to get to me now as I've been stuck on that bit for seemingly an hour at least if not more >< and I really wanted to make some more progress on it before having to go to work later today, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sam.

Hmm is live down atm? as I can't help but notice that everyones gamertags embedded in sigs are showing up as "?" in the gamepic and everything else is blank. Maybe the sudden influx caused by the release of Halo 3 crashed it?

Nps, and yes it's quite useful, for me especially as my PC is always on when playing my 360, also TVersity is useful for streaming video and pictures as well as music, I went for that program because the others (Windows media player, Zune etc) decided not to work for me one day >< mind you I did have a change of router and bought an Elite which probably confused the recognition process, I tried everything with the other programs though. But TVersity I was online within minutes so it wins hand down IMO for ease of use alone.

Not sure about the Xvid support but as for music, you can stream it directly from your PC via TVersity and other such programs, much easier IMO depending on your setup.

Play.com says that they posted my limited edition Halo 3 on 21/09/07 under my account but I got an e-mail stating that they posted it only this morning >< I hate it when they do that, it had better not go MIA in the post like my Gears of War ltd edition did I really don't want the hassle of having to physically find a copy in the high street.

Epic win.

Just to clarify... even if I receive the game before Wednesday, I can't actually play it until 00.01AM on 26/09/07 or else I'll get banned?

Thanks Mr_Odwin & Shorty, I installed the Haali Media Splitter and ffdshow and now Windows Media Player is playing MP4 files, a good visible difference in quality between AVI and MP4 from when I tested it with an MP4 file (I've been watching mostly AVI files up until now) thanks again.

I've been trying to find a codec for Windows Media Player 11 which will allow me to view MP4 video files but I can't seems to find one, does anyone know where I can download one from? Thanks,

I'd recommend this for a 23" set... http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3336290/Samsung-23-LE23R86WDX-XEU-HD-Ready-Freeview-Widescreen-LCD-TV/Product.html I bought one about a year or so ago and I'm happy with it.

Aawesome it worked ^^ Thanks. *goes back to playing Bioshock* (still haven't completed it once yet ><)

Ah cool ty I will try that when i next play it, I didn't see the previous page but I've read up on it now and it seems that must be the problem, assuming that the update included changes to the textures or something then that may well have changed some of the data thats stored on the HDD I guess. And assuming that the Elite has maybe a slightly different DVD drive to the Core and Premium variants then it might be reading the game at a slightly different speed, so I guess resetting the texture cache will most likely sort it out, anyway I will give it a try and let you know what happens.

Hmm I went to play Bioshock last night and it DC'd me from Xbox Live as there was an update available, played it today and noticed that it now seems to freez for a few seconds moderate - frequently, has anyone else has this issue? I figured it must be due to the update but I will try some other games later to make sure, it has better not be my Elite thats gone wrong or something because that would just be too annoying >< as I don't expect any problems being that it should be improved and not suffer from the problems that some of the first gen 360's did.

I have a spherex 5.1 surround sound system which I just use for everything, great audio quality and I've had no major problems with it. http://www.spherexinc.com/products_xbox51.aspx

Happy Birthday L.J.G

True, I was just stating what I know from my experience from TV's, generally yellow is used for video while red and white are used for sound but yes TV sets do vary a lot when it comes to connections and what they can be used for. Afaik you can get Stereo through the RGB scart cable, through your TV at least but beware, the official RGB scart cable does NOT come with seperate red and white audio connectors so it's no good if you want to use it with a surround sound setup, there probably is a way to work around it but not without buying aditional cables and splitters, there may also be a thrid party cable that has the additional audio leads but I've yet to see an unofficial RGB scart lead for the Wii that does.

Probably Red, White and Yellow if so then that won't work as Yellow = Video while Red & White = sound, you need Red, Green, and Blue inputs on the back of your TV for component (the red input is different from the one thats used for sound as the R,G,B inputs are exclusively for video afaik) hope this helps.

From what I've seen from playing Bioshock so far the HDMI is an improvement visually, I quite like the black colour of the unit (something a bit different from the default white colour) and the 120GB HDD will come in useful. *shrugs* I'm happy with it and as long as it doesn't break down for some pointless reason I will continue to be. So I'll be selling my Premium once data is transferred, also I'm considering selling my Bioshock faceplate which I'll list at the same time if I do, not sure on prices though, I'll probably take offers nearer the time if people are interested. Also I'm quite enjoying Bioshock atm ^^ I'm not sure if I'd describe it as "Shooter 2.0" even though it does offer something new to the genre, anyways it's fun to play atm and thats what counts.

In a word, Yes, I created a thread releated to this on Friday http://www.n-europe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16497 basically as soon as I've transferred my data with the kit (when i receive it) I'll be selling my Premium unit.

Ok so I got my Elite on Friday, works fine, using my 20GB HDD until I get the transfer kit, Bioshock looks amazing in HDMI btw, a reasonable improvement over component from what I can see atm IMO. Assuming all goes well with the transfer I will most likely be putting my Premium system up for sale on the trade boards soon so look out for that if you are after one. ^^

Ok so, I've had an Xbox 360 Premium almost since it was released and I have opted to upgrade to the Elite which *should* hopefully be arriving any time now in the post via courier (I assume) from Play.com, also I've just recieved Bioshock moments ago and I'm thinking I might as well wait until I get the Elite to play it assuming I get it today. I'm going to send off the form to get a transfer kit from M$ or I might just phone them if theres an option to do that, basically a few questions... Has anyone actually transferred their data yet? from what I understand you connect the old HDD via the cable to the Elite with the new HDD on top of the black behemoth, then you wait an hour or something and it's done? It supposedly transfers everything but I have a memory card so is it better to keep my gamertag on the memory card for the purposes of the transfer? When I get the Elite I was gonna use the old HDD from the moment I switch it on untill I get the transfer kit as any data put onto the 120GB HDD would get overwritten anyway so I'm guessing this is the best way, finally, you get a months free Live gold access with it, now thats great but I will be using my old Gamertag with it so does that mean I don't get the free month or is it just a redeemable code? Hmm I think thats everything, quite a few questions I guess but if anyone can answer any of them it would be greatly appreciated. ^^ Thanks, Sam.