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  5. Posted

    I've just finished watching Zodiac downloaded from the marketplace, my thoughts:

     

    • If you watching the video while downloading it at the same time, the video skips for a fraction of a second every so often as it writes to the disk
    • HD quality is nowhere near that of a HD DVD, seemed to be somewhere between DVD and HD to me
    • No 5.1 audio, all the sound came through the front speakers
    • No subtitles
    • Download speed was ok, but no where near streaming level so requires some forethought into when you'll want to watch the movie, so hardly an "on demand" service

     

    All in all I'm a little disappointed. I doubt I'll download any other movies from the service unless there's a very good reason. Would defo prefer TV shows on there.

  12. Posted

    I don't think a hard drive is needed as such, though one would be most welcome (I imagine it being a replacement for the angled stand you get with your Wii, except this one contains a couple of gigs of storage and a few usb ports). All that is really needed is the ability to load Channels and Games from the SD cards directly, then we have unlimited storage and cheaply too.

  13. Posted

    Will be interesting if/when the BBC comes on board what pricing they will use, given that we pay the licence fee so it should be free. With ITV and others I'd much prefer a nominal charge (just paying for the bandwidth) with none skippable adverts at the usual points in the programme rather than a larger amount for the programme without adverts. This will never happen though.

  14. Posted

    WTF! I just logged into Xbox.Com to check on the status of the N Europe friends list, tried to send out a message to someone and got the following message:

     

    "You must be an Xbox Live Gold member to send messages"

     

    has this always been like this? It this just on the website or can you not send messages on a silver account on your xbox too?

  16. Posted

    Hey Fellas, there seems to be a trend happening on the gaming websites to use the Friends of Friends functionality as a kind of clan list.

    So, I've created a new gamertag called "N Europe" that you should all add as a friend, then you'll be able to see all the members of the N Europe forum and their gamertags in one place and in your dashboard. I think Penny Arcade invented this idea so if you think it's stupid, please don't give me grief!

  20. Posted

    My idea for Elder Scrolls V is to make it the RPG equivalent of Test Drive Unlimited. The usual single player storyline but when out in the towns and overworld you can see some other players going about their own version of the single player quests, where you can chat, swap items etc. There are also some NPCs that dish out Multiplayer quests where you can join up with friends or randoms within a dungeon of some sort. There could even be a separate multiplayer storyline.

  24. Posted

    If I could only have a few next year, I'd have:

     

    Wii Fit

    Left 4 Dead

    Alan Wake

    Little Big Planet

    Too Human (if it turns out to be good)

     

    Most of the rest are sequels or shooters... not that I'm not looking forward to some of them too mind, but it's best to look forward to the newer experiences I think.

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