Ganepark32 Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 I've been contemplating it Dyson. It's between Red Faction: Guerilla and Tales of Vesperia. Will probably come down to which i find first tomorrow when I'm out.
Bren Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 Yup, seen them in the paper today. My mate is tempted as his Elite just got 2 red lights yesterday and its costing him £80 to get it fixed. He's got my spare 360 at the moment to help get him through this hard time:) Tell him to get the Niko Intercooler EX (its black so it matches the elite), cost me 9 quid and my 360's stopped 2 lighting all the time. I heard bad things about these intercoolers but i read up a little more and the black EX has fixed the fault of melting as the power connectors are metal instead of plastic, it works like a charm. Id also recommened getting the Ear Force X1's, ther only £35 and they make playin games so much better, especially if your a cod/halo player, so easy to hear out the enemys its a beast, and they got a mic on em, theyre laffin. There are the X4's wich have true 5.1 sound, but theyre the same price as an xbox lol. WOOOOOOO! I love these dam headphones!
Ganepark32 Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 Saw the X4's yesterday for nearly £100. Nearly crapped myself when I saw them. Ridiculously expensive but then I'm guessing they must be really good for that price. May look out an X1 as my headset is screwed up (either a problem with the jack or the cable. Always one of the other with the older 360 headsets that had the 3.5mm jack and the rectangle things that plugged in)
McPhee Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 You're In The Movies with the Vision Camera is £12.99 on GAME. I bought it... at that price, and especially considering it has the camera bundled in, I can't go far wrong, can I? Oh crap. I just realized i bought this too Why does this sort of thing seem like a good idea at 4am after a night of drinking? Might see if i can cancel, it's DIRE.
Tellyn Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 Oh crap. I just realized i bought this too Why does this sort of thing seem like a good idea at 4am after a night of drinking? Might see if i can cancel, it's DIRE. Why oh WHY is 90% of my body obscured by invisible grey walls?!
James Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Tell him to get the Niko Intercooler EX (its black so it matches the elite), cost me 9 quid and my 360's stopped 2 lighting all the time. I heard bad things about these intercoolers but i read up a little more and the black EX has fixed the fault of melting as the power connectors are metal instead of plastic, it works like a charm.! I dont get this, buying a intercooler, you shouldn't have too!!!
Emerald Emblem Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 I dont get this, buying a intercooler, you shouldn't have too!!! Also if it does RRoD, Microsoft won't fix it for free if you use the one recommended in this thread I've read.
Ramar Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Dare I ask if anyone bought the Transformers 2 game? I saw the trailer on tv and was horribly tempted. Stupid inner Transformers fanboy.
Bren Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Also if it does RRoD, Microsoft won't fix it for free if you use the one recommended in this thread I've read. Thats the old version, in some cases it melted to the 360, im not surprised as they made the power adaptor that plugged into the 360 made out of plastic, theyve fixed this and made it out of metal now.The only way MS could tell if the intercooler had been used was from a the power connector going brown, this was off the plastic. I know i shouldnt HAVE to buy it, but its tough luck reallly, it seems to have fixed it, not had a crash since i put it on and before it cudnt handle COD 5 for more than 15 minutes! And i would recommened Ear Force's to anyone, id never play my 360 without them, theyre experience changin :P Cant wait to play condemened again, gonna be shit scary with those things on :P
EEVILMURRAY Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Do I have to connect to the internet to get a large text patch for every game I'm going to get? I had to do it for Nuts and Bolts, and it seems I'm going to have to do the same for Last Remnant. Did the Vesperia owners have to do the same?
S.C.G Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Did the Vesperia owners have to do the same? As I pointed out in HYWD, the text in Vesperia is adequately sized Imo, but if text size in a game makes it unplayable then you should be entitled to a refund Imo... Btw just checking but, are you playing your 360 on a HDTV or SDTV?
EEVILMURRAY Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 I'm fairly sure it's a SDTV, but after slamming the Scart into my monitor, which claims to be HDMI, the text was still wank. And the graphical display was shocking. The opportunity to return does seem tempting, I'm just worried Zavvi might start giving me some bullshit about waiting etc... There seem to be many people who have the same problems, but Square Enix are yet to attempt solving it. I'm not rolling in money to try buying a HDTV, even it would work.
Mandalore Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 My 360 got the red ring of death yesterday. Are they likely to bother fixing it, or just send a replacement?
Dan_Dare Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 could be either. get it sent off but remember not to include your hard drive, game discs or anything else in the box.
Aimless Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 In my experience they very rarely outright replace units, especially if this is your first time sending a machine off. Even if you did receive a different console it would be a refurbishment rather than brand new. If you bought the 360 less than a year ago and still have the receipt it might be easier/quicker to swap it at the place you bought it from, assuming you purchased it from a brick and mortar store.
Bren Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Ive decided to send mine off, i might aswell get it fixed before my RROD warranty voids. My 360's got a giant sticker on the side, so ill see wether they replace it or not, i hope they do cos mines so fuckin loud!
EEVILMURRAY Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 SCART isnt hd.. use the component cable, HDMI or VGA Ah right, just slammed it in the component ports and it's worked, the text isn't bigger per sé, but it's actually readable, the downer here is there's no sound. Sorry to hear about your red ring woes Skunky.
Gizmo Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Mein Xbox hath returned. Its a replacement model, which is annoying, as I had to reconfigure the network and so on. Also, I swear to god the shell is a different colour. Is there a colour difference between Premium/Arcade? I think it must be an arcade they sent. No HDMI port though Also annoying: I lent Prototype to my friend, thinking it wouldn't be back until after I went on holiday. Now, I have the dilemma: do I demand it back, so I can play for the next 2 days, or do I let him keep it until I return.
Kirkatronics Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Mein Xbox hath returned. Its a replacement model, which is annoying, as I had to reconfigure the network and so on. Also, I swear to god the shell is a different colour. Is there a colour difference between Premium/Arcade? I think it must be an arcade they sent. No HDMI port though Also annoying: I lent Prototype to my friend, thinking it wouldn't be back until after I went on holiday. Now, I have the dilemma: do I demand it back, so I can play for the next 2 days, or do I let him keep it until I return. Tell him you want it back untill your holiday, then he can have it untill afterwards. He should understand.
Gizmo Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Well is the disk drive white? If not it's a Premium. You mean the front part of it? Mine is metallic. Guess that makes it a Premium, if I understand you. I think the reason it looks so clean is the lack of a dust layer on it, and the fact that the faceplate is the same colour as the machine, unlike the custom one I had on before. I quite like it looking so clean, so may leave it as is for now. Tell him you want it back untill your holiday, then he can have it untill afterwards.He should understand. Spoke to him about it, and I quote: "It's pish, I've played it once" And he had to cheek to make me cycle up the hill to his house to get my own game that he never played! One upside is that I now have the BENQ disk drive, supposedly the more reliable and quieter one. Edited June 30, 2009 by Gizmo
Wesley Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 So now I have a HDTV I'm all excited to play my games in HD. IS using a HDMI cable really that much better, though? Or is component still pretty good?
Emerald Emblem Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 Well i got no sound when trying the component cable on my HDTV, thought the 360 was broken but managed to get a HDMI cable cheap from Woolies (On closing day, only had 1 left) and it worked like a charm.
EEVILMURRAY Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 Well i got no sound when trying the component cable on my HDTV, thought the 360 was broken but managed to get a HDMI cable cheap from Woolies (On closing day, only had 1 left) and it worked like a charm. What is cheap when it comes to these cables?
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