Xbox 360 Console Discussion

[The fish]

I just discovered that you can use your own backgrounds on the 360. And that it's stupidly simple to do.

 

How?

[Cube]

How?

 

1) Make a picture (resolution 800x600 - it crops them rather than resizes them).

2) Bung on USB stick/HDD

3) Go to Media, highlight the picture you want

4) Press Y.

[The fish]

1) Make a picture (resolution 800x600 - it crops them rather than resizes them).

2) Bung on USB stick/HDD

3) Go to Media, highlight the picture you want

4) Press Y.

 

That's marginally easier than separating one's self with the aid of gravity from a fallen tree trunk.

[Gizmo]

I've had a custom background since the day after I bought my 360. I wasn't aware it was a secret?

[Hellfire]

I've had a custom background since the day after I bought my 360. I wasn't aware it was a secret?

 

Ditto and I'm not very knowledgeble in the world of 360 :P

[Guest Stefkov]

I was trying the hard way, trying to get file sharing to work when I was back on XP to get a custom background on my 360. I remember seeing a picture someone had Link from OOT as their's. I wanted to do it so badly. When I realised all you needed was to put it on a memory stick I face palmed.

[Aalborg]

I've had a custom background since the day after I bought my 360. I wasn't aware it was a secret?

 

ditto.. right now it's Masuimi Max.. never get tired of him

[Letty]

I had a custom background, but it annoyed me that you could only have one picture for all the blades.

 

Halo 2 theme ftw.

[Domstercool]

I just use standard theme, must of them annoy me because of the layout on the blades

[Cube]

Apparently Take Two are turning BioShock into a trilogy (plus film and probably more stuff).

 

They'll have to do something really special to win me over...BioShock is the type of game that should be left as just one standalone game.

[Gizmo]

Yeah they were talking after release about how it's going to be a great franchise for them.

 

I can accept a prequel, showing the fall of Rapture etc. But I don't want it to start getting milked, as all it will do is ruin the magic of the first.

[Goron_3]

My cousin is buying a PS3 so i get his 360

 

He's giving me CoD4, Forza, PES and GTA with it. I went to gamestation today to look at games and decided I'm getting preowned copies of Halo 3 and Mass Effect (2 for £30) and Bioshock and Lost Odyssey (2 for £40). On top of those i'm going to buy GRiD and maybe Lego Indiana Jones.

 

God, there's so much to buy on 360, its insane.

[Bren]

My cousin is buying a PS3 so i get his 360

 

He's giving me CoD4, Forza, PES and GTA with it. I went to gamestation today to look at games and decided I'm getting preowned copies of Halo 3 and Mass Effect (2 for £30) and Bioshock and Lost Odyssey (2 for £40). On top of those i'm going to buy GRiD and maybe Lego Indiana Jones.

 

God, there's so much to buy on 360, its insane.

 

Your gonna buy all that at once?

 

Dont overload yaself, or you'll end up missing the experience of a few of those, bioshock especiallly

[That Guy]

Apparently Take Two are turning BioShock into a trilogy (plus film and probably more stuff).

 

They'll have to do something really special to win me over...BioShock is the type of game that should be left as just one standalone game.

 

I sort of agree. I want more Bioshock but I kinda think it should be left.

[Goron_3]

Your gonna buy all that at once?

 

Dont overload yaself, or you'll end up missing the experience of a few of those, bioshock especiallly

 

My plan is to buy them at the beggining of summer and then make em last until september ish.

 

Like I would even ruining the experience of bioshock..i've heard such good things

[Wesley]

It is okay to stack my N64 on top of my 360, right? It won't blow my N54 into little pieces.. right?

[Cube]

It is okay to stack my N64 on top of my 360, right? It won't blow my N54 into little pieces.. right?

 

You may want to look into reports of Xbox consoles savagely beating up it's competitors. You leave them alone for five minutes and poof....your non-Microsoft consoles are in a million pieces scattered across the room. The 360 is also known to attack Macs.

 

On a more serious note, I don't trust the 360 enough to put something on top of it. It'd could overheat and die (although it probably won't affect it much at all).

[Wesley]

That's why I sold my Mac. I used to come into the room and it'd moved further from my 360 each time.

[Gizmo]

My SNES spontaneously combusted when I was redecorating my bedroom and accidentally sat them within 5m of each other.

 

Apart from that, no, theres no danger between 360s and other consoles.

 

Although I'd keep it seperate from Dreamcasts. I hear they are very jealous that Xbox swooped in where they thought they should be.

[Tales]

I always box the Wii when using 360 because I'm not comfortable with the Wii getting roasted.

[Wesley]

My SNES spontaneously combusted when I was redecorating my bedroom and accidentally sat them within 5m of each other.

 

Apart from that, no, theres no danger between 360s and other consoles.

 

Although I'd keep it seperate from Dreamcasts. I hear they are very jealous that Xbox swooped in where they thought they should be.

 

Shit, my little Dreamcast is sitting very lightly above it now.

[Guest Stefkov]

There's no problem with anything on or near the 360. I've had my cube, my wii, my dvd player and now my hd dvd player on top of it and everything is working fine.

[Gizmo]

There's no problem with anything on or near the 360. I've had my cube, my wii, my dvd player and now my hd dvd player on top of it and everything is working fine.

 

It lives peacefully with HD-DVD, just don't take a Blu-Ray player near it. Some guy did that in Texas a few months ago, and the nuclear fallout is still hovering over parts of Cuba.

 

Also, as the HD-DVD starts to wilt and gather dust, it may begin to softly weep when you turn the lights out.

[McPhee]

My cousin is buying a PS3 so i get his 360

 

He's giving me CoD4, Forza, PES and GTA with it. I went to gamestation today to look at games and decided I'm getting preowned copies of Halo 3 and Mass Effect (2 for £30) and Bioshock and Lost Odyssey (2 for £40). On top of those i'm going to buy GRiD and maybe Lego Indiana Jones.

 

God, there's so much to buy on 360, its insane.

 

I could point you in the direction of places on the net to buy each of those for cheaper than that if you wish?

[Babooo]

I could point you in the direction of places on the net to buy each of those for cheaper than that if you wish?

 

tell me. i still need to buy Mass Effect. cheapest i've seen for it is £25 brand new. I prefer brand new.