http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/gadgets/microsoft/valhalla/DVDtop.jpgtheultimo said:
I guess it's for the big fan. Since the holes are beside the fan, does air get sucked in?
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I guess it's for the big fan. Since the holes are beside the fan, does air get sucked in?
TheApatheticOne
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While its inevitable that someone was going to have a slim not show up for the dance, I personally cant help but let a little fear creep into the back of my mind as my slim is XBox 360 number six.
Hopefully its isolated cases and doesn't turn widespread. So far, mine has been a dream, everything (if only mentally) is moving faster, installing faster, the wireless has been perfect (and I had the wireless N adapter for the previous Elite), and its been nothing but perfect so far.
Knock on wood.
Hopefully its isolated cases and doesn't turn widespread. So far, mine has been a dream, everything (if only mentally) is moving faster, installing faster, the wireless has been perfect (and I had the wireless N adapter for the previous Elite), and its been nothing but perfect so far.
Knock on wood.
TheApatheticOne
Member
:lol Whoops!
I would say that was a verbal slip, but I am indeed married!
I would say that was a verbal slip, but I am indeed married!
firehawk12 said:
why not connect your digital audio stuff to your TV's optical out port. I saw someone suggest this here on NeoGaf to get around the OG 360's lack of optical port. The TV just passes through the digital audio. I do this with my Astro mixamp. One note, you may need to set your TV to audio pass through. In my case, all I had to do was to tell the TV to use external speakers.
SilentProtagonist
Member
Quick Question:
Can you use old HDDs with the slim60?
Can you use old HDDs with the slim60?
black_vegeta
Member
SilentProtagonist said:
No, you can transfer your files from your old HDD to the your new one.
LongDongJunon
Member
Pagusas said:
This better not be national. I know what I want and it ain't that bundle.
Edit: Ugh pretty sure it will be.
GitarooMan
Member
Damn, glad I jumped on it early, terrible bullshit.Pagusas said:
Megadragon15
Member
This sucks if it applies to all Gamestops. Guess I'll stick with my Jasper.Pagusas said:
It's removable, yes, but still proprietary. Officially, you'd have to replace it with an MS branded drive (which hasn't even been announced yet). Unofficially, I'm sure the hackers will have DIY solutions before long. Also, It'd be neat if someone figured out a case swap. Old official HDD into the new case. They're both 2.5" form factor, yes?DestinRL said:
silentspork
Member
Pagusas said:
That's cute, if this is national I'm glad I jumped early.
LongDongJunon
Member
The bundle seems to come with a packaged transfer cable and a packaged controller.
I don't see why I can't just tell the clerk to not give me those items since I don't need them when I pick mine up.
But then again I'm more than sure they'll come up with some complicated excuse.
I don't see why I can't just tell the clerk to not give me those items since I don't need them when I pick mine up.
But then again I'm more than sure they'll come up with some complicated excuse.
GitarooMan
Member
What do you need all that space for?DestinRL said:
LongDongJunon
Member
DestinRL said:
MS will probably introduce a 500gb proprietary hard drive in the future for those who need it.
The price will, of course, be hilarious.
LongDongJunon
Member
GitarooMan said:
Some folks (myself included) are data pack rats. Nothing too strange about that is there?
Pagusas said:
Yup it is all they have left on their site as well;
http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?sku=B020058A&homeflash2
Anyhow the next shipment should be in before the deal goes up I believe, but not sure how all that will work when I know some people have already reserved for second shipment as well.
GitarooMan
Member
No, I was just genuinely curious. i wondered if people bought tons of media or stuff.LongDongJunon said:
BattleMonkey
Member
Stop buying from Gamestop. I see the new 360 everywhere now. Target, Walmart, Best buy, all have it readily in stock, why go to gamestop to get raped by bundles. I haven't seen this new thing sell out anywhere except for Gamestops which seem to have very limited stock
GitarooMan
Member
People were doing it because the trade-in deal was actually really good. People who got in early lucked out it seems.BattleMonkey said:
LongDongJunon
Member
BattleMonkey said:
Most likely because of the convenience of the deal they have.
Alot of people who have gone to gamestop during the first shipment have only payed about slightly more than a game's worth in price for the new 360.
BattleMonkey
Member
Jtyettis said:
Odd, yesterday Best Buy here had a fairly large stack of them still along with bunch of the old systems all marked down as well. Just was at Walmart today and they had a bunch as well in the glass. There didn't seem to be a huge rush for the systems at the moment as it looked pretty plentiful availability and this is around the Ft Lauderdale/Miami area which is heavily populated
BattleMonkey said:
Birmingham area here. They all had stock Saturday and from what I hear they got a lot more than the Gamestops, but one had stock this morning left at the Hoover location (versus 3 in the area yesterday) but yea gone now. I'm sure after people got tired of going to GS they went elsewhere. My local GS only got 6 versus from what I'm hearing like 40+ at some BBs.
OldJadedGamer
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LongDongJunon said:
Considering how easy it is to stream media now... it kind of is. I have 2TB's available on my 360 at all times and about 220/250gigs available on the system itself.
BattleMonkey said:
With all the crap I've collected over the year for dirt cheap I ended up (no lie) paying $10.08 for the new S unit. The trade in was too good to pass up and that isn't something anyone else is offering right now.
I put a $50 reserve at Gamestop on Sunday b/c they were out of stock of 360S. Only reason I'm going there is b/c of the currently high trade-in value for my current 360. If Gamestop is now going to force me to pay for an unnecessary bundle, then screw it. I'll just go buy a new system at Best Buy and look to sell my 360 another way.
infinityBCRT
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Gamestop Canada's trade in rates are awful compared to the USSomnia said:
Anticitizen One
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I'm trying to do a license migration using the tool online but on the page where you confirm it is showing what I assume is my old console's ID instead of my new console's ID. Does anyone know why it wont recognize my new 360?
BattleMonkey
Member
Anticitizen One said:
It doesn't show your new one till after you have transferred and confirmed. To note if your connected to live when you start this, it will kick you off live and you have to manually go back onto live before you can continue with the license transfer.
Retrofluxed
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Mine is on the way from Newegg. You have got love free shipping and no tax!
OldJadedGamer
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see5harp said:
Windows Media center steams all my videos/photos/music from my computer and not only that, does so to any 360 I have connected in the house. Not only that, by having it streaming and not sitting on the system itself, I can use my PS3 to stream the same media.
I really can't understand how people are filling up their space when networking is soooooooooo easy.
LongDongJunon
Member
OldJadedGamer said:
see5harp said:
Hey I wholeheartedly agree with the both of youz guys, but I don't keep movies or music on my drive, I have a stick for that stuff, just straight up installs, demos, and XBLA games that have been stacking up for years now.
I've just been itching for more...I guess tangible space for lack of a better word... for a while now and this seems to be the perfect deal for me to get such an upgrade. That's all.
Edit: In the case of demos, I DO delete them as soon as I get the retail version of the game but keep them on the drive until that happens.
I know...overkill.
Okay I guess if you keep every piece of download since launch, you'd have a need for more than the typical guy, but stuff like old themes and gamerpics that predate the avatar system or redesigned dash just clutter things up for me. Demos also....even if I haven't bought a game, most of the time I don't ever feel the need to play a 2 minute XBLA demo ever again. I know a lot of people like you though, so don't feel bad about it.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Of course, the obvious bit here is that those who actually need more than a 250GB HDD for their game console can probably easily afford it.LongDongJunon said:
yea I'll never get close to filling up the HDD... I'm too much of an organizer.
Now if they started giving away free movies then maybe... otherwise demos last a few weeks at best, installed games are between 4-5 at any given time as that is all I ever own at one time and with Netflix I have tons of stuff I already never watch.
so yea a 250GB HDD is just "because" for me.
and I love the WiFi but I'm wiring the machine soon anyway so really I got it only for the form factor and the new chipset running cooler/quieter, more USB and because I could. :lol
Now if they started giving away free movies then maybe... otherwise demos last a few weeks at best, installed games are between 4-5 at any given time as that is all I ever own at one time and with Netflix I have tons of stuff I already never watch.
so yea a 250GB HDD is just "because" for me.
and I love the WiFi but I'm wiring the machine soon anyway so really I got it only for the form factor and the new chipset running cooler/quieter, more USB and because I could. :lol