bigGIRLSblouse
Member
voltron said:
But really.. what good is 90% of the dashboard without Live? They do have a point... connect up and you get tons more content.
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Xbox360 NXE Dashboard Leaked to the Net!!! But theres a problem
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But really.. what good is 90% of the dashboard without Live? They do have a point... connect up and you get tons more content.
Kill Your Masters
Member
Live as a service makes 50% of the 360 for me. It's a big part of the console. Without Live I probably wouldn't appreciate the console that much... NXE is taking this to another level IMO.bigGIRLSblouse said:
I managed to connect to xbox live with the leaked version installed. Here's what I did:
-launched Gears of War, got prompted for an update
-When you're asked if you want to update, select "no"
-Launch Xbox guide, and return to dashboard, you should now sign in to live automatically.
It's a bit glitchy though: you can't check your messages, you can't access marketplace, still no avatars, but at least you can play online.
-launched Gears of War, got prompted for an update
-When you're asked if you want to update, select "no"
-Launch Xbox guide, and return to dashboard, you should now sign in to live automatically.
It's a bit glitchy though: you can't check your messages, you can't access marketplace, still no avatars, but at least you can play online.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Someone said Live would be down all day for the update... is this true?
Gary Whitta
Member
LOL so what's even the point of having the leaked version if you can do virtually nothing with it?jowa said:
TheGreatDave
Banned
Gary Whitta said:
16:10
I'm getting the fake-out updates too... also I received an update for Mercenaries 2 when prompted and it downloaded the update. It was that cheat update.. I tried it and it seemed to work.
It looks like the update is now on the servers... it'll automatically prompt for everyone without NXE on November 19th. As for leaked NXE, it looks like it prompts for the update too, but it appears that it'll block your console until the 19th.
It looks like the update is now on the servers... it'll automatically prompt for everyone without NXE on November 19th. As for leaked NXE, it looks like it prompts for the update too, but it appears that it'll block your console until the 19th.
Netflix may have gained a new subscriber, my wife loves the instant rental stuff, I didn't know she hadn't seen The Thing and I was downloading it to see if I could get it to come up as the HD version (once I freed up some bandwidth it did), and she was hooked. What a great movie it was I hadn't seen it in awhile... between that and the silent running of installed games, I give this update a thumbs up.
Ha ha, we (Swedes) have the real Internet! Suck on that USA, you only have the knock-off :lol2DMention said:
All you need is a ~7.2MB/s and that is available in pretty much every city. And to my understanding the streaming adapts to your bandwidth so if you don't get the full HD bitrate you still get the resolution (720p) but the images are in a lower bitrate (I may be completely wrong on this one).
(EDIT) And dude, look ahead, technology is advancing and broadband availability is expanding every day.
Nifty, but the problem is you will only appear online :lol Which is basically useless considering you can't contact anyone on your friend list, and once I'm at the dashboard as soon as I try to hop back into a game I'm prompted to update if I hit no I'm disconnected.
So I still can't play multiplayer matches, and I'm afraid to hit yes to the update (will it explode?)
So I still can't play multiplayer matches, and I'm afraid to hit yes to the update (will it explode?)
Iced_Eagle
Member
2DMention said:
I just have normal Comcast and watched King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters in HD with no issues.
The trick is that the bitrate for "HD Netflix" isn't what you would get from a Blu-Ray disc. It's easier to send if it's compressed, but it's a bit lossy. Still great picture though IMHO.
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
2DMention said:
Um i just streamed some HD videos off netflix yesterday. Takes 30 seconds for them to load up. No skipping or anything and def looks better than DVD.
Im only on a medium Comcast plan too(6 MB's).
Saren is Bad
Member
angelfly said:
you dont ever install the update, it just lets you connect to live (minus friends list, marketplace, etc)
Keyser Soze
Member
It is GoW1... or any game that has a patch release that you've not downloaded
Saren is Bad
Member
angelfly said:
you want it to prompt you to download a game update, not the nxe update. that is why gow1 works well. when it prompts you to download the game patch/update, you go back to dashboard. if that doesnt work then sorry :-(
Automatisch
Member
Got it to work, thanks for the tip. It sucks we can't even go on the XBLM, though, or use Netflix.
DancingJesus
Banned
Aye, how do I delete the zero point games? I went to my gamercard and cycled through the different games but I don't see an option to delete any of the zero pointers. Help? 
TheGreatDave
Banned
DancingJesus said:Aye, how do I delete the zero point games? I went to my gamercard and cycled through the different games but I don't see an option to delete any of the zero pointers. Help?
In the achievements list. The way I did it was get the mini-guide up, go left, select achievements, press X when available.
DancingJesus
Banned
TheGreatDave said:
Thanks dude. Worked
disappeared
Banned
TheGreatDave said:
speaking of which, I changed my aspect ratio to 16:10, booted up Fallout 3, and the game was in a letterbox format. Perplexed, I set it back to the 1280x720 resolution.
Wow that trick actually worked! I messed up the Hexic update try but it worked fine with the Geometry Wars arcade trial I had on the system.
To clarify:
-Do NOT say yes to any "SYSTEM update"
-Boot up a game and when prompted for a GAME update, say no then you'll either be booted back to the dashboard automatically (or in my case, hit the blade, then y to go back yourself) and you should be logged into live.
Also, anyone figure out the fix for the black bars? I am hooked up to hdmi which I guess could be the problem, but basically the xbox sets the resolution for my monitor correct 1680-1050, but I have black bars which distorts the picture and like "shrinks it" like the monitor isn't widescreen. I tried the reference areas settings with no luck. What the heck!
To clarify:
-Do NOT say yes to any "SYSTEM update"
-Boot up a game and when prompted for a GAME update, say no then you'll either be booted back to the dashboard automatically (or in my case, hit the blade, then y to go back yourself) and you should be logged into live.
Also, anyone figure out the fix for the black bars? I am hooked up to hdmi which I guess could be the problem, but basically the xbox sets the resolution for my monitor correct 1680-1050, but I have black bars which distorts the picture and like "shrinks it" like the monitor isn't widescreen. I tried the reference areas settings with no luck. What the heck!
I think the 16:10 resolutions are mainly for people whose 16:10 LCDs have really bad scaling quality and get a better picture if the 360 is doing the scaling to their LCDs native resolution. Its purpose is not to pump out extra pixels to fill the screen. If my assumptions are correct.disappeared said: