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Offline Dichotomy

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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #45 on: December 27, 2010, 01:46:42 PM »
I've purchased a total of at least three over the years.  Never a single problem with one
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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #46 on: December 27, 2010, 01:50:48 PM »
I can go ahead and post a reference video just in case someone has the problem. The towel method is proven, but there is also the penny trick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsz0lNJ6JrQ This is pretty much step-by-step.
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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #47 on: December 27, 2010, 02:06:13 PM »
Fixed. People might listen to your arguments more if you improved your spelling. That is true for a forum or a resume' for your job. Just a heads up... (Grammar Nazi here).

Anyway, both problems are fixable. The RROD is fixable by overheating the Xbox. You simply wrap a ton of towels over it and make it run. You can also take the machine apart and add new heat sinks, which is what I believe I heard causes the RROD. Overheating... Just let it cool off? :headscratch:

There shouldn't be any damage to either machine and they should still run fine.
thats not the point, the point is m$ was in such a rush to push the 360 out before the ps3 that they sold a crappy machine with many problems. lets count them down.

-red ring of death.
-overheating problems
-if you sit your 360 sideways, it can scratch your disk(they were sued over this)
-chose hi-def instead of blu-ray.
-still has an actual popout disc holder. LOL.
-pay for online
-no web browser(like the ps3 has)
-some people reported the overheating problem was so bad there 360s were catching on fire

all these problems lead to m$ giving the failbox a 2 yr warrenty. TWO YEARS.

i'll name off the ps3 problems too, just so ppl dont scream "your biased!"

ps3 problems were only

-the blue light on the ps3 which signifys the "blu ray" is working would sometimes not come on. this was fixed with a simple hardware update.
- older model "phat" ps3s couldnt connect to the internet due to a clock bug. this was fixed 2 days after it began occuring with a simple systems update downloaded via internet.


and you say the 360 is the better machine?  :headscratch:



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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #48 on: December 27, 2010, 02:19:32 PM »
They will sell you a separate 3 year warranty on top of the 2 year manufactures (spelling?) warranty.

In 2013, it's time for me to buy a new xbox.

Also: kinect is 100 times cooler than move.
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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #49 on: December 27, 2010, 02:26:49 PM »
They will sell you a separate 3 year warranty on top of the 2 year manufactures (spelling?) warranty.

In 2013, it's time for me to buy a new xbox.

Also: kinect is 100 times cooler than move.
not really, kinect is huge and clumbersome.

i love how m$ has kinect in the limelight like its the most advanced motion control on earth, yet the eyetoy from sony was out for the ps2 and the playstation eye for ps3 before xbox(and nintendo) even got into the motion capturing business.

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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #50 on: December 27, 2010, 03:02:52 PM »
SCREW THAT!

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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #51 on: December 27, 2010, 03:10:03 PM »
Bet you 100 bucks your C***Box will break within 1 year.


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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #52 on: December 27, 2010, 04:37:19 PM »
Bet you 100 bucks your C***Box will break within 1 year.


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I've had it for 2 without a complaint,  and if it does break its under warranty
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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #53 on: December 27, 2010, 05:06:52 PM »
Well back to the topic....If you dont have Ace combat 6, you should really get it, It's pretty fun in multiplayer...

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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #54 on: December 27, 2010, 07:34:00 PM »
forza vs gran turismo 5
GT5 looks like arse compared to Forza 3, and Forza 3 is much older.
My Xbox 360 has lasted me at least a year now, and it doesn't show any signs of degradation.
Don't understand the hostility over the consoles, though.

>-still has an actual popout disc holder. LOL.
How in the world is this a 'problem'?!
Better let PC manufacturers know.

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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #55 on: December 27, 2010, 07:43:54 PM »
GT5 looks like arse compared to Forza 3, and Forza 3 is much older.
My Xbox 360 has lasted me at least a year now, and it doesn't show any signs of degradation.
Don't understand the hostility over the consoles, though.

>-still has an actual popout disc holder. LOL.
How in the world is this a 'problem'?!
Better let PC manufacturers know.

opinion=/=fact

and good for you, your one of the few lucky ones, buts its been recorded and widely known the problems of the failbox,

and its problem because consoles are supposed to be ADVANCING and becoming better and better. ps3 and wii dont use pop out disk holders, they got rid of those. but xbox360 does, and we're supposed to consider this failbox "high-tech"? nope. playstation 3 is the future :)

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Re: New Xbox 360 for christmas!
« Reply #56 on: December 27, 2010, 07:45:09 PM »
and its problem because consoles are supposed to be ADVANCING and becoming better and better. ps3 and wii dont use pop out disk holders, they got rid of those. but xbox360 does, and we're supposed to consider this failbox "high-tech"? nope. playstation 3 is the future :)
How is a diskless tray more high-tech than a disk tray?
Nintendo consoles never had a disk tray, the Gamecube was a pop-open deal.

Also, I don't see how you could say GT5 looks better than Forza III.
GT5


Forza III


Some of the car detailing looks better on GT5, but the rest of it is crap. This isn't really the Playstation's fault, though.
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