the New Xbox Experience droped today

[Dark Knight Zer0]

time to go make them Mii rip-offs!

looking forward to the netflix

[Nades-GanjaErk]

same here. Is that free? For some reason we were getting codes to get it but I had thought it was free.

[kael]

got it and tried netflix. pretty cool stuff.

[zimzat]

Only free to gold accounts if you already have a netflix account.

[Dark Knight Zer0]

yeah but they are givin free trials out.

whats the per-month rate for netflix anyway?

[zimzat]

Depends on what plan you get. The cheapest one that includes unlimited streaming movies is 9$ but that's only one physical DVD at a time. I'm currently on the 4 at a time for 24$, but I think I may drop back down to the 3 at a time for 17$. Basically past that one it's 6$ per extra movie out at a time.

[smokeh]

I have been rocking the 1 Netflix DVD a mos for over half a year now. I don't really care, because it's only $9, but so far it's really been a waste.

The Watch it Now feature is cool in theory, and now that I have it setup on my Media Center PC, I might watch it a bit more, but as I've said since they released it, there is nothing to watch.

The vast majority of the available titles are B-list movies, and movies so dated they make Major Payne look topical.

There are certainly bright spots, like the first 2 Evening With Kevin Smith movies, first couple of seasons of 30 Rock, all the DVDs of The Office, and a few other gems. But sadly, you will never get to see first run movies, or any new DVDs really.

I keep paying because I think one day the dam will break, and Netflix will realize the gold mine they are sitting on and pressure the studios and the various distribution companies to release ALL their titles on 'watch it now'.

Until that day, it's really just a repository for old episodes of Kojak.

As far as the 360 changes, I guess i'll hafta log in and check them out. Can I keep my old gamer picture if I want? I spent a lot of time getting the marathon logo. :(

[Dark Knight Zer0]

you gamer pic is now a snapshot of you avatar

[smokeh]

mother****er.

I WANT MY MARATHON LOGO. :((((((

[Zer]

Nah, no sweat. You can keep your old gamer pics.

[Dark Knight Zer0]

Halo 3 sucked btw smokeh

[smokeh]

all the halos have pretty much sucked.

remember, everyone who made bungie bungie left after MS bought them out.

Although, there are a ton of instances in halo 3 that reference marathon. there are even some compelling arguments for the halo series being a "prequel" of sorts for the marathon universe.

Lot's of Marathon References in Halo Games (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Marathon_references_in_Halo+halo+and+marat hon&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us)

[Dark Knight Zer0]

i hope hope halo wars is good

/topic

i find it more tiresome and harder to navigate the dashboard

[Fred]

I hate the new dashboard. gimme back the bladey-tab things.

[smokeh]

avatars are RETARDED. what shitty addition.

the major improvement is that it is a LOT faster and more responsive, otherwise this shit is a waste of my time.

[Dark Knight Zer0]

apparently you can download games from the disks onto you HDD if you have the room

[stormFury]

So I installed Madden 09 on my hdd and apparently you still need the disc inserted to play a game from the hdd. WTF IS THE POINT?

[Doc Wattson]

So I installed Madden 09 on my hdd and apparently you still need the disc inserted to play a game from the hdd. WTF IS THE POINT?

Less load times

-Gary-

[stormFury]

Yeah, it does load much faster. And its a lot quieter without the disc spinning and spinning. /shrug

[smokeh]

it won't automatically auto-login to my gamer profile anymore.


that is very very annoying.

[Fist]

it won't automatically auto-login to my gamer profile anymore.


that is very very annoying.

It didn't for me either and when I looked at my account settings, it said it was supposed to auto-login. So I turned it off and turned it back on and everything seems to be working fine now. It takes 2-3 more seconds before it auto-logins, but it works.

[PeregrineFalcon]

I just updated my xbox 360 to this, but I don't have a LIVE account. How do I access the netflix stuff via the xbox, I am guessing that this point that I need a LIVE account? That seems kind of silly. Anyone shed some light here?

[stormFury]

Its done over xbox Live, so yes you need an account... how did you even dl the update without Live?

[Dark Knight Zer0]

you can still receive updates even if you dont have a live account

Live, itself, comes pre-installed on the system, hes just got a silver account...basically

[stormFury]

Oh. I wasn't trying to be a dick, I just thought LIVE was required to dl anything.

[Dark Knight Zer0]

just answering the update question

<3 stormy