* Compatibility with 3rd party wireless controllers
* Compatibility with messenger pad
* Xbox Live Vision firmware upgrade, sharper image filtering
* Many more Vision Cam settings
* New screensaver settings - when away from Xbox 360, screensaver will play for optional time, before screen goes dark
* New Xbox Live Arcade blade - where you can download, play and learn about Xbox Live Arcade
* Brand new “web based adver-games” flash games which aren’t downloaded, but are playable bite sized games, accessed via new Xbox Live Arcade Blade
* New Screensaver option in Themes and Gamer Pics option in Marketplace blade
* New functionality with Messenger, works with chatpad
* New XNA Game Launcher for those that have the program, new options
* New language, time and date settings
* New “advertising opportunities” in gameplay
* Xvid support
* New “favourites” option via Xbox Live Arcade, can rate according to preference
* IPTV Functionality - support for TiVo like PVR options. Will be able to record TV direct. Options include source by channel, director, actor and distributor
* Filter friends list, will be able to filter friends via games
* New clan support - will be able to launch clan games direct from dashboard, can “fold” friends into new clan category in friends list
* Better translations in settings and other options for Japanese, German and Spanish languages
* New quick option to delete via X Button in memory viewer.
* Option for having downloadable In-game content not inform when completed download
* Option for having video content not inform when completed download
* Faster settings for viewing unfinished video content downloads
* New option in Games tab - beta and others, will be launcher for MMO and multiplayer betas
* New option in Marketplace Games tab, search by letter, can be inputted via text pad or console
* Smarter game settings - you can be messaged via publishers about new in-game content for your games
* Picture in picture functionality for DVD Drive and some other updated settings
* Improved USB Keyboard settings
* Improved voice chat settings in game and from dashboard
* Faster response times to Redeem Code settings
* Option to play a Redeemed Code game straight after redeeming code
* Console will now recognise low Hard Drive space, will inform you immediately if can’t download current item, will automatically download next available that is able.
* Increased space size for gamerpics and dashboard themes
* Themes can now be animated
* Themes may now have sound effects
* Better slideshow capabilitiesm new options added. New sound effects and integration with Hard Drive/ PC music capable.
* New estimated timer for downloads, informing how long download will expect to take

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IF TRUE, This is going to be one great update. DIVX, IPTV....

It's fake, Teamxbox has it posted too, some nice features though!

Some nice ones but overall would be a dissapointing update imo....

iptv is already confirmed and still is going to require that you have at&t uverse.

Clan support :)

About time for vision upgrade it looks better plugged into my ps3, IPTV is useless until ATT gets off their arse and starts installing those fiber optics outside of big cities...Im still waiting on a god damn sleep timer outside of 6 hours. The function is their why cant we get adjustments! Also show some MKV support you whores since you like to act like its a media hub.

I stopped reading at Xvid support. If anything says fake it's Xvid/Divx support. Hope I'm wrong.

looks fake with few exceptions

forget all of that where's my next BC update?

I'll believe it when I see it.

It Might Be Fake, But Everything Sounds Very Possible.

i have seen my friends dashboard with iptv functionality still has some missing components but alot of it matches what is on his list.

xiud support would make my day. I've been pulling hair out trying to get tversity to work.

If the dashboard needs an update before the messenger kit is released then shouldn't we see an update pretty soon?

The kit releases the first week of September, usually they do updates in October/November.

Fake or not still doesnt support the Logitech G25.

I wish the dashboard would get a cosmetic upgrade to make the 360 look a bit more high-tech and expensive by taking some styling from Vista.

Fake or not still doesnt support the Logitech G25.


As much as I dont care about this personally; it would be a huge benefit for a lot of folks.

xiud support would make my day. I've been pulling hair out trying to get tversity to work.

Yeah, you're not alone. This is the one area they really need to address if they want the 360 to truly be a "media center".

It's still not a LOT of work to have WinAVI convert divx or xvid or whatever to WMV while you sleep and stream your videos later. Also not a LOT of difference in size.

Wouldn't be bad to have direct support, but not absolutely necessary...

It's still not a LOT of work to have WinAVI convert divx or xvid or whatever to WMV while you sleep and stream your videos later. Also not a LOT of difference in size.

Wouldn't be bad to have direct support, but not absolutely necessary...

hmmm good point I recently upgraded my pc and I can transcode at 3.5x(compared to my old comps 1.5x). I may just end up doint that. I'd likely get better results quality wise. but still fulls support would save me the 30 minutes.

Where's the "Force" 1080p thru HDMI option? :(

I really want the Music Player to be able to switch sources while playing a game. Such as I start playing a game, go thru the load process and then realize i'm streaming music off my one computer but want to stream it off another CPU. Right now you have to go back to the dashboard and disconnect the one cpu connection and then choose the other CPU, its really just a hassle.

Really needs an option to display movies (hd-dvd) at one resolution and games at another.

Really needs an option to display movies (hd-dvd) at one resolution and games at another.

why?

so you can play games at 720p (and not lose temporal resolution) and play movies at 1080i ( and not lose spatial resolution) without having to remember to switch the resolution every time you switch what you are doing. You want to have a media hub, then it needs to recognize there are different needs for different media.

540 lines of resolution or 720 lines of resolution...Yeah I am still going with 720.

What I would like to see is the capability to run a separate OS like the PS3.

so you can play games at 720p (and not lose temporal resolution) and play movies at 1080i ( and not lose spatial resolution) without having to remember to switch the resolution every time you switch what you are doing. You want to have a media hub, then it needs to recognize there are different needs for different media.

Your TV only has one resolution. You should be playing games and movies at whatever your TV is. If you have a 720p TV then sending a 1080i signal will just be converted to 720p.

I would really like to see MS allow more manipulation of Xbox 1 saves. Right now, you're only given the option to delete those saves. I would like to back those up like any other files.

I somewhat expect MS to make this happen since Sony has just recently (firmware 1.80) allowed users to freely move PS1 and PS2 saves to and from the PS3.

Your TV only has one resolution. You should be playing games and movies at whatever your TV is. If you have a 720p TV then sending a 1080i signal will just be converted to 720p.

I have a 1080p tv which doesn't accept 1080p input. I know how to use it. If you have the settings set to 1080i while playing a game you convert 720p to 1080i in the xbox (with little to no artifacts) and lose any frames over 30fps. If I'm watching a hd-dvd and I have it set to 720p then I'm losing lines of resolution from the conversion and gaining nothing.

Thus 1080i for movies, 720p for games. And 1080i is not 540 lines of resolution, it's 1080.

I have a 1080p tv which doesn't accept 1080p input. I know how to use it. If you have the settings set to 1080i while playing a game you convert 720p to 1080i in the xbox (with little to no artifacts) and lose any frames over 30fps. If I'm watching a hd-dvd and I have it set to 720p then I'm losing lines of resolution from the conversion and gaining nothing.

Thus 1080i for movies, 720p for games. And 1080i is not 540 lines of resolution, it's 1080.



At the end of the day your display is still native 1080P. No matter how you send the signal off.

I still want party chat!!
Xbox1 did it!! waaah!! (for reals though)

At the end of the day your display is still native 1080P. No matter how you send the signal off.

He'd still want to do what he's saying. Otherwise, he's converting the 1080p HD DVD on disc down to 720p, then back up to 1080p. If he outputs 1080i from the HD DVD, he's just doing a 3:2 pulldown to get to 1080i, and a reverse 3:2 pulldown to get losslessly back to 1080p. Running the games at 1080i has the potential to introduce artifacts. If MS would support some simple configuration, his problem would be solved. I'd like to see a third screen resolution setting for Xbox1 BC games. Many of them don't run properly when the 360 is set to 720p, and it's annoying to flip back and forth between settings for something so mundane.

I still want party chat!!
Xbox1 did it!! waaah!! (for reals though)


this update is suppose to have it

He'd still want to do what he's saying. Otherwise, he's converting the 1080p HD DVD on disc down to 720p, then back up to 1080p. If he outputs 1080i from the HD DVD, he's just doing a 3:2 pulldown to get to 1080i, and a reverse 3:2 pulldown to get losslessly back to 1080p. Running the games at 1080i has the potential to introduce artifacts. If MS would support some simple configuration, his problem would be solved. I'd like to see a third screen resolution setting for Xbox1 BC games. Many of them don't run properly when the 360 is set to 720p, and it's annoying to flip back and forth between settings for something so mundane.

Thank you. It is a shame there isn't more advanced configs on the xbox for things like this and screen adjustments, but maybe they want to keep it as simple as possible for people.

Thank you. It is a shame there isn't more advanced configs on the xbox for things like this and screen adjustments, but maybe they want to keep it as simple as possible for people.

Well, that is what they've said.
There is only so much room in the FlashROM and they have only so much room for growth in there. So anything that goes in there has to be used by a significant fraction of the user base; niche features, no matter how convenient, get bumped down if there's anything halfway acceptable as a workaround.

If you look at the past updates, they've been built around:
1- Bug fixes
2- broad usability enhancements that benefit a lot of people
3- new features that add significant end-user value
4- new features that open up new revenue streams

Easy to see which are the top priorities, right? 1 & 4. ;-)

I still want a freakin browser, I mean come on...even the Wii has one lol.

Well, that is what they've said.
There is only so much room in the FlashROM and they have only so much room for growth in there. So anything that goes in there has to be used by a significant fraction of the user base; niche features, no matter how convenient, get bumped down if there's anything halfway acceptable as a workaround.

If you look at the past updates, they've been built around:
1- Bug fixes
2- broad usability enhancements that benefit a lot of people
3- new features that add significant end-user value
4- new features that open up new revenue streams

Easy to see which are the top priorities, right? 1 & 4. ;-)

Yep, I'm so glad we can log onto messenger now. :)

xvid....nuff said. Would even tempt me to actually plug the thing into the net againt to risk getting the darn update.