Posts by nithos

My 3 year old could play Sorry Sliders on Hasbro's Family Game Night for hours.

Quote: Originally Posted by jammybastard sorry, but it works great for me but I don't have endless amounts of time to wait around for files to be rendered. I agree, I am very happy with the performance of the Divx 7 transcoding. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by 257Tony I can second the notion to stop messing around with using a game console to stream AV. Spend $100 and get a media player, something like the WDTV Live, Patriot Box Office, etc, etc.... This is great...

If you absolutely don't want to purchase a router so you can use the internet connection on both the Xbox and PC at the same, try to copy one of the files for each codec to a USB thumb drive and then play it while the Xbox is connected...

Yes, you can stream to the 360 without having MCE or any 3rd party software installed. However, you are kind of limited to the codecs that are supported. What are you trying to stream?

You don't see brand new DVD releases because the studios have to protect their revenue streams. But that's why I like netflix, it covers both avenues. Physical media for the latest and greatest and streaming media for the "I always...

Quote: Originally Posted by darklordjames As soon as you pick up a couple of 360 games though, you will no longer care about backwards compatibility in the slightest. Agreed. It's nice at launch, but becomes obsolete oncecheap...

Quote: Originally Posted by eq_shadimar The Xbox is slightly faster and allows for smooth fw and rw but other than that I think they are pretty close. The Insignia is probably 3-4 times slower than on the 360, it's really noticable if...

Quote: Originally Posted by mboojigga Despite 2009 seeing stagnant, or negative growth for the video game industry , the Xbox Live Arcade market place saw 38% growth compared to 2008, thanks to an incredibly strong summer, and capping...

Quote: Originally Posted by logicalnoise so 500 bucks if you want access to every game there.wonder if there will be package deals. That would be $500 to play each game once. Not to own each game. I would like to see a...