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post #1 of 31
11/26/06 at 5:54am
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I just got my HD-DVD attachment for my XBOX 360 a couple of days ago, and I've noticed a couple of things. I'm curious; has anybody else noticed any of the following?

- Slower startup / bootup and hard drive access of XBOX 360
- I own a 60" Sony A2000; my 360 is set to 1080i output via component video cable. Has anybody with this (or other setups) noticed a lot of flickering or judder? For example, on scene 47 ("The Empire State Building") of the included King Kong DVD, when the camera follows Kong up the building and you can see the skyline of the rest of New York, the bright lights on all of the buildings are flickering.
- This is probably a coincidence, but when I hooked up my HD-DVD attachment, my Nyko Intercooler started making very loud sounds and caused the 360 to give me a single red light; once I removed it, the 360 was fine.

THANKS!
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post #2 of 31
11/26/06 at 5:59am
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Originally Posted by misterjensen View Post

This is probably a coincidence, but when I hooked up my HD-DVD attachment, my Nyko Intercooler started making very loud sounds and caused the 360 to give me a single red light; once I removed it, the 360 was fine.

THANKS!

Don't use that piece of junk. If will eventually burn your 360.
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post #3 of 31
11/26/06 at 6:01am
throw that intercooler away. I dont have any problems with flickering, try 720p.
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post #4 of 31
11/26/06 at 6:04am
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Originally Posted by MSpeed6 View Post

throw that intercooler away. I dont have any problems with flickering, try 720p.

Do you have the HD-DVD attachment? Can you pop in the disk and let me know if you see the same things I see at scene 47? THANKS
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post #5 of 31
11/26/06 at 6:05am
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Originally Posted by seanb61 View Post

Don't use that piece of junk. If will eventually burn your 360.

I've read about that, but I've read that it has been a very small defective rate with the Nyko Intercoolers. I probably won't replace it.
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post #6 of 31
11/26/06 at 7:58am
Go here to read about your Nyko intercooler
http://www.gwn.com/articles/article.php/id/813/
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post #7 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:06am
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Originally Posted by misterjensen View Post

- I own a 60" Sony A2000; my 360 is set to 1080i output via component video cable. Has anybody with this (or other setups) noticed a lot of flickering or judder? For example, on scene 47 ("The Empire State Building") of the included King Kong DVD, when the camera follows Kong up the building and you can see the skyline of the rest of New York, the bright lights on all of the buildings are flickering.

THANKS!

I also have a Sony TV. I notice this flicker (like the picture was going dim then bright really quickly) too. On all of my inputs, during bright scenes! Check all your inputs. I think this is the TV.
Is the bulb old? My TV was a display unit, and I suspect my bulb is about to give.

Anyone had a bulb go out on them, and got the flickering before it blew?
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post #8 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:18am
No flicker here, and I'm using 1080i.
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post #9 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:18am
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Originally Posted by cnickersonjr View Post

I also have a Sony TV. I notice this flicker (like the picture was going dim then bright really quickly) too. On all of my inputs, during bright scenes! Check all your inputs. I think this is the TV.
Is the bulb old? My TV was a display unit, and I suspect my bulb is about to give.

Anyone had a bulb go out on them, and got the flickering before it blew?

I have a brand new (as of August) 60" Sony A2000. All of my connections are solid. Do you think I should put in a service call?
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post #10 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:31am
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Originally Posted by misterjensen View Post

I have a brand new (as of August) 60" Sony A2000. All of my connections are solid. Do you think I should put in a service call?

If it doesn't cost you anything, sure! It just started on my TV about 2 months ago. But I'm not sure about your case. If you don't have the flicker on other inputs? Look really hard. Some times I notice it and sometimes you have to really look. Like on my 360, through component, I see it on the blades! On my DishNetworkHD, I have to look for a bright scene and really look. But it's there!

Let me know the out come.
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post #11 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:32am
probably the iris is set to 1. I have mine set to 2. Iris setting 1, randomly changes colors.
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post #12 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:32am
I read the posted article above! RETURN THE COOLER! I just removed my Nyko cooler.
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post #13 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:35am
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Originally Posted by MSpeed6 View Post

probably the iris is set to 1. I have mine set to 2. Iris setting 1, randomly changes colors.

I do have mine set to Auto 1. So, if I change it to Auto 2 the issue will be fixed?
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post #14 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:49am
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Originally Posted by misterjensen View Post

I do have mine set to Auto 1. So, if I change it to Auto 2 the issue will be fixed?

Well I did a search on Yahoo. And it seems this(TV Flicker) is not a new issue. Check out this forum. http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?t=2790
If you scam through it you'll see this is a problem on a few Sony sets. Including my tv KDF50WE655
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post #15 of 31
11/26/06 at 8:56am
Aslo found this "straight from the horses mouth."
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=24
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post #16 of 31
11/26/06 at 1:52pm
burn that nyko intercooler and throw it away, i had one attached, it will burn ur xbox throw it away immediately
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post #17 of 31
11/26/06 at 10:09pm
Just leave plenty of space for the heat to dissipate. The 360 doesn't need any extra cooling. Both of mine perform great without any extra cooling since I leave room for any exhaust heat to rise away from the unit.
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post #18 of 31
11/27/06 at 5:44am
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Originally Posted by misterjensen View Post

I just got my HD-DVD attachment for my XBOX 360 a couple of days ago, and I've noticed a couple of things. I'm curious; has anybody else noticed any of the following?

- Slower startup / bootup and hard drive access of XBOX 360
THANKS!

Slower Start up when booting to the dash. But everything else appears normal to me.
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post #19 of 31
11/27/06 at 6:02am
If you have a disk in the drive it slows the drive down because it reads the disk before it boots.
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post #20 of 31
11/27/06 at 10:55am
Slower startups... i got that same issue too.

some flicker at 1080i (cant do 1080p due to no vga cable)
although i thought it was my display.. with my PJ i get no flicker
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post #21 of 31
11/27/06 at 11:08am
I have a slightly slower startup as well.

However, I applied a new theme as well, and it seems that themes add a little to the start time as well, or at least I think there's a slight pause from signing in to full dash up and running. No worries though.
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post #22 of 31
12/5/06 at 11:04pm
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Originally Posted by misterjensen View Post

Has anybody with this (or other setups) noticed a lot of flickering or judder? For example, on scene 47 ("The Empire State Building") of the included King Kong DVD, when the camera follows Kong up the building and you can see the skyline of the rest of New York, the bright lights on all of the buildings are flickering.
THANKS!

Yes, I have noticed a lot of flickering in the King Kong HD-DVD...thought it was just me. Kinda relieved that it's not just me.

In that dinner scene between Jack Black and Naomi Watts...after they first meet...there's a lot of flicker in the background...very distracting. And yes, it's really bad when Kong climbs the Empire State Building.

Wonder if this is just the HD-DVD player or the particular movie?? Any other results with other HD-DVD movies?? What kind of tv are you watching on? I am watching on a Samsung 46" 1080p LCD.
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post #23 of 31
12/6/06 at 4:37am
About the slow start ups...

Are you leaving a HD-DVD or DVD in the add on drive then turning the Xbox on? That's when I notice the slower start up, but without a movie in the drive it boots up as it did before.
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post #24 of 31
12/6/06 at 9:43am
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Originally Posted by LOBO2999 View Post

Go here to read about your Nyko intercooler
http://www.gwn.com/articles/article.php/id/813/

Dammit. I just had one of these shipped to me.
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post #25 of 31
12/6/06 at 9:58am
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Originally Posted by Shaner1 View Post

About the slow start ups...

Are you leaving a HD-DVD or DVD in the add on drive then turning the Xbox on? That's when I notice the slower start up, but without a movie in the drive it boots up as it did before.

I agree,
My xbox 360 splash screen takes little longer to load, I bet this is becuase its reading the HD-DVD in the HD-DVD player..
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post #26 of 31
3/5/07 at 11:22pm
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Originally Posted by cnickersonjr View Post

I also have a Sony TV. I notice this flicker (like the picture was going dim then bright really quickly) too. On all of my inputs, during bright scenes! Check all your inputs. I think this is the TV.
Is the bulb old? My TV was a display unit, and I suspect my bulb is about to give.

Anyone had a bulb go out on them, and got the flickering before it blew?

This issue was caused by my TV. I just got my bulb replaced and this problem is gone!
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post #27 of 31
3/6/07 at 2:35am
I have never had one single issue with mine. I use a hd projector and a 1080P set as well!
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post #28 of 31
3/6/07 at 5:59am
only issue i've had is rs:vegas locks up occasionally when exiting a multiplayer lobby. unplugging the hd dvd from the usb port makes the problem go away.
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post #29 of 31
3/6/07 at 1:09pm
I don't plug in the HD-DVD add-on into the USB port unless I'm going to use it. That way it's not on all the time when I'm just playing games.
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post #30 of 31
3/6/07 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by cyberbri View Post

I don't plug in the HD-DVD add-on into the USB port unless I'm going to use it. That way it's not on all the time when I'm just playing games.

you must not be lazy!
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