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May 10, 2005 at 11:52 pm #18269
ys8er2323
MemberUpdate: There are now official pictures will official specs.
- The 360 plays progressive-scan DVDs, CDs, MP3s, VMA files and more
- Customizable faceplates for the ‘box and “skins” for the interface screen
- Rip CDs directly to the hard drive to create custom soundtracks
- Connect to your PC (360 will streams the digital media from your desktop) and share pictures, audio, whatever with your friends
- Plug in the 360 camera peripheral for real-time video chat
- IMB PowerPC based CPU with three cores at 3.2 Ghz apiece
- 500Mhz ATI graphics processor with 10MB DRAM
- Detachable, upgradeable 20GB hard drives
- Three USB 2.0 ports
- Built-in Ethernet port
- Built-in 802.11a, b, and g Wi-Fi
- All games support16:9 widescreen, 720p and 1080i resolution (and standard definition output)
- 48Khz 16-bit audio, 32-bit processing and over 256 audio channels
- Dozens of game-makers have signed-on to make games for 360 – look for launch titles from Microsoft, EA, Activision, THQ, Majesco, Tecmo, Sega and others
- All 360 games in high-definition with widescreen and multichannel surround sound
- Accepts four wireless controllers at once
- With Xbox Live Gold, a subscription service, multiplayer action, stats and tournaments are at your command
- Xbox Marketplace gives you downloadable levels, weapons, maps, episodic content, costumes


May 11, 2005 at 12:09 am #121560DrBroccoli
ParticipantHmm thats nice, the controller slightly reminds me of the Gamecube’s… been awhile since I checked this stuff out, is it still rumoured (or know to be) to have 3 release version or what ever, one with just games, another with TiVo functions and the third like a full-blown Windows Media Center?
May 11, 2005 at 1:25 am #121547ys8er2323
MemberI beleive its only going to have media center, but media center does include a program guide which records exactly like a tivo.
May 11, 2005 at 11:50 am #121554Qwerty
MemberIt’s still a beast of a machine. Wouldn’t wanna stand it upright if it was mine… Could land on my precious toes. 😀
May 11, 2005 at 9:11 pm #121563MrOats
MemberI wonder how much it will cost… :confused: Do you know? I heard rumors of around 8 or 9 hundred.
May 11, 2005 at 9:45 pm #121544Jeff Hester
Keymaster8 or 9 hundred??? They might as well ask you for your kidney if that’s the price…
May 11, 2005 at 9:52 pm #121548ys8er2323
MemberNo way, its not going to cost more that $500.
May 11, 2005 at 10:01 pm #121556AwesomeSauce
Participantys8er2323 wrote:No way, its not going to cost more that $500.That’s good…This looks awesome. I am really excited. Oh yeah, and what time will the thing be aired on MTV?
May 11, 2005 at 10:08 pm #121549ys8er2323
MemberAwesomeSauce wrote:That’s good…This looks awesome. I am really excited. Oh yeah, and what time will the thing be aired on MTV?I beleive its 9:30 pm
May 11, 2005 at 10:38 pm #121561DrBroccoli
Participantwell $500 is still absurd for a “gaming machine”. I mean whatever happened to regular consoles, what about the kids that buy them for a console only. I mean it the same as buying a computer, I use to buy them for games only, but now I am going to have to add more PCs to my collection, rather than gaming systems.
May 11, 2005 at 10:47 pm #121550ys8er2323
MemberI said it wont go over, chances are it wont prob. even get close to 500
May 11, 2005 at 10:57 pm #121557AwesomeSauce
Participantys8er2323 wrote:I beleive its 9:30 pmAnd what timezone would that be? 🙂May 11, 2005 at 11:08 pm #121545Jeff Hester
KeymasterEastern Time Zone
May 11, 2005 at 11:58 pm #121564MrOats
Memberys8er2323 wrote:I said it wont go over, chances are it wont prob. even get close to 500That’s good… 😀 Ugg… I don’t like my PS2-2 much… It’s like dog terd compared to the XBOX 2… I’m thinking of selling it or something…
(It was a gift though…:o )May 12, 2005 at 7:53 pm #121562DrBroccoli
Participantwell its unfair to compare PS2 to Xbox 2, two different generations, compare PS3 to Xbox 2
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