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Author:  asfish [ Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:16 ]
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MS have released a TV tuner, not badly priced @£25 and Amazon reviews are generally good.

Also a Plex App have been released for 360 and One, you need a Plex pass for this @$39.00 PA not sure I'm willing to buy that as its really duplicating the XBMC function. I found that Plex (Server running via a Thecus NAS App) was not good at library updates.
Author:  LewieP [ Thu Oct 30, 2014 13:21 ]
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Finally, I can watch TV on my TV.
Author:  myp [ Fri Nov 21, 2014 16:12 ]
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Played on one of these last night. It's pretty good. The controllers are pretty much identical to the 360, except they've got extra-grippy thumbsticks, a better d-pad and force-feedback in the triggers.

The dash is obviously plastered with ads still, but it can run apps in the background like the PS4. Played a bit of Fifa and after scoring a cheeky chip it decided to save the clip automatically - I liked this feature.

It still looks like an 80s VHS recorder under the telly, but at least Microsoft seem to have sorted out a lot of the own goals they scored early on. I probably won't feel too bad about picking up a slim version for the exclusives in 2018.
Author:  Trousers [ Fri Nov 21, 2014 17:53 ]
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I've asked for one for Christmas because Forza Horizon 2 and Halo really. Plus MS do seem to have got their act together.
Author:  myp [ Fri Nov 21, 2014 21:43 ]
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Trousers wrote:
I've asked for one for Christmas because Forza Horizon 2 and Halo really. Plus MS do seem to have got their act together.

Played enough Forza and Halo to last me the next few years. Will be nice to play the MCC in a few years time. :)
Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Dec 04, 2014 21:53 ]
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I've played about 3 hours of Sunset Overdrive on the XBONE and it was masses of fun!

I'm a bit gutted it ain't in the PS4 actually. The mechanics are great: you basically spend the entire game rail sliding everywhere and on everything with an edge. It's basically Tony Hawks with shooting gloopy monsters and it's ace.
Author:  asfish [ Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:48 ]
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All the Live Services were down most of Xmas Day, this doesn't just affect gaming, I couldn't use Skype or anything else online

Pissed me right off as we wanted family Skype calls without having to be crowed round an Ipad or PC.

Even now on their service status page they claim all the apps are working but there are still issues with signing into Live, which means you can't use any of the fucking apps >:(
Author:  Malc [ Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:49 ]
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Apparently xbox and ps networks were both hacked.

Malc
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Fri Dec 26, 2014 11:20 ]
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Malc wrote:
Apparently xbox and ps networks were both hacked.

Malc


Subject to a Denial Of Service attack rather than hacked, but the end result is the same - lots of people can't sign in.
Author:  TheCookie197 [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 18:01 ]
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I've got one of these!
Author:  Satsuma [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 18:04 ]
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Nevermind, hey, we all get that one duff prezzie at Christmas. I got some gloves that didn't fit.
Author:  TheCookie197 [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 18:13 ]
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Saturnalian wrote:
Nevermind, hey, we all get that one duff prezzie at Christmas. I got some gloves that didn't fit.


Hey! I actually quite like it. :P
Most of my family and friends have the Xbox too, instead of the PS4.
I like the snap feature. I use Skype on it a lot, its pretty good.
Author:  myp [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 18:55 ]
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They both seem quite similar now. I would go with whatever your friends have got.
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 20:37 ]
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American Nativity wrote:
They both seem quite similar now. I would go with whatever your friends have got.


Tossed a coin, did you?
Author:  myp [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 20:45 ]
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MaliA wrote:
American Nativity wrote:
They both seem quite similar now. I would go with whatever your friends have got.


Tossed a coin, did you?

I blaze trails - you follow in my wake.
Author:  TheCookie197 [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 5:19 ]
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Doesn't really fit in here... But meh.
My 360 is having troubles. After 20 - 30 minutes of being on, a warning comes us telling me that it is turning off to prevent overheating, and I can turn it back on once the power light has stopped flashing red. I've tried moving it around, standing it up, etc. but it always says it after a while.
Any ideas on any way to fix it?
Author:  TheVision [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:36 ]
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Try putting a vacuum cleaner around all the air holes. The fans inside should stop it from overheating so mayne they're clogged up with dust? Worth a try.
Author:  Trousers [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 13:52 ]
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So I got me an XBoxOne off of Father Christmas.

Thoughts;

It's big, really big. And it has a power brick even. It is reasonably quiet for all it's size though at least.
The controller is utter fucking sex. An iterative evolution of the 360 pad it just feels like an extension of your own nervous system.
Modern gaming is rubbish - not once was I able to actually put a disc in and play. The 18GB Halo Master Chief day one patch is a complete piss take.
The dashboard is awful, really awful. It's cumbersome and confusing and like some kind of puzzle game just to find stuff. The store is a joke.
The games look very pretty polygon, lighting and frame rate wise but nothing so far is as breathtaking or visually compelling as Mario Kart 8 (or Bayonetta 2 for that matter)
The Forza Horizon 2 demo had to be found via the website rather than the store - WTF? It's really good though so I have bought it.
The Master Chief Collection is a love letter to Halo fans (of which I am one) and despite having played the first Halo on Xbox, PC, Xbox 360 I am playing it again and enjoying just as much - only at 60fps whilst switching between legacy mode for nerdgasms.

Verdict - If you like waiting to play your games with more shinies and a sexy controller then this is the kind of thing you will like.
Author:  myp [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 14:55 ]
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Cookie197 wrote:
Doesn't really fit in here... But meh.
My 360 is having troubles. After 20 - 30 minutes of being on, a warning comes us telling me that it is turning off to prevent overheating, and I can turn it back on once the power light has stopped flashing red. I've tried moving it around, standing it up, etc. but it always says it after a while.
Any ideas on any way to fix it?

This is what happened to mine. I took the whole case off and cleared out all the dust. It worked perfectly after that.
Author:  Hearthly [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 15:08 ]
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Trousers wrote:
The 18GB Halo Master Chief day one patch is a complete piss take.


'Patch'.

18GB. 'Patch'......
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 21:03 ]
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Cookie197 wrote:
Doesn't really fit in here... But meh.
My 360 is having troubles. After 20 - 30 minutes of being on, a warning comes us telling me that it is turning off to prevent overheating, and I can turn it back on once the power light has stopped flashing red. I've tried moving it around, standing it up, etc. but it always says it after a while.
Any ideas on any way to fix it?

as AN says you will probably need to take it apart, I had the same problem. It is pretty straightforward, there are plenty of guides on utube. The heat sinks were completely clogged. If that doesn't solve it, it could be your PSU overheating also, similar take apart and clean, make sure to plug the fan back in if you do this.
Author:  TheCookie197 [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 21:41 ]
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If I do that, and it doesn't work, would I still be able to send it away to Microsoft? Or would they refuse to do anything since its been opened?
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 21:48 ]
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Cookie197 wrote:
If I do that, and it doesn't work, would I still be able to send it away to Microsoft? Or would they refuse to do anything since its been opened?

Do you still have warranty?
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 23:55 ]
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Cookie197 wrote:
If I do that, and it doesn't work, would I still be able to send it away to Microsoft? Or would they refuse to do anything since its been opened?


This happened to my brother's 360. I told him to vacuum it through the vents (I was texting from a wedding a couple of years ago and was quite drunk, so may have been joking at the time, or might have thought it was an ace idea for real. Either way he missed that I was off my face and so followed my sage advice, and it worked perfectly ever since, and he still has it now.

Me = awesome sister.

Note: This may break your Xbox.
Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Jan 02, 2015 0:12 ]
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Wrap it in a wet towel, put it in an oven at 250 for 3 hours.

Or something
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Fri Jan 02, 2015 0:32 ]
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Cookie197 wrote:
If I do that, and it doesn't work, would I still be able to send it away to Microsoft? Or would they refuse to do anything since its been opened?

No. But unless your Xbox is less than one year old it is out of warranty
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Jan 13, 2015 18:37 ]
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That's the Emmy Award-winning Xbox One, thanks.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 20:10 ]
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http://live.theverge.com/microsoft-wind ... live-blog/

Xbox one can stream games to your Windows 10 devices (like the PS4 currently does with Vita and android phones)
Author:  ApplePieOfDestiny [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 21:00 ]
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And crazy holographic shit. But that's not for this thread.
Author:  asfish [ Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:09 ]
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Are there any games out for XboxOne that have been 100% developed on the new hardware yet?

I bought mine for Skype and the BluRay player (as I didn't have one) in the first instance with a plan to game on it later

I'm still of thinking that most things are 360 ports or is this not the case now?

Other issue I have is that I can't turn it on without my son going nuts and wanting the Gruffalo on via Prime Video, if there is anything else other than this he turns the console off, I have to stick the sofa foot rest in front of it to stop him!
Author:  Trousers [ Thu Jan 22, 2015 13:27 ]
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Forza Horizon 2 was developed by a different team to FH2 on 360. It certainly looks the business.

Sunset Overdrive is XboxOne exclusive as well. I have that but haven't tried it yet.
Author:  asfish [ Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:31 ]
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Had an email from MS this morning, Xbox One now shipping with 1TB drive, for £349 with free shipping. They also give you 12 months of EA access and a "free" Windows 10 upgrade which they are giving to people anyway :)
Author:  zaphod79 [ Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:39 ]
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asfish wrote:
Had an email from MS this morning, Xbox One now shipping with 1TB drive, for £349 with free shipping. They also give you 12 months of EA access and a "free" Windows 10 upgrade which they are giving to people anyway :)


The range in prices for these still seems odd , if you have the current ebay 'offer' code (20% off) you can get a new Xbox (500gb) for £199 and it will happily run media from an external drive

So why would you pay another £150 for another 500gb of space !

(Shopto's ebay store has the basic Xbox One for £249 and with the 20% off it drops under £200)
Author:  asfish [ Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:41 ]
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zaphod79 wrote:
asfish wrote:
Had an email from MS this morning, Xbox One now shipping with 1TB drive, for £349 with free shipping. They also give you 12 months of EA access and a "free" Windows 10 upgrade which they are giving to people anyway :)


The range in prices for these still seems odd , if you have the current ebay 'offer' code (20% off) you can get a new Xbox (500gb) for £199 and it will happily run media from an external drive

So why would you pay another £150 for another 500gb of space !

(Shopto's ebay store has the basic Xbox One for £249 and with the 20% off it drops under £200)


Just looked at the offer in detail and there is no Kinect included!
Author:  Bamba [ Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:28 ]
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asfish wrote:
Just looked at the offer in detail and there is no Kinect included!


Well, no; they essentially dropped the Kinect ages ago.
Author:  Bamba [ Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:29 ]
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By which I mean they dropped it from the console packages, you can still buy it separately obviously.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:35 ]
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Bamba wrote:
By which I mean they dropped it from the console packages, you can still buy it separately obviously.


I think some of the bundles still come with it - but if you really wanted one CEX sell them

Xbox one with Kinect (£336)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-One-Consol ... one+kinect

Same Xbox one without (£279)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-One-Consol ... one+kinect

Kinect from CEX (£38)
https://uk.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SX ... bIUw_nzOQU

So again if you really really wanted a kinect i'd buy one without and then pick up a kinect from somewhere 2nd hand (Amazon sell them for £40 if you wanted to avoid CEX)
Author:  LewieP [ Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:21 ]
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Bamba wrote:
By which I mean they dropped it from the console packages, you can still buy it separately obviously.

Although they also aren't making games that actually use it any more either.
Author:  TheVision [ Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:56 ]
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The voice integration still works though doesn't it? I use that quite a lot with the 360.
Author:  Hearthly [ Sat Jul 25, 2015 10:11 ]
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Mate of mine who has an XBone swears by the Kinect, he says the voice control and face recognition and what have you is really good, to the extent he can't imagine not having his connected to the console.
Author:  LewieP [ Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:08 ]
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Yeah the OS stuff is one thing, but they are never going to focus on making games/features for their games that a large chunk of the audience can't buy/use.
Author:  TheVision [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 9:51 ]
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Have we all seen the new Xbox One elite? It boasts a 1TB SSD in the press release.

Reading further, it seems that "a portion" of the drive is an SSD. Still... That's the one for me I reckon.

It also comes with the elite controller which looks pretty neat.
Author:  Hearthly [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:00 ]
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TheVision wrote:
Have we all seen the new Xbox One elite? It boasts a 1TB SSD in the press release.

Reading further, it seems that "a portion" of the drive is an SSD. Still... That's the one for me I reckon.

It also comes with the elite controller which looks pretty neat.


It'll be a hybrid drive by the sounds of it, whereby it has maybe 32GB of SSD storage where it caches the most used stuff and tries to pre-load intelligently, and the rest of the drive is just a normal hard drive.

They can be very effective, but obviously have limitations too.
Author:  myp [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:05 ]
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TheVision wrote:
Have we all seen the new Xbox One elite? It boasts a 1TB SSD in the press release.

Reading further, it seems that "a portion" of the drive is an SSD. Still... That's the one for me I reckon.

It also comes with the elite controller which looks pretty neat.

It's a hybrid so will boot up faster and that's about it. I bet it's a 128GB solid state with the rest being a normal HDD.
Author:  TheVision [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:09 ]
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I think I'm going to go with Future Warriors version. Where do I send my cheque?
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:13 ]
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To Curio, and then you come to the Cottage.
Author:  Hearthly [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:36 ]
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Ignore is so much fun!
Author:  myp [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:39 ]
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Grim... wrote:
To Curio, and then you come to the Cottage.

I need to delay my payment.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 11:20 ]
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Hearthly wrote:
Ignore is so much fun!

If people feel the need to put you on ignore, it's not them that's in the wrong, is it? I can assure you no-one is doing it out of spite.
Author:  Hearthly [ Tue Sep 01, 2015 11:30 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Hearthly wrote:
Ignore is so much fun!

If people feel the need to put you on ignore, it's not them that's in the wrong, is it? I can assure you no-one is doing it out of spite.


Well I'm not going to rake over all that again, save to say he was far more unpleasant towards me than I ever was towards him. He even saw fit to take a personal dig at my wife at one point, which was a classy move.
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