Xbox 360 is an unreliable piece of shit

[metaleggman]

What kindsof TVs do you guys have where you would want 1080i? Remember now, if you have a some TV supports 720p and only 1080i and NOT 1080p, it is actually deinterlacing and scaling all the 1080i signals to 720p, so unless you have a CRT which is native 1080i, playing at 1080i really doesn't make sense. Unless of course the game is meant to play in 1080i, as perfect dark was, which then it will most likely look better when it is done via the TV if it is a nive expensive TV with a good little video proc in there. Even ATi's budgety TV video proc, Xillion, is only alright and I can notice it upscaling my sources into with a little bit of stutter and artifacts and stuff. And thats not cuz I'm choking the TV, its got about a foot and a half of space, so its the proc itself...

[Umon Daisuke]

22dB.. as quiet as the slim PS2 and runs as "hot" as the average 360 is supposed to. Quite a feat considering the fact that Cell is about 1.5X larger than Xenon and RSX is larger than Xenos as well.

Given the fact that I can't upscale old games, and the hardware is currently not upscaling 720p to 1080i coupled with the fact that there is no compelling game out, I'm skipping now. March it is.

I'm not getting a Wii until Umbrella Chronicles is out too.

[Weed]

Am I the only one that owns a 360 that hasn't had a single problem? =D

The only pooper about my 360 is that, while it doesn't overheat, it does get REALLY goddamn hot... so hot that the fans have to run full blast and I actually ended up taking the glass door off of my entertainment center to keep people from playing it with the glass door closed and causing it to overheat or have problems.

The PS3 will be the same way... however I won't be buying one for at least 3 years.

Wii is next!

~Weed

[Umon Daisuke]

Likewise, but you do need about 42" of space to see a difference. Westinghouse even makes a 37" monitor

I'm not playing games as much, and I certainly don't watch a lot of TV either so it's quite pointless for me to even upgrade. IGN is reporting that current PS3 firmware doesn't allow you to upscale 720p signals to 1080i so it's a big turnoff for me.

[James]

I've got a TV which can do 1080i, so I'm not planning on upgrading anytime soon for 1080p, especially when the quality is only really noticeable with a TV that's at least 52" or bigger. =(

So I've got the TV now, I just need to save up.

[metaleggman]

Thats actually not too long. I mean, at that rate, you could prolly get a 1080p LCD with a nice refresh rate in about 6 months, as the prices will most likely go down even further in the next year or so.

4months(for PS3, right?)+6months(for TV)=the only good way to play the PS3. That's actually how I kindof think about it. I'll get a 360 once they either drop way down in price or once they include HDMI and 1080p out. But that will most likely only be once I get a 1080p panel, as the day is inevitable...Though my fam's 1080i CRT is quite sturdy and seems like it'll keep on trucking til its 8 (its 4 atm), so that may be a while.

[James]

I'm considering saving up, as I have 4 months to do so. Hmm. >_>

[Umon Daisuke]

So I hear. And apparently it doesn't void warranty?

Either way this was to be expected. I took a massive risk buying a launch 360 but for something as expensive as the PS3 I won't take that same risk. Waiting for me. I'm only missing out on two games that I really want anyway. =P

No, it's actually stated in the system's manual so it's safe. Gamewatch did a test with a 100GB HDD, and it was fine.

The PS3's reported issues so far have been negligable and firmware related specifically with the backwards compatiblity, but nothing hardware-related. Importers like NCS who have had problems with the PS2 6 years ago are reporting no problems, and having seen the internals of the console, seems that Sony did a great job there. It really looks like a high end piece of equipment.

Best part of all is the full year warranty (not kidding here)

[Dot50Cal]

It seems to be behaving ok now..Ill stick with it a bit longer. Having too much fun with Gears.

[James]

So I hear. And apparently it doesn't void warranty?

Either way this was to be expected. I took a massive risk buying a launch 360 but for something as expensive as the PS3 I won't take that same risk. Waiting for me. I'm only missing out on two games that I really want anyway. =P

[metaleggman]

It seems the PS3 is having a few issues too (so much so that Sony fixed a few issues with Firmware 1.10 =P) like corruption of data and such.

Good thing for that replacable hard drive

[James]

It seems the PS3 is having a few issues too (so much so that Sony fixed a few issues with Firmware 1.10 =P) like corruption of data and such.

[randomwab]

Yeah, it's understandable, but I love how it recognizes SwapMagic every time

[Cyber_Shinobi]

Yeah, thats an issue with the Action Replay that though, not the PS2. It happens with my Action Replay too. Its something to do with the way its made. Sometimes the PS2 doesn't recognise is as Official PS2 software, and it isn't really.

[randomwab]

My launch PS2 died after about 3 years (which I later learnt was just that laser thing where it just needed reconfigured) but back then I didn't know what to do other than buy a new PS2. I got one of the Silver PS2s which were JUST out back then, and I have had no trouble since (except sometimes it doesn't want to read the Action Replay).

360 has given me some problems and i've had it less than a month. Many DRE with Dead Rising, especially if I leave it paused for a few minutes and try to continue, you can hear the disc start and then stop spinning, a clicking, then DRE. It's also froze several times in games (Dead Rising and CoD2) and demos (Lost Planet and Burnout Revenge), and likes to freeze in Ninja Gaiden (which may be a backwards emulation problem) and it has died during parts of Halo 2. GREAT CONSOLE!!!