Comments on: New Xbox Experience, Picoreview http://tleaves.com/2008/12/04/new-xbox-experience-picoreview/ Creativity x Technology Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Adam Rixey http://tleaves.com/2008/12/04/new-xbox-experience-picoreview/comment-page-1/#comment-5207 Adam Rixey Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:49:51 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1244#comment-5207 Hank: There's a new option in the menus now to control whether to autorun what's in the drive. Hank: There’s a new option in the menus now to control whether to autorun what’s in the drive.

]]> By: Hank http://tleaves.com/2008/12/04/new-xbox-experience-picoreview/comment-page-1/#comment-5208 Hank Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:32:34 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1244#comment-5208 Yeah, Netflix streaming is pretty cool. My one complaint - I've noticed that if I start my XBox with a game in the drive it no longer automatically runs the game. Those new extra seconds spent clicking threw menus are seconds not spent shooting things. Yeah, Netflix streaming is pretty cool. My one complaint – I’ve noticed that if I start my XBox with a game in the drive it no longer automatically runs the game. Those new extra seconds spent clicking threw menus are seconds not spent shooting things.

]]> By: Thomas http://tleaves.com/2008/12/04/new-xbox-experience-picoreview/comment-page-1/#comment-5211 Thomas Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:07:27 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1244#comment-5211 Netflix streaming is great. If they'd added nothing else, that would have been a success in my book. Netflix streaming is great. If they’d added nothing else, that would have been a success in my book.

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2008/12/04/new-xbox-experience-picoreview/comment-page-1/#comment-5209 psu Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:41:13 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1244#comment-5209 There is nothing silent about my Xbox 360. Even playing a video off of the hard drive the thing is so loud that I can't hear the dialog in the video without turning it up higher than I would like. Compare that to (say) the Apple TV, which really is completely silent. There is nothing silent about my Xbox 360. Even playing a video off of the hard drive the thing is so loud that I can’t hear the dialog in the video without turning it up higher than I would like.

Compare that to (say) the Apple TV, which really is completely silent.

]]> By: Adam Rixey http://tleaves.com/2008/12/04/new-xbox-experience-picoreview/comment-page-1/#comment-5210 Adam Rixey Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:37:52 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1244#comment-5210 Its software advantage is that the entire update took ten seconds for the biggest software change I've ever seen and required no action on my part. For comparison, I wanted to browse the PSN store to see what's new today, but it wouldn't let me because my firmware's out of date (despite another patch last week). This doesn't start the update process, mind you, I have to navigate to another part of the interface, then go through several steps and EULAs to do that. It's currently on its eighteenth minute of the download and only at 58%, and from past experience it'll take another 5-10 minutes to install once downloaded. And require my action over several reboots. All because I wanted to potentially give Sony some money. And other than once this past summer, I have NEVER noticed any actual difference from one firmware patch to another. Sorry for the rant, but sometimes I really hate my ps3. And you missed the best thing about the new experience: installing games to the hard drive. Faster load times and silent running. Its software advantage is that the entire update took ten seconds for the biggest software change I’ve ever seen and required no action on my part.

For comparison, I wanted to browse the PSN store to see what’s new today, but it wouldn’t let me because my firmware’s out of date (despite another patch last week). This doesn’t start the update process, mind you, I have to navigate to another part of the interface, then go through several steps and EULAs to do that. It’s currently on its eighteenth minute of the download and only at 58%, and from past experience it’ll take another 5-10 minutes to install once downloaded. And require my action over several reboots. All because I wanted to potentially give Sony some money. And other than once this past summer, I have NEVER noticed any actual difference from one firmware patch to another.

Sorry for the rant, but sometimes I really hate my ps3.

And you missed the best thing about the new experience: installing games to the hard drive. Faster load times and silent running.

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