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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:17 AM
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Turned on my console last night and downloaded it, looks pretty slick but I'm still getting used to the interface.

NetFlix streaming... haven't looked into what type of NetFlix account I would need though. Anyone have this setup?

There's an option to download games to the HD, again haven't tried it but it might be nice so I don't have to keep switching out games.

Avatars are a direct rip from Wii but as they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:20 AM
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Maybe I should actually turn on my 360

I would not mind Netflix streaming and am already a customer.
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:21 AM
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Netflix streaming kinda makes me wish I had a 360... just not enough to actually go out and buy one.
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:24 AM
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I tried looking around on-line but didn't see an answer yet. I was wondering if I could do their cheapest 1-out-a-time 8.99 plan, still get the movies in the mail and still stream "unlimited" movies to my xbox. So so... Netflix has a customer again
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:25 AM
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I'll investigate it. But it's going to take a while since I'm leaving tomorrow for a 10 day vacation.

Having PS3 and 360 FTW
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:54 AM
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i signed up for this n' use it all the time now. just choose the cheap option with unlimited streams. all depends on your internet connection though.

i found out last night that my cable company has been capping me at 1.5mbps (causing netflix to give me bad video quality)....for the longest time.....sad part was i was paying for their 6mbps package the whole time....


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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by kenta,Nov 20 2008, 10:17 AM
There's an option to download games to the HD, again haven't tried it but it might be nice so I don't have to keep switching out games.
you install the games to the HD...you STILL need original disc in the xbox tray to even play the game. This is to prevent dumbasses from going to friend's houses and "installing" the game to their hard drive




no more overheating and disc read errors FTMFW!!
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:58 AM
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i haven't tried installing games to the hard drive yet...since my xbox is modded, i didn't want to take the chance in installing a ripped copy to the hard drive


i will try it soon though. been playing with this all day
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:59 AM
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oh and there's a limited amount of movies you can only stream to the xbox unfortunately.


also, SONY pulled their movies from netflix to prevent xbox users from viewing them


netflix is talking with sony to try n' get them back
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 06:00 AM
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The loading of games ontot he HD is a big thing for me. I had one game get ruined somehow in the drive. SOme games seem to be noisier than others too. I would only load whatever my most used game(s) were as I only have the 20GB drive.

Im leaving for a week tomorrow so I wont get to really look it over for a bit.
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