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    Quote Originally Posted by jono View Post
    Really? I've run the HDMI through surround to TV and it's fantastic,
    yeah, then run the optical from your TV to your amp and bingo, high quality surround sound from your games (don't forget to turn the sound down from your tv, most setups will have a slight delay)

    The whole windows media centre approach through the Xbox is a snap if you have your Xbox networked already, set up windows media centre on your pc and add your Xbox as an extender and voila

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    Quote Originally Posted by jono View Post
    I'm really excited to see what the Xbox one can do.
    Well at least someone in the world is excited by it

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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    Well at least someone in the world is excited by it
    Most people who aren't blindly loyal to playstation are excited actually
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    not from what I hear.

    many complaints at my school
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    I hate Sony and all their proprietary memory sticks and Sony only file formats etc but have always been unable to go past the Playstation in all its formats... I think Gran Turismo and Metal Gear Solid helped things along too where Halo never did it for me.
    PS4 will continue that tradition I suspect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jono View Post
    Most people who aren't blindly loyal to playstation are excited actually
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    I know many people who have only owned an X-Box and they are extremely disappointed by what has been announced

    You are literally the first person I've heard anywhere to be excited by it

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    Fair enough. I've done a fair bit of reading on it and there are a fair few people excited. Personally I'm going to wait until they have both been out for a few months before I invest. Will have a decent go on them at friends houses before I go out and buy. I'm not really loyal to on console over the other. Games like Halo are not enough to keep me on Xbox, and most of the other ones are all released in both formats anyway.
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    I recently got one of these: http://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/bu...375/712969-375 (edit: $229 + shipping with coupon code) to act as the home file and media server. I installed Plex server on it for media transcoding and use a Raspberry Pi with Rasplex on it as the media player on the main TV. Also have Plex clients on the iPods/Tablets/Laptops in the house so media can be streamed pretty much everywhere and an old Pi which runs XBMC which talks happily to it.

    No good for games - but you could probably throw a TV tuner or two in there? As a server only, it doesn't need to be near the TV so will eventually move from my desk to the closet near the front door where it could hopefully be easily yanked out in case of emergency as it also has all our photos and data on it. Ended up only costing the $249 + additional storage + a few $$ for PLEX clients.

    Lots of blogs on setting up the N40L (almost identical) as HTPC / Home server - it's worth a Google.

    There are some coupon code here: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/105587 also worth looking at

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    TLH,,what are they saying?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jono View Post
    Games like Halo are not enough to keep me on Xbox, and most of the other ones are all released in both formats anyway.
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    I've read plenty on it but most of the authors I've read would be best described as cautious. I think Microsfot have possibly gone to far down the entertainment centre route, let's not forget that games consoles primarily play games.

    I never got beyond thinking about getting an X-Box 360, constant reports of the dreaded red ring of death did nothing to help and like you said most games are released on both consoles. The exclusives for the 360 weren't enough to get me to fork out the cash and Halo is over rated

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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    I've read plenty on it but most of the authors I've read would be best described as cautious. I think Microsfot have possibly gone to far down the entertainment centre route, let's not forget that games consoles primarily play games.

    I never got beyond thinking about getting an X-Box 360, constant reports of the dreaded red ring of death did nothing to help and like you said most games are released on both consoles. The exclusives for the 360 weren't enough to get me to fork out the cash and Halo is over rated
    i've beat the red rings of death twice on my machine now.
    i'm still on my first 360 i got when they first came out.
    that preconception is a load of shit IMO because it's very fixable.

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    You shouldn't have to fix it! Microsoft shouldn't have out a product out with such an obvious fault

    My PS3 died months after I got it due to a design fault with some of the earlier versions and Sony swapped it for a new one straight away
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    same with my Xbox, the second one is still going strong<br />
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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    You shouldn't have to fix it! Microsoft shouldn't have out a product out with such an obvious fault

    My PS3 died months after I got it due to a design fault with some of the earlier versions and Sony swapped it for a new one straight away
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    all it took was unplugging it and plugging it back in 15 mins later.
    i agree with your point though. my main piss off with the 360!

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