Xbox 360 Update And IRC Back Up
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Well, my IRC server is back up and running. I was having problems with the OS the IRCd was running on, but it is all up and running now :D. I know it’s been down for a while, but like usual, it takes me a bit to get around to do something.
OMG, I love the new Xbox 360 Dashboard that Microsoft has released today. I am surprised how good of a job they have done to the Dashboard after the update they released for the Hotmail design. I like the new avatar system that they have implemented into the game. I know it is kinda based off of the Nintendo Mees, but it is still a good idea for any gaming system.
I was supprised how quickly the update downloaded off the Xbox Live servers. I thought it would of taken a while because of all the people that would be downloading it in the morning. Three minutes and the whole thing was downloaded and installed, which isn’t bad in my opinion.
I have been using my Xbox 360 on my PC’s LCD monitor with the VGA cable, and have enjoyed it, with only problem till now, that the 360 never supported the exact resolution of the monitor. My LCD monitor max resolution is 1440×900, but till this update, the 360 had the closest of 1360×768. But it worked just as good for me, so I never complained about it, but now they have implemented 1440×900 into the VGA settings, so now I can use my monitors full resolution.
The only problem I find now with this resolution is that now there are black lines on the top and bottom of the Dashboard and in my games and it is annoying as hell. I would of thought that Microsoft would of implemented an update to the system to up convert everything to include no bars at all. But there is nothing I can do, except go back to the old resolution where the black lines are almost non existent, or just tuff it out till Microsoft does something to make it look better.
I am still waiting for the day that Netflix comes to Canada, more now then ever with the available option to stream Netflix movies to the Xbox 360. I think Netflix would be a lot better then the movie network on demand that I get with my cable provider since they don’t keep up to date with the latest movies that are released.
The only thing I could think of that would make this a way better experience is free Xbox Live, but then again we wouldn’t have such a good online service with the 360 then.
JurassicJon
