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Xbox 360 - Everything you wanted to know !

Sorry, not trying to rain on your parade, but you live in Europe? I see Singstar there. In the USA demo kiosks have been up for weeks now at stores across the country.
 
Well thanks for the info I guess. But I think there aint much to test with the demopod.

And please for mankind, remove those Fable promo boxes ;)

Gegroet Bizznizz en Mose
 
There's x360 demo pods all over the place here in the UK. I was wondering, how representative are the demos of the final games? Are these E3 demos or are they pretty much the final game?
 
Rayne.S said:
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We also tried the different resolution settings and trust me, you REALLY want an HD set for this baby. The 480P signal is lightyears away in screenquality compared to the 720P settings. ....
Uh-oh!
 
Yeah, well, really, the regular 480i signal on Call of Duty 2 could very well be a really good XBox-1 game. Bumpmaps on the characters from the Kameo Demo totally dissapear in the transition from 720p to 480i. Yup pretty bad indeed.

@heidern : well, the Cod2 demo moves a lot smoother compared to the E3 level. Kameo is exactly the same as the X05 demo, still awsome to behold on 720p !

And please for mankind, remove those Fable promo boxes ;)

Dude, those demoboxes rock. Besides, took me forever to stick those boxes to the Xbox shelves so .... yeah, i like em ^_^
 
I just hope the games look good enough on my 27" flat screen CRT with component cables... not expecting NEAR HD quality, but hopefully it'll suffice until I get one.
 
BlueTsunami said:
Black people gravitate to 360 kiosks?

Hell yes they do. Today I was killing time on a demopod at my GameStop and a 'gangsta' walked in with his girl (who was beeming at a new pair of expensive boots), took a look at the 360 and relayed a wonderful little tidbit to his 'biyatch':

"Yo gurl, you gon have to return dem boots. I'ma get me one o' dese hurr Xbox 3's in a minute!"
 
Um to be fair you were trying 480p on a fixed pixel display so obviously it isn't going to look nearly as good as its native resolution.
 
Yeah, quality wise your right. But the downscale in resolution is pretty noticible, even upscaled again to 720p, your still losing the extra information in the 720p signal.

Trust me, a lot of people are going to be very dissappointed when they see the difference between the instore demo units and their own set at home.
 
OMG a 360 pod in holland.....must touch and *whispers*pee in my pants*wishpers* AMIRITE? :D

No seriously thats pretty cool i guess, haven't had the privilege to get my hands on the 360 yet.

Is it the regular demo disk the US has or a different one?
 
Oni Jazar said:
What image was better 720p or 1080i?

The answer to that will only mean anything if they tried the 720p on a 720p-native device and 1080i on a 1080i-native device. If they tried them both on the same tv, whichever one is the TVs native res will always look better.
 
Wow some poster offers to try things on the xbox 360 for us and hes shot down in flames. I wondered why gafs had a bad rep now i know why. Jebus give the guy a break lads.:(
 
Zeeman :D

Anyway, pretty much know everything. Thanks for sharing that pic anyway ;)

de groeten ;)

And damn, you won't see any hugh leaps in graphics on a normal TV o_0
 
True, though the difference isn't all that pronounced on the same set. Trust me, detail and effects are definately a LOT less effective and generally NOT that impressive in 480p.

By the way, made a mistake, the kiosk machine doens't supprt regular sets, no 480i mode supported. I have a feeling MS doens't want the world to know what its high n mighty 360 looks like on a regular set ... no ?

I'll drag the machine to a friends house. His set is native 480p so makes for a better comparison.


@demi : *bows in awe*
 
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