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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | A brick youll need in your house if..... |
you buy an Xbox Full Circle. has anybody else seen this giant thing? its huge! its the same size as the Full-Circle, but itl burn your house down if it gets too hot, so its gotta be suspended. anyone else seen this huge XboxBrick? |
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| Author: | InterruptorJones [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A brick youll need in your house if..... |
Christmas Dagon wrote: you buy an Xbox Full Circle. has anybody else seen this giant thing? its huge! its the same size as the Full-Circle, but itl burn your house down if it gets too hot, so its gotta be suspended. anyone else seen this huge XboxBrick?
Dagon here is talking about the Xbox 360's (sorry, Dagon, but you're the only person who's gonna call it the "full circle") power supply, which.. well, here's a comparison (courtesy of Joystiq): 
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| Author: | ramrod [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:22 pm ] |
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Well, the good thing about the power supply is that it can be customized. 
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:30 pm ] |
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Wow, that thing IS huge. Thanks Bones. I had no clue what he was talking about. It looks like a smaller version of the power supplies I've used with spotlights. Why on earth is that thing so big? |
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| Author: | ramrod [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:43 pm ] |
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StrongRad wrote: Why on earth is that thing so big? My guess is that people complained about the size of the Original X-Box, so when they decided to make the 360 smaller, they had to make the power supply outside of the system.
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| Author: | Beyond the Grave [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:22 pm ] |
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ramrod wrote: Well, the good thing about the power supply is that it can be customized. How did I know that was coming?
I have always been confused by the ideas that come out of Microsoft. |
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:26 pm ] |
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Heh heh heh. MORE overheating problems from the Xbox line? Didn't they learn their lesson with the meltdowns on the first one? |
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| Author: | Prof. Tor Coolguy [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A brick youll need in your house if..... |
InterruptorJones wrote: Christmas Dagon wrote: you buy an Xbox Full Circle. has anybody else seen this giant thing? its huge! its the same size as the Full-Circle, but itl burn your house down if it gets too hot, so its gotta be suspended. anyone else seen this huge XboxBrick? Dagon here is talking about the Xbox 360's (sorry, Dagon, but you're the only person who's gonna call it the "full circle") power supply, which.. well, here's a comparison (courtesy of Joystiq): Obviously the guy that made the first Xbox controlers so huge still works at Microsoft designing new and huge stuff to this day. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:03 pm ] |
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well ramrod is "Sorta" right, except that noone complained about the origional Xbox's size, they just made the power brick outside of the Machine because they wanted to make the Xbox 360(FullCircle) smaller and quiet, so the only way to do that was to put the power brick outside. as most of you know, the PS2 sometimes makes a aweful clicking noise because of the fans. The Powerbrick, however, makes the FullCircle as quiet as a mouse on a tempurpedic bed. |
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| Author: | InterruptorJones [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:07 pm ] |
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Christmas Dagon wrote: well ramrod is "Sorta" right, except that noone complained about the origional Xbox's size
What? The original Xbox was huge. Everyone complained about it. That's half the reason it tanked so badly in Japan. |
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| Author: | Mr.KISS [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:32 pm ] |
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I don't know why everyone would care about the size, it's meant to be stationary. If people think things like size matter, then they obviously aren't buying consoles so they can play video games... |
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:35 pm ] |
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Well, say you want to move your console somewhere else (upstairs or downstairs maybe). If you have a large system, there's a lot of effort to get that up or down there. And controllers can't be big; that's not just an inconvience (sp?), that's a major gameplay problem. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:45 am ] |
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well, it doesnt have big controllers, unlike the up-and-coming PS3 Controller-ang. seriously, it looks like something out of batman. and dont even get me started on the Revolution. |
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| Author: | Speckeldorf [ Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:33 pm ] |
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The Xbox 360 controller isn't that big. I played with one at Target. I don't like Microsoft. And about the power supply — I don't think I would want that sitting on the floor in front of my TV. It's just ugly. And big. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:44 pm ] |
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SpeX-Mas wrote: The Xbox 360 controller isn't that big. I played with one at Target. I don't like Microsoft. And about the power supply — I don't think I would want that sitting on the floor in front of my TV. It's just ugly. And big.
well its ugly, Butt-Ugly, it looks like someone beat it with an ugly stick. well, the thing about the power supply.... to keep it from overheating, you should take a box with an open top and put it over that open top of the box, thatway it doesnt overheat....or just tie a coupla strings to it and hang it up from the ground, it needs constant air going through it to cool it down. |
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| Author: | cyco [ Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:07 pm ] |
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Seriously, if anyone keeps away from the 360 just because of a big power supply.... granted id rather a small one, but i dont really mind that its this big. |
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| Author: | Cleverdan [ Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:14 pm ] |
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That thing IS big *throw at gamecube* AAAAAA!!!!! my gamecube! |
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| Author: | Mr.KISS [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:13 am ] |
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Christmas Dagon wrote: SpeX-Mas wrote: The Xbox 360 controller isn't that big. I played with one at Target. I don't like Microsoft. And about the power supply — I don't think I would want that sitting on the floor in front of my TV. It's just ugly. And big. well its ugly, Butt-Ugly, it looks like someone beat it with an ugly stick. Because the way the console looks is what matters most when you are playing video games. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:46 am ] |
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yeah.... i cant wait till christmas to get it. |
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| Author: | Simon Zeno [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:19 am ] |
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Actually, when it comes to consoles, size matters. For instance, one of the main reasons why the original XBox didn't sell well in Asian markets was because of its size and bulkiness. Hence why the XBox 2pi is so much less manly looking than the original. As for the power supply, well, that's just too big. I think Gates made the power supply have a secret explosive device in it, so if you try and hack the 2pi, it'll self-detonate. |
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| Author: | Frotzer [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:20 am ] |
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Ive heard rumors of game consoles burning houses down.Which ones are these? I dont want my house turn into a pile of ashes. |
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| Author: | DESTROY US ALL! [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:13 am ] |
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frotzy:AKA dealin burgers wrote: Ive heard rumors of game consoles burning houses down.Which ones are these? I dont want my house turn into a pile of ashes.
I've heard horror stories of someone leaving a Slim PS2 on all night. But the myth seems false. Though the slim ones don't have much of a cooling system.... |
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| Author: | No Toppings [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:14 am ] |
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frotzy:AKA dealin burgers wrote: Ive heard rumors of game consoles burning houses down.Which ones are these? I dont want my house turn into a pile of ashes.
That was the old Xbox power cord. They were recalled. No need to worry. |
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| Author: | Alberto [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:18 am ] |
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Festive No Toppings wrote: frotzy:AKA dealin burgers wrote: Ive heard rumors of game consoles burning houses down.Which ones are these? I dont want my house turn into a pile of ashes. That was the old Xbox power cord. They were recalled. No need to worry. I still have the old cord, I'm not to paranoid about it spontaneously combusting. |
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| Author: | The Noid [ Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:00 pm ] |
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destroy_us_all wrote: frotzy:AKA dealin burgers wrote: Ive heard rumors of game consoles burning houses down.Which ones are these? I dont want my house turn into a pile of ashes. I've heard horror stories of someone leaving a Slim PS2 on all night. But the myth seems false. Though the slim ones don't have much of a cooling system.... You can't really even turn them off unless they are unplugged anyways.... |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:27 pm ] |
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well, i have a question that even i cant figure out... Can the Xbox 360 play origional Xbox games? |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:31 pm ] |
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YogSothoth Xmas wrote: well, i have a question that even i cant figure out... Can the Xbox 360 play origional Xbox games?
Yes, if you buy the model with the hard drive. If you don't get the one with the hard drive, you have to buy the drive to play the old games, as I understand it. |
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| Author: | DESTROY US ALL! [ Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:34 pm ] |
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YogSothoth Xmas wrote: well, i have a question that even i cant figure out... Can the Xbox 360 play origional Xbox games?
Only if you get one with a hard drive. The core model can't emulate the old games. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:35 pm ] |
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well in that case.. im shoving out $400 for the whole thing.. or was it $499 for the whole thing? |
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| Author: | Mr.KISS [ Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:40 pm ] |
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The good one is 499$. I'd get it, the cheap one has no memory thing so you'll end up buying a memory card anyways (that'd push the price up to 440$ or something). |
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