Xbox 360 Elite ("Zephyr") coming, price cuts also ($229 core)

[Asher]

Originally posted by laurentius
Do you have any sources to back this up? The reviews I've read have unanimously declared PS3 better than the stand alone Bluray players.

That doesn't mean it's bugfree...

I'll take a video of it next time it happens to me for you.

As for lack of upscaling, lack of streaming, etc...that's all fact you can easily find for yourself.

Sooner than later I suppose.

Which ones are coming out soon?

[Asher]

Re: bluray freezes

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=6082

[DanS]

Originally posted by laurentius
only 17.5 hours to go...

How much do all you Euros have to pay for the PS3?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher
Re: bluray freezes

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=6082

XP freezes

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=xp+freezes&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
XP freezes

Pics of the 360 or a HD-DVD player doing that would serve the cause of a counter-troll better.

[Q Classic]

Well, hell, since we're not staying germaine, what with pointing out XP's flaws...

Mac freezes
Apple Keynote freezes


Oh, and hey, back on topic, PS3 crashes.

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
XP freezes

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=xp+...p=mss&ei=UTF-8

Please, just stop. Your trolls are too painful when you try.

The PS3 is a closed system doing a simple task of playing a bitstream. It should not be crashing, period.

Your ignorant troll is noted and ignored.

[Asher]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Pics of the 360 or a HD-DVD player doing that would serve the cause of a counter-troll better.

Yes, but he couldn't find them because the 360 HD-DVD doesn't freeze. I know this because I've watched about a dozen movies on it.

The PS3 bluray player is noted for its freezing. The reason the 1.50 update was quickly patched was because it caused bluray movies to freeze several times per hour. The 1.54 update fixed most of them, but it still freezes...

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher

Yes, but he couldn't find them because the 360 HD-DVD doesn't freeze. I know this because I've watched about a dozen movies on it.

No, I didnt look, cause I dont own a 360 HD, i was only interested in systems where the problems actually caused me grief.

but since youre so interested

http://www.highdefforum.com/showthread.php?p=206768#post206768

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
No, I didnt look, cause I dont own a 360 HD, i was only interested in systems where the problems actually caused me grief.

but since youre so interested

http://www.highdefforum.com/showthre...768#post206768

If you're going to troll a techie, you need to do it convincingly.

It's very clear from the forum and his solution that the problem was not inherent in the 360, but with his stupidity in placing the subwoofer so close to an optical disc drive (um, duh?).

[lord of the mark]

it is hard to find 360 HD DVD freeze info. Cause theres no propietary name for the HD, like Bluray, and whatever there is is buried under reports of game freezes on the 360. of which there is no shortage at all.

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
it is hard to find 360 HD DVD freeze info. Cause theres no propietary name for the HD, like Bluray

"HD DVD" is a proprietary name, rabbi. Thus the "TM" after it.

You lose.

[Elok]

Originally posted by nostromo
Probably not. But if you already have a PS3, its still an option. Besides, the God of War games got amazing reviews and they look really good.

Have you ever played them, though? I watched a guy down the hall from me play through the first couple of levels on the first one. I guess the combo system I hear so much about might make it more fun to play than it is to watch, but I wasn't impressed. It looked like an interactive version of the UFC fights on SpikeTV: a lot of grunting and smashing designed to work teenaged boys into a blood frenzy. Plus they had the most evil crate-pushing puzzle I have ever seen, and they put it on the FIRST. FREAKING. LEVEL.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher

"HD DVD" is a proprietary name, rabbi. Thus the "TM" after it.

You lose.

thanks.

From DVDreview.com

Since day one Toshiba has claimed that the HD-DVD player is much more sophisticated than other consumer electronic machines, such as DVD players. The company claimed it had a real processor, memory, an operating system and so forth. Well, apart from the fact that a DVD player also has a CPU, memory and an operating system, I do concede to the fact that the one in a HD-DVD player needs to be a bit more elaborate than the one for a DVD player. None of that excuses the glitches found in the first generation player however, such as overly long boot-up and disc loading times or the freezes that occur occasionally. (In fairness I have to point out that my Pioneer DVD player also suffers from very frequent intermittent lock-ups which I find entirely unacceptable.)

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
thanks.

From DVDreview.com

Since day one Toshiba has claimed that the HD-DVD player is much more sophisticated than other consumer electronic machines, such as DVD players. The company claimed it had a real processor, memory, an operating system and so forth. Well, apart from the fact that a DVD player also has a CPU, memory and an operating system, I do concede to the fact that the one in a HD-DVD player needs to be a bit more elaborate than the one for a DVD player. None of that excuses the glitches found in the first generation player however, such as overly long boot-up and disc loading times or the freezes that occur occasionally. (In fairness I have to point out that my Pioneer DVD player also suffers from very frequent intermittent lock-ups which I find entirely unacceptable.)

Umm....okay?

I agree completely with him. Lockups are unacceptable in DVD playback.

I hope you are aware your post has absolutely nothing to do with any game console. This is why you can't troll...