i managed to grab Lumines at around 6.45pm just now, i see marauderz playing lumines too.... i guess the content server's overloaded.

xbox.com still down, i wonder what's this suprise they hv for us...

Peter Moore announced full version of TV and movies coming to the marketplace

source: MajorNelson.com
watch the demo video: xbox.com

*edit:

in the demo video, the guy bought an episode of CSI:NY for 240ms point. the 480p version is 556mb and the 720p is 2.0gb.

they also showed movie rental, Batman Forever for 320ms points. 480p is 1.3gb and 720p is 5.4gb now what we need is a bigger hard drive.

and the movie rental has DRM enforced, must watch within 14 days of purchase and 24hrs to complete once u started watching.

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Nov 7 2006, 10:56 AM

with the kind of broadband we have here, i think it'll take more than 14 days for me to download that 5.4gb version of Batman Forever

they only mentioned rental on the movies, but do u think the same would be applied to TV shows? i hope not. too bad no ABC, i'm a LOST freak

i think its next year, ask ECS Astar

when did u update ur live? billing.microsoft.com still indicate that my card is valid, hope it still works with xblive gold, mine will be dead on Feb'07

*edt: btw, which ms points card can we use for US account? asia 1600 can work?

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Nov 23 2006, 11:11 AM

some US gamers with US account and credit cards reported the same problem too, i hope it's just a glitch. xbox.com forum

whoa.. so many new owners today... welcome to the club!
can change ur current hotmail setting to SG address also... login at http://account.live.com. after registering a US account, i changed by hotmail details back to MY.
as of this moment, Singapore. US accounts got problem buying ms points due to the video marketplace restrictions (check the related thread). and because SG is closest to us also.
shiny plastic! if u r allergic to plastic u can always buy prepaid subscription cards, i recommend our resident drug *cough* i mean game dealer: DjiNn, PM him, he'll hook u up

p/s: jangan marah ha DjiNn, j/k only

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Nov 30 2006, 01:52 PM

yes, just as long as there is a credit card listed as a payment option in your account and the credentials are valid, microsoft will automatically renew your subscription... check your subscription and billing details at http://billing.microsoft.com, login with your gamertag linked passport/live account. check your order history to see what they charge on your credit card.

putting 1 or 3 months subscription on credit card is suicide if u forget to cancel the recurring subscription charges...

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Dec 8 2006, 05:25 PM

but how do you get your ms points? prepaid cards? since ms block non-us credit card susah la, can't buy point

good for u, i'm left with 200 stinkin' points... can't buy anything except for pics n themes

if achievements in LIVE can transfer i'm the next StripClubDJ liao ler...

j/k... achievements kenot transfer...

depends on games, some are locked to the profile

that's the product/part number for the sticker la.. it's nothing, not for registering or anything like that.

try logging on to http://billing.microsoft.com with ur passport/live id, check your billing address there... coz recently my JP account changed to United States. i guess its because my console locale is set to US, but the billing details are still JP. i not sure bout this but its the only explanation i can think of for my JP acc turning into US. doesnt matter anyway coz the JP acc is just a dummy acc.

for US accounts, as of this moment u cannot buy points using non-US credit cards, something to do with the video marketplace region restrictions / legal crap.

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Jan 22 2007, 02:56 PM

regarding servers and lag... it makes no difference if u choose US, Singapore or Uganda... the XB live servers are in the US, in unknown locations (they think it's cool to make it secret, mission impossible / james bond konon ). well, one might argue that since the locations are secret, who knows there might be XB Live servers in SG? the thing is, XB Live server locations don't matter... it's the players' location that do.

XB Live is merely a match-making service; games don't happen on the server, players host the game (thus becoming the game server), other players join this game, ala P2P... XB Live just point a lonely gamer to other lonely gamers (this sounds, *oh so ghey*!). after match-making, it's the players' connection to each other that determine latency... (demn, double-ghey!)

the reasons u should be considering before choosing a region are: download content availability, payment options, ability to purchase MS points.

US has alot of content but problem buying MS Points (for us malaysians)
vs
SG has no problem on purchasing MS Points but not much content (no TV shows )

*ps: i cant confirm this but there are reports saying that u currently can use asian ms points card to reload a us account... anyone can confirm whether this still work?

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Jan 30 2007, 02:02 PM

^^

judge, which state is ur account? got additional tax?... my account is New York, kena 8.375% tax

membership $49.99
+ tax 4% $2.00
+ tax 4% $2.00
+ tax 0.375% $0.19
= total $54.18

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Feb 7 2007, 08:49 PM

^^

hmmm... it's either terminate my CC or move to texas... what should it be?

ok, i moved to Texas already; Austin TX 78711.
changed it http://billing.microsoft.com

http://billing.microsoft.com - sign in with ur associated live id. can manage ur account details (including credit card) from there. only can disable a card but not totally remove, it will still be there for transaction history purposes, but MS wont use it anymore.

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Feb 21 2007, 07:56 PM

microsoft returned US$2.10 to my credit card last week for incorrect tax charges (almost a year after the transaction). but that's only like 4%. dont care, still moving to texas

This post has been edited by hikaru_x: Feb 27 2007, 02:43 PM