I wish they let us choose the bitrate of the music that we rip. Currently the quality is damn crappy. Comparing the the music that's straight from the CD and the ripped version is like day and night

A question for those connected with VGA connection. Play a DVD on your 360. Does the 360 now upconverts it to resolution other than its 480p?
There are reports that with the new update, the 360 now works basically like those expensive DVD player that have the upconverting capabilities. Native DVD resolution is 480p, but there are commercially available DVD players that can upconverts the video feed to 720p and 1080i.

hey string, i'm on VGA HD connected to our 42" plasma. usually what happens is that whenever i pop a DVD in, the reso drops to 480p. but after the update, i checked.. and the reso didn't drop, instead it stood at 720p just like what i've set the 360 on. what does that say?

Congratulations! Your Xbox 360 now is an upscaling DVd player!

All the more reason for those who hadnt experienced image upscaling on DVDs before to try out the VGA connection.

I had upscaling through component using my HD-850 Samsung DVD player, 720p and 1080i, but looks like the 360 is now a two-in-one, the ultimate console + upscaling DVD player! Hooray!

Does it work through component or just VGA?

The problem is the console is region locked which means I can only use my old pirated DVDs only

An interesting article about upscaling DVD players

http://www.hometheaterfocus.com/blog/archi...08/02/2227.aspx

This post has been edited by arj: Jun 7 2006, 01:35 AM

Only via VGA. Microsoft is bound to face MPAA's wrath if they do that via component connection. Funny thing is, VGA and component are both analog and unsecured, so why only VGA?

Pirated DVD only? If you can be sure that your pirated DVDs are copoed exactly from its source and a one-to-one copy without downscaling or is original source touched, then it should be good i think.

Yeah because pirated discs are region free

I know they are region free, but since they are pirated, you can never know if they (one-eyed pirates) have faithfully copied the movie one-to-one or messed around with the original source, just to fit it into the pirated DVDs.

Holy Shit Holy Shit Holy Shit Holy Shit!

Those with MCE paired with your 360 will FLIP!!!!!

I SALUTE you Microsoft!

Remember the VGA only upscaling for your DVDs? NOT ANYMORE!

Those with movies inside your MCE PCs will have ALL your movies UPSCALED TO the resolution you set on 360! That means, ALL my movies , stored in the MCE , ripped at 480p, now shows up at 1080i/720p! Pure EYE CANDY!

Thank you SO MUCH MS! I <3 U!!!!!!!

My Matrix movies in 720p/1080i! All Pixar movie awesomeness in 720p/1080i! Bloody Star Wars Episode I till VI, in 720p/1080i!! I died and gone to HEAVEN!

The next step here is to find higher quality video sources (such as from HD-DVDs and Blueray discs, or WMVHD movies) at 720p and higher quality, and rip them one-to-one at original resolution.

This may be Microsoft's preparation for the upcoming HD-DVD addon not to far in the future.

Have you tried comparing to the image produced by your HD850?

Yep! the HD850 wins by a smidgen, probably due to the fact that it's connected via DVI port-to-port. The 360-MCE is OTA with component at the 360's end. DVI versus component = digital vs analog, so the results are apparent.

But im happy that MS did it anyway. Before this, i had to resort using the 4 different zooms in MCE to make sure i get the video full screen, and without squashed or elongated image (wrong aspect ratio). With this new update, it STICKS to the 360's resolution, and coincidentally, i ripped all my DVDs at their nativeresolution, so it looks gorgeous!

For the first time, I have successfully downloaded a DEMO. Left my
unit on throughout the nite, did not disconnect throughout. Previously,
downloads disconnects every 10 minutes or so. So, this confirms it was
XboxLive and not Streamyx's problem. Poor Streamyx, kena blamed
for nothing.

...or perhaps it's the new dashboard update that will auto-retry?
Previously i use streamyx download, sometimes got disconnect problem.
After i come uk, download is just smooth...no dc..yet.

you better go find some wood to touch, as electronics are unpredictable

EDIT: typo

This post has been edited by ah_chak: Jun 7 2006, 08:57 AM

OK I on 360 and received updates request at abt 1915hrs.

everything/updates went smoothly for about 5 mins.

Once it has complete the updates the console will reboot itself relax dont panic mai kan cheong, video output will momentarily disconnected and a few sec later the 360 Shitake mushroom will appear and grow back he he he..

profile updated and there you have it an updated dashboard.

anyone got any updates problem so far?

notice China 1 of the new locale ......wowo ...where is Malaysia

yes I realize that, nvm can share with SG..

who said dont have... got lah malaysia in my screen capture

Last nite, have 2 downloads on the Active Downloads list. DEMO1
downlaoding while DEMO2 pending. This morning, DEMO1 not on
the list anymore, assumed it was downlaoded. DEMO2 at 7%.
Went to DEMO GAMES section, nothing there. Tried to locate
downloaded DEMO1, no where in sight.

Downloaded videos are listed at the MOVIE TRAILER section. Only
DEMOs got nothing. What is wrong? Bug?

Save Target : Xbox360 HD

^ the plot sickens..