The console will prompt you to download the update once u tried to play an MP4 video.

Major Nelson listed the keyboard shortcuts to IM usage on the console on his blog.

What I like about the update so far:

(1) i like the little white arrow that appears besides gamertags on my Friends list that shows which games are joinable .... makes u just want to jump right in and play with them!

(2) i like that the disc tray now denotes what game title is currently inserted in the tray

(3) i like the achievement window / gamerscore summary that appears when u select the disc tray

(4) luuuv the low-power download thingy - first to benefit from this was the GRAW2 map pack

(5) Live Arcade has its own Friends list showing what Arcade games they're playing

Got the update yesterday. Haven't had the chance to mess around with the new IRE settings yet (time to recalibrate again....*groan*), but one thing I notice immediately is the downloads are much much much faster now.

Downloaded the GRAW2 map pack then played C&C3. By the time I finished about 3 missions the download is complete.

Got the update and got it fast too. Took me two tries though. First two times couldn't connect to Live.

Pretty good stuff so far and the new blade for Marketplace is convinient. And for the first time in months, I went online!

It will come in due time...I believe current update was never meant to ban modded console. (false alarm to the sparrow community, i believe some old-firmware 360 can vouch for that or so. Not sure.)

Anyhow...i still strongly believe the banhammer will come when Halo 3 is out. It's just part of the Microsoft culture. (releasing Halo every november/christmas, banning modded console late)
In Xbox 1, modders can't figure out how Microsoft work out their plan in banning - when where & how. So what makes people think Microsoft won't be able to ban in the future? Xb360 only 1 year 5 months old....


So till then, lets just enjoy the game no matter what the outcome is.

This post has been edited by PrivateJohn: May 10 2007, 11:33 AM

I realized that the downloads are much faster as well...rmemeber the three videos detailing the SPring update?? i dowloaded those to check if content is still downloadable and hoe long it would take..altogether it was 300MB or so..quite large..all in high def..

Started out at 10 and left it as a background download and when i cam back at 10:45 i thought my 360 turned off by itself without fininshing the download..i checked it out and all the vids are there!!

I thought to myself..."Damn that was fast" Now im looking to the GOW map packs!!

Ooo. Thanks! That means all I have to do is put an mp4 video in my thumbdrive and try to play it, yeah?

yeah, that's exactly what i did.

theres an additional option for vga display.. anyone knows what is that for ?

Scroll back a few pages bro. It's been discussed already

hey folks,

can the spring update be downloaded to a CD yet? i can't go on live with my 360 now cuz i do not have an internet connection in my room yet. i went to the official site it says May update coming soon =( or i gotta update straight from my 360 as for now?

Not that I know of, but it should be online soon.

This post has been edited by Lord_Ashe: May 10 2007, 02:11 PM

Still not available for download from xbox.com yet. Wonder why the delay.

This post has been edited by MK84: May 10 2007, 02:17 PM

jelousy is in me .....arrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

HORY SHI-
u guys have to try out the Expanded option for Oblivion and DOAX 2(with the 2 million dollar camera, ur pics = EPIC)

Fight Night seems kinda dark tho....but it does bring out the "sweat effects"

Now to test the other games

eh those settings u guys talking about is for LCD monitor only is it ?

only mp4? how about avi or mkv?
if the avi files is using h264 and aac, dunno can play if renaming it into mp4

Yup, or LCD TVs

LCD TV for those who are using VGA input correct ?

that would be correct. the IRE levels thingamajig are for VGA inputs (either monitors/tvs).

This post has been edited by Sd-RawK-Cab25: May 10 2007, 03:55 PM