I heard the news about MS ban mod Xbox for accessing Xbox Live. I can't make up my mind whereter getting a unmod or mod Xbox 360 due to my budget.

What the benifit for silver members for accessing Xbox Live beside downloading movie traiers, game demo, gametag pictures & Dashboard theme.

Hope some Xbox 360 owner can state other benifit so that easier for me to make decision.

Benefit im not sure...but disadvantage of not having LIVE i know la.... "No LIVE = No LIFE"

just to inform u...
even with live u have to stick with malaysia or singaporean gamers if u want lag-free game..
u basically can't just online and randomly play with ppl..
u have to stick with the usual gaming hours..

yup, if you play with dudes from overseas (US , Europe ) , u better play offline

yes, LiVE experience is good , only if you come to a lag free game and willing to subscribe to live

Actually... playing games with your XBox purchased games that isn't from the marketplace chances of lag going LIVE is there. You should be okay playing with players from here, Singapore, Australia, Japan, China areas...

But if you purchased games from Marketplace XBox Live Arcade games, playing across the ocean isn't a problem at all... the lag isn't that bad. Tried a few games like UNO, Texas Hold' Em is lag free. Not sure about others though...

weird,
i play GoW and COD3 with random players oversea all the time
nvr seem to lag to me
im pretty sure they dont lag too

my point is, its not that bad la
got good times and bad times

A couple of good points about Live:

1. Game demos
Try it before you buy it, what more do you want?

2. Online play
You might be playing only with Asians but you are still playing with other people. Gone are the days when console is all about playing alone. Now you can play with your friends without worrying about whose house to go to, split screens etc

For example, Gears of War would not be such an awesome game without the online play.

eh... i also played with overseas ppl... not not really lagging la... sometimes la.. depends on connection sometimes...

The 360 without Live is kinda crippled. Silver alone brings you the friends lists, downloadable demos, XBLA games, trailers and more. With Gold then of course you get the online multiplayer stuff. The lag you face depends on a few conditions like individual game network code, TMNuts connection, host bandwidth etc. But playing with local and SG players are usually a smooth experience.

u can masturbate live while playing UNO with your cam though

and u can order pizzas from itally if u want

& u can seee many ghey online..

wtf???? kepala otak ko bleh order pizza dari italy......gile sakaiii...waakk ela

If you want to play with people, you have to consider the Gold membership.

Let me add to that.
Other lag-free (sometimes minimal lag) hosts:
Players from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Philippines.

Sometimes I play COD3 with people from U.S. not always lag... but sometimes it does. So can't say it works for everyone... maybe your line very keng... chuckle... my worst case scenario would be R6V... that one can't really play... DOA4 also... problem is, when the host from overseas see you red line, kick you out... T_T

Games for windows Live....2 in 1...akakaka.

reality is but an illusion caused by the lack of LIVE.

heheh modified that from one of my all time uni phrases (i.e. substitute LIVE with good weed heheh)

TS, look at it this way,

buy unmodded, after a while, dont really like it, can sell off with an OK price

buy modded (and possibly get banned), after a while, dont really like it, sell off but the price sure not so laku

acougan.. nope .. selling my ori also not doing well hehe
but it is a good experience can play with friend .. provided the game got good multiplayer...

These thing aren't certainly going to happen. Frequent lag yes, but it also depends on the games. Playing GRAW you can lag out playing with someone living in the same city as you do and yet in Halo 2/Halo 3 Beta sometimes playing with Americans you can get a Yellow Bar, meaning a slight lag but not until you can't play. The community here's big enough for Xbox Live to be worth the price anyway. The trash-talkers here and Singapore are somehow a lot less than those Americans who claims he's lagging as the host.

Well..I buy this console coz of Live,not the games though..

Still GOW is god..!! Although i sucked at it...

It's not going to be an xbox if it doesnt have Live..

The whole concept of Xbox360 is clearly rest on its LIVE feature which in my opinoin is far superior than other consoles. I never thought playing online can be so much fun. I especially enjoy GOW Co-op online which is absolutely awesome.

Without LIVE, gaming life is definitely boring!

Get unmodded box and I know you will not regret it.

Without Xbox Live we don't have this community where local players can play together, trash talk & laugh till their pants dropped. You get to mixed along with new friends through Live. It's useless to get a modded console where you play alone by yourself (where got syok!). That's why 6 million players around the world subscribed to Xbox Live and still growing. Peace!!!