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XBox Live will no longer support the original Xbox
Feb 17th
Microsoft has announced it will soon no longer support the original Xbox console on its Live online service.
From 15 April, Microsoft will “discontinue Xbox Live service for original Xbox consoles and games”, according to the software giant’s Major Nelson blog.
The decision will also impact Xbox 360 owners – specifically, those who play old Xbox games on their second-gen consoles over Xbox Live.
Microsoft claimed that it “did not make this decision lightly”, stressing that the move is a necessary step towards “evolving the Live service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox Live community”.
“The best is yet to come,” Microsoft added, cryptically.
Microsoft’s announcement came just hours after it emerged that Xbox Live Arcade, the downloadable games arm of Xbox Live, generated $103.4m (£65.9m) during 2009 – up 34 per cent on 2008’s total.
A record 800,000 copies of Battlefield 1943 were sold over Xbox Live Arcade during 2009, the report, from market watcher Forecasting & Analysing Digital Entertainment, also said.
Calibrate XBOX 360 HDMI settings
Feb 22nd
Set X360′s resolution to AUTO (720p or 1080P), reference level to standard and HDMI color space to YCbCr709.
Download all the images from this link and transfer them on an optical media (in DATA format) or onto a USB flash memory. View each image in full screen so that you can compare the level of improvement after calibration.
Before proceeding, make sure to set the color temperature to warm, disable all image enhancing features and light sensor. (this is a great time to get out your LCD panel/Television/Projectors user manual for specifics)
Backlight (If Available):
It is recommended that the backlight should be set to less than half the total value. So if the backlight value ranges from 0 – 10, it should be set to 5 or below.
Brightness (Black Level):
Make the room dark as possible. Display the black image labeled NEC Black and lower the brightness level to 25%, then slowly increase the value until you start to see a change in black level. Once you’ve found it, double check to see if it’s accurate. You can do that by increasing the value by one and decreasing the value by one. When you increase, the black level should change, when you decrease, it shouldn’t.
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Codename: Jasper, Xbox 360′s latest motherboard
Dec 20th
What is a Jasper console? Jasper is the latest revision of Xbox 360. The console does not look any different, and does not operate ”faster“… but it is cooler! The PSU (power supply) has changed, as well as the GPU die size. The PSU is now 150W (as opposed to 175W with Falcon) and the GPU is now 65nm. With this revision the 360 is now a full 65nm console, with both the CPU and GPU die size being 65nm. Since the original Xbox 360 was plaqued with problems due to heat, each revision (Falcon, now Jasper) has been designed to require less power, which means less heat.
Here is a comparison of power usage between all of the 360 revisions, including Jasper:
How to find a Jasper console in stores: Unfortunately there is no guaranteed way of finding a Jasper console at this point, even if all of the below information matches (or exceeds) a console in stores. Please keep this in mind while trying to find a Jasper console, and when you are posting in this thread.
The following information is from confirmed Jasper consoles. Your best bet is to try and match this exactly before you purchase a new 360, as newer consoles More >
Age of Conan emotes
Jun 4th
Age of Conan Emotes (tested on Female Aquilonian Conqueror) * could not test _m emotes, they just don’t work for women * most emotes only last a moment and then put you back in idle animation. If you are in one that stays, you can’t do another without moving to interrupt it. * none of these seem to have any associated text, though I might just not have the right subscribed channel. Thus someone must be watching the screen at the moment you do it to see it. There are some attached sounds. * all of these require your weapons to be sheathed. There are two that appear when weapons are out: pickupitem, and burningman. The latter is a fancy martial arts swirling of one’s weapon(s) about one’s body. afraid – cower back with hands raised (same as Scared) amused – small chuckle, hands at sides angry – shake right fist in air with angry sound applaud – short clapping (same as Clap and Ovation) apprehensive_m - approve – nod head yes ashamed – hang head with feet together and fists in front of thighs
bearhug – embracing motion with a grunt and a back slap beckon – “come here” move with More >