Xbox 360 Fall Update

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Ayepecks

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My bad, I missed the people who responded to me in regards to the shut down and calling me lazy:

Lazy? No, it's just not a smart idea to have a "shut down" option buried in other options. I know plenty of people who never even use the button, let alone know it exists. They need to put it in the main menu, below "Personal Options" (or whatever it's labeled... what it's under now). Most casual gamers probably don't even know it exists -- they just press the front button.

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My bad, I missed the people who responded to me in regards to the shut down and calling me lazy:

Lazy? No, it's just not a smart idea to have a "shut down" option buried in other options. I know plenty of people who never even use the button, let alone know it exists. They need to put it in the main menu, below "Personal Options" (or whatever it's labeled... what it's under now). Most casual gamers probably don't even know it exists -- they just press the front button.

That's a horrible idea. Last thing I'd want is to accidentally hit Shutdown when I'm trying to change my background music.

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My bad, I missed the people who responded to me in regards to the shut down and calling me lazy:

Lazy? No, it's just not a smart idea to have a "shut down" option buried in other options. I know plenty of people who never even use the button, let alone know it exists. They need to put it in the main menu, below "Personal Options" (or whatever it's labeled... what it's under now). Most casual gamers probably don't even know it exists -- they just press the front button.

But have you tried holding down the xbox guide button on the controller untill you get the guide blade from the right side ?

I'd say thta at leastjust as easy as your option to put it inside personal options.

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I have a feeling the only reason most of you want MKV support is becuase you downloaded that 300 in HD off some bittorrent site. Kinda pointless to focus on such a format.

lol, you're probably right. i dont get why HD video on bittorrent always comes in MKV format. is divx really that poor at compressing it?

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DrunknMunky Veteran

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I like where the option to shutdown is, I don't want it to change.

Hold down guide button for 2 seconds and bingo option to shutdown console.

Yeah. It actually takes longer to open up the guide, then scroll down to Personal Settings blah blah blah. Maybe if the Guide was sped up a little that would be better. But still, I've always pressed the Guide button down and turned it off that way from day one. Just second nature now to me (as well as on the PS3).

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Smigit

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personally I would like the dashboard menu to get a bit leaner.

Yeah me too. I don't think it's a pathetic request, but personally I'd rather the button wasn't everywhere. I sometimes accidently hit the guide button instead of start/select and the last thing I want is there to be a shutdown button there. I think it's unnecessary personally. Even if there wasnt a risk of accidently hitting it I dont think having that button everywhere is good UI design. In relation to windows, theres the 1 button in that one spot...they don't place the button all over the UI even if it's always accessable.

But yeah...I don't see what the big deal is guys. He wants that so move on, at least the personal attacks can stop and reading this page its verging on personal. I'd say agree to disagree because I cant see ppl being keen to concede anything anytime soon.

heres a happy smiley face to cheer everyone up :D . lol

edit: :shiftyninja: or maybe a shifty ninja would be better

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George P Global Moderator

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Lots of videos I download now, seem to come in mkv using h264. I also have many that use the mp4 container with the same h264 encode etc.

I know they probably never will support it, but I don't see why not. If you support one container what's the problem with mkv? The key is just the splitter and not a codec.

Anyways, people probably use mkv with h264 over DivX and .avi because imo, h264 is better than Divx when it comes to HD encodes.

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To give a little credence to Ayepeck's request, I never knew that the console had a shut down command until this debate started. It definitely is hidden pretty deeply considering it's not a normally expected function to hold down any button for a given amount of time. People expect a quick press and release to have the button perform it's function.

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why all the BS about the shutdown button? theres a whole shut down blade that works great

lets focus on something most people seem to want. 16:10, and divx/xvid support

you know, i've never connected my 360 to a pc monitor, but with the vga cable available for so long, i'm surprised there's never been support for 16:10 AR.

anyone here who connects the 360 to the pc monitor, is it displayed in 16:9 with black bars on top & bottom ?

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Remysaus

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no, the image gets stretched. i no longer need the 16:10 support btw, i'v bought meself a nice hdtv not too long ago and that resolution is supported so i'm a happy gamer right now and can't think of any functions i really need (though european video marketplace would be nice, but that was confirmed some time ago)

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Smigit

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anyone here who connects the 360 to the pc monitor, is it displayed in 16:9 with black bars on top & bottom ?

As with Disposeable hereo the image stretches. I don't so much mind in games, but it does make the XBox's media functionality in relation to movies and the like unuseable for me as the stretched image doesn't sit well with me for movies. In games I can cope but I'd rather the aspect ratio was maintained properly.

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gigapixels Veteran

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I want some Dashboard optimizations. Sometimes it lags when bringing it up in-game or even when there is no game and I just go to check my messages or friends list. It's not too often, but when it does happen it's quite annoying.

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Glorious

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I want some Dashboard optimizations. Sometimes it lags when bringing it up in-game or even when there is no game and I just go to check my messages or friends list. It's not too often, but when it does happen it's quite annoying.

Yes, this would be a good thing to have. I've had this happen in-game also and it can be rather annoying.

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