[Official] New Xbox Experience (or Fall 2008 Update)

By BajiRav
in Xbox

 Share

Recommended Posts

Experienced

blizeH

Posted
Posted
You'll only get that option via a VGA cable. When you're using HDMI you'll only get 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p options.

No way! That's so disappointing since a VGA cable isn't really an option (I use my TV as a second monitor, connected via VGA)

Microsoft said this at the start...

New display support. Because you asked for it, we are adding 16X10 over VGA or HDMI, and support for 1440x900 or 1680x1050.

So do you think there's a chance it'll be released at a later date?

Thanks

Grand Master

gigapixels Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted
I use component on my 19" hdtv and the picture quality is great. Tried using VGA and 1440*900 and the picture was a lot more detailed, but more bland, so to say.

Not sure what i'd rather use :(

Your TV should allow for different color settings depending on source, so I would suggest trying it with VGA and adjusting the brightness, contrast, etc. to get something that looks really good.

Grand Master

Brad.

Posted
Posted
Your TV should allow for different color settings depending on source, so I would suggest trying it with VGA and adjusting the brightness, contrast, etc. to get something that looks really good.
Remember to try 'expanded' reference mode Brad.

Cheers guys, I'll try it out later :)

Grand Master

Rigby

Posted
Posted
Where is the normal press report or large change log for this NXE?

I wanna see what Video codecs added/removed etc, and all the little tweaks etc they have done.

I don't think the codecs have changed at all. It still plays the same formats it did before. I did notice that in addition to displaying art for each video it now also displays it as a thumbnail. While a nice feature, on discs with lots of videos it now takes it a few seconds to churn away and load all of those thumbnails, which is not so nice. It's really only a minor issue with discs though. I imagine they load very fast from flash drives. The appearance of the onscreen video controls has been improved also; looks much better now.

Proficient

Vista

Posted
Posted

I have two small questions.

Is it possible to open the cd tray at a distance using the controller? And is it recommended to clear the cache every now and then or is there no real use, because the 360 manages it itself?

Grand Master

Kushan

Posted
Posted
I have two small questions.

Is it possible to open the cd tray at a distance using the controller? And is it recommended to clear the cache every now and then or is there no real use, because the 360 manages it itself?

Clear the cache all you want, but it really wont make a huge difference to anything unless you're experiencing slow performance or constant game updating. No real rule on this, depends how much you play.

Grand Master

MightyJordan

Posted
Posted
I never really understood that option, is it that hard to get up and press eject button yourself?

I bet he's been playing the PS3 for a while! :D I know you can do that there.

Grand Master

Sethos

Posted
Posted
I never really understood that option, is it that hard to get up and press eject button yourself?

Yeah, same with the possibility of games on multiple discs, "Oh no, I have to get off my fat ass and change discs, imagine how I could've used those 10 seconds in the game?!"

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Anthropic pulls Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export control order

      By pradeepviswav · Posted

      Anthropic pulls Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export control order by Pradeep Viswanathan In April this year, Anthropic launched the Claude Mythos Preview frontier model with state-of-the-art cyber and coding capabilities for a select set of companies around the world. After preparing appropriate guardrails, early this week, Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, its most capable AI models. Claude Fable 5 is for general users and comes with strict safeguards, while Mythos 5 is designed with fewer safeguards for cybersecurity and biology use cases. Today, Anthropic abruptly suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after receiving an export control directive from the US government. The company received the directive from the government today at 5:21 p.m. ET, and the received letter did not provide any details regarding the national security concern. Anthropic understands that the government became aware of a method to bypass, or “jailbreak,” Fable 5, which might be the reason behind the directive. The order was issued under national security authorities and requires the company to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether they are inside or outside the United States. The restriction also applies to foreign national employees working at Anthropic. As a result, the company has disabled both models for all customers to ensure compliance. Access to previous Anthropic models like Opus and Sonnet is not affected by this government order. The company highlighted that it had developed strong safeguards to reduce the possibility that Fable is misused for tasks related to cybersecurity. In fact, many developers are complaining that the safeguards are going overboard. Additionally, the company worked with the US government, the UK AISI, multiple private third-party organizations, and internal teams to red-team Fable’s safeguards for thousands of hours. Finally, Anthropic noted that no testers have yet been able to find a universal jailbreak on Fable 5. As expected, Anthropic disagrees that a narrow potential jailbreak should lead to the recall of a commercial model used by hundreds of millions of people. It warned that applying this standard across the AI industry could effectively halt new frontier model deployments. Anthropic concluded by mentioning that it is working to restore access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 as soon as possible and plans to share more details within the next 24 hours.
    • Brave Browser 1.91.172

      By Copernic · Posted

      Brave Browser 1.91.172 is out.
    • Any Video Converter Free 9.2.3

      By Copernic · Posted

      Any Video Converter Free 9.2.3 by Razvan Serea Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with an easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. Any Video Converter supports all popular video formats and converts your videos to different video formats including MP4, MOV, MKV, M2TS, M4V, MPEG, AVI, WMV, ASF, OGV, WEBM, and more. It supports converting videos to customized percent (50%, 100%, 200%, and more) or resolution (480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K, and more); It supports encoding videos into x264, x265, h263p, xvid, mpeg, wmv, and more. Any Video Converter Free key features: Compatible with Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 (32-64bit) User interface are available in 14 languages Convert all kinds of video formats including high-definition videos Extract audio from any videos and save as MP3/WMA for your mp3 player Take snapshot from any videos and build your own picture collection Support high-definition for both input and output Batch add videos from hard drive and batch convert Customize output parameters completely as you like Manage your output videos files by group or output profile Merge several video files into a single and long one Clip a video into segments Free Audio Filter: Adjust audio volume and add audio effects Crop frame size to remove black bars and retain what you want only Adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation Rotate or flip or add noise/sharpen effects Produce output video with subtitles of your own dialogue and much, much more... Any Video Converter Free 9.2.3 changelog: Fixed video download engine auto-update failures. Added custom speed control support in the speed change tool. Added support for downloading YouTube AI-generated subtitles. Added support for preserving original audio stream in the format convert tool (e.g., Dolby Atmos, DTS:X). Fixed other bugs and improved overall performance. Download: Any Video Converter Free 9.2.3 | 7.6 MB (Freeware) View: Any Video Converter Free Home Page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Lethal fake phone chargers are still being sold on Amazon and eBay, UK watchdog warns

      By ZipZapRap · Posted

      Not sure what country you’re in but in many countries you can absolutely jail the sellers behind businesses… in fact I’d say in most countries you can do that
    • Microsoft about to radically change how often your Edge browser updates

      By +Good Bot, Bad Bot · Posted

      I guess we are done since you refuse to read my comment you replied to or my other comment in another thread you were also a part of here.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Contributor
      MarkHughes4096 went up a rank
      Contributor
    • Dedicated
      jordanspringer earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • Rookie
      Rimplesnort went up a rank
      Rookie
    • One Year In
      Markus94287 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • One Month Later
      Markus94287 earned a badge
      One Month Later

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      497
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      173
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      148
    4. 4
      ATLien_0
      92
    5. 5
      Steven P.
      79
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!