360 horizontal or vertical? Does it matter?

[pennylane]

I've come across some people suggesting that it's best to keep the 360 horizontal and not vertical for ventilation and general safety. I had never heard of it, but given the 360's failure rate, I wanted to know what other people thought.

I currently keep it vertical for convenience, and it's a Falcon (175W power brick). Should I switch it to horizontal?

 

[coldmeat]

66% like to keep theirs laying down

 

[bigpow]

some say horizontal allows better cooling & prevent disc scratch

 

[hans030390]

The vertical position is known to scratch your DVDs.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: hans030390
The vertical position is known to scratch your DVDs.

That's exciting. I thought the vertical position was how you were supposed to put it!

 

[fr]

I have it laying down with the HD-DVD player on top.

 

[AsianriceX]

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: hans030390
The vertical position is known to scratch your DVDs.

That's exciting. I thought the vertical position was how you were supposed to put it!

I thought it was more likely simply because idiots are more prone to moving or bumping their console during operation, causing the scratch.

I have mine vertical in an entertainment center where it's completely isolated from human stupidity. No scratches here.

 

[CKDragon]

Originally posted by: AsianriceX

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: hans030390
The vertical position is known to scratch your DVDs.

That's exciting. I thought the vertical position was how you were supposed to put it!

I thought it was more likely simply because idiots are more prone to moving or bumping their console during operation, causing the scratch.

I have mine vertical in an entertainment center where it's completely isolated from human stupidity. No scratches here.

The discs undoubtedly wobble more in the vertical position, regardless of how much bumping goes on.

Without knowing exactly how much of a bump would scratch the disc, I don't see a reason to risk it being vertical. For all we know, anyone that has a decent home theater and likes to play it loud could be risking their discs for a mostly aesthetic feature. I know that when I'm done on Rock Band, my Wii sensor bar is hanging off the back of the TV from the bass hits.

 

[Drako]

Originally posted by: CKDragon

Originally posted by: AsianriceX

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: hans030390
The vertical position is known to scratch your DVDs.

That's exciting. I thought the vertical position was how you were supposed to put it!

I thought it was more likely simply because idiots are more prone to moving or bumping their console during operation, causing the scratch.

I have mine vertical in an entertainment center where it's completely isolated from human stupidity. No scratches here.

The discs undoubtedly wobble more in the vertical position, regardless of how much bumping goes on.

Without knowing exactly how much of a bump would scratch the disc, I don't see a reason to risk it being vertical. For all we know, anyone that has a decent home theater and likes to play it loud could be risking their discs for a mostly aesthetic feature. I know that when I'm done on Rock Band, my Wii sensor bar is hanging off the back of the TV from the bass hits.

Mine is vertical, and I've had no thermal or DVD scratching issues.

Why would having it vertical make the disks wobble more?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: Drako

Originally posted by: CKDragon

Originally posted by: AsianriceX

Originally posted by: Eeezee

Originally posted by: hans030390
The vertical position is known to scratch your DVDs.

That's exciting. I thought the vertical position was how you were supposed to put it!

I thought it was more likely simply because idiots are more prone to moving or bumping their console during operation, causing the scratch.

I have mine vertical in an entertainment center where it's completely isolated from human stupidity. No scratches here.

The discs undoubtedly wobble more in the vertical position, regardless of how much bumping goes on.

Without knowing exactly how much of a bump would scratch the disc, I don't see a reason to risk it being vertical. For all we know, anyone that has a decent home theater and likes to play it loud could be risking their discs for a mostly aesthetic feature. I know that when I'm done on Rock Band, my Wii sensor bar is hanging off the back of the TV from the bass hits.

Mine is vertical, and I've had no thermal or DVD scratching issues.

Why would having it vertical make the disks wobble more?

What the..its SIMPLE.

The disk is NOT fixed down. It lies ontop of a tray that doesn't even attempt to hold it down. If vertical, the DVD is lying on its side and hence, wobbles more.

And disk scratching was the second big problem of 360's right after the RROD.

There were reports of brand new games going in the drive, and within 20 seconds, the disk popping back out scratched to hell and back.

And most 260's are a ticking bomb. You don't know if you have a thermal issue until you get the RROD, or unless your 360 shuts down for no reason.

 

[potato28]

Horizontal would be best for the current batch of 360's due to the amount of problems that MS is having with the DVD drives eating the disks and other weird things.

 

[pennylane]

Okay. horizontal it is. Just to be safe.