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What am I missing out on, by not modding my Xbox?

i guess to put linux on it.


i dont know either 😛 i wont be modding mine, i dont even know how to run linux 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The main reason I would want to is to be able to play existing media files through it.
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Playing MP3's on my HT setup would be pretty cool... But not cool enough to go through the hassle/cost of modding the Xbox.
Originally posted by: Walleye
i guess to put linux on it.
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I'd put Linux on my PC, if I were so curious about Linux.


 
Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The main reason I would want to is to be able to play existing media files through it.
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Playing MP3's on my HT setup would be pretty cool... But not cool enough to go through the hassle/cost of modding the Xbox.
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Not just mp3's, but video files too. Of course, once you have linux on it, you can use it for everything you'd use a standard PC for.
 
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The main reason I would want to is to be able to play existing media files through it.
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Playing MP3's on my HT setup would be pretty cool... But not cool enough to go through the hassle/cost of modding the Xbox.
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Not just mp3's, but video files too. Of course, once you have linux on it, you can use it for everything you'd use a standard PC for.
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Ok, presuming that I don't steal movies either... Then what good is it?

And since I already have a PC that is much better than my Xbox (as a PC)...

I guess I still don't get it.

 
Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The main reason I would want to is to be able to play existing media files through it.
Click to expand...
Playing MP3's on my HT setup would be pretty cool... But not cool enough to go through the hassle/cost of modding the Xbox.
Click to expand...
Not just mp3's, but video files too. Of course, once you have linux on it, you can use it for everything you'd use a standard PC for.
Click to expand...
Ok, presuming that I don't steal movies either... Then what good is it?

And since I already have a PC that is much better than my Xbox (as a PC)...

I guess I still don't get it.
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thumbing your nose at microsoft? isnt that a benifit?
 
Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The main reason I would want to is to be able to play existing media files through it.
Click to expand...
Playing MP3's on my HT setup would be pretty cool... But not cool enough to go through the hassle/cost of modding the Xbox.
Click to expand...
Not just mp3's, but video files too. Of course, once you have linux on it, you can use it for everything you'd use a standard PC for.
Click to expand...
Ok, presuming that I don't steal movies either... Then what good is it?

And since I already have a PC that is much better than my Xbox (as a PC)...

I guess I still don't get it.
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Basically, you have a machine that you can play movies, listen to music, play games, and surf the net with all in a compact black box hooked up to your home theater system. It just provides a way to compact a lot of functions into one piece of fairly non-descript hardware.
 
It's not that much of a hassle now with the new non soldering chips. Plug and play after a bios flash I think.
 
play games from HD directly. faster load times and your discs wont get dirty.
Also some of the units had a bad retail HD which would give a "dirty disc error" ( I think that was the cause of it) and MS wanted something like $100 for it to repair after 3 month warranty period. Cheaper to just mod it and put another HD.
 
120Gb Hard Disc and HD game storage, improved load times, media storage, nose thumbing and a general feeling of having a ghetto Xbox.

I have a GameCube 😀
 
Originally posted by: zzzz
play games from HD directly. faster load times and your discs wont get dirty.
Also some of the units had a bad retail HD which would give a "dirty disc error" ( I think that was the cause of it) and MS wanted something like $100 for it to repair after 3 month warranty period. Cheaper to just mod it and put another HD.
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A modchip and hd is less than $100? At any rate, I have no problems with reading discs.

Faster load times. Interesting aspect.
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
120Gb Hard Disc and HD game storage, improved load times, media storage, nose thumbing and a general feeling of having a ghetto Xbox.

I have a GameCube 😀
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I have a GC too. Hardly play it though. Outside of Resident Evil and Metroid Prime, there's nothing that turns my crank.




 
Originally posted by: Wingznut
Originally posted by: zzzz
play games from HD directly. faster load times and your discs wont get dirty.
Also some of the units had a bad retail HD which would give a "dirty disc error" ( I think that was the cause of it) and MS wanted something like $100 for it to repair after 3 month warranty period. Cheaper to just mod it and put another HD.
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A modchip and hd is less than $100? At any rate, I have no problems with reading discs.

Faster load times. Interesting aspect.
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
120Gb Hard Disc and HD game storage, improved load times, media storage, nose thumbing and a general feeling of having a ghetto Xbox.

I have a GameCube 😀
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I have a GC too. Hardly play it though. Outside of Resident Evil and Metroid Prime, there's nothing that turns my crank.
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Zelda? That game pwnz me!
Super Monkey ball 1 & 2? Best multiplay game on a console this side of the Bomberman Series (Except the weak N64 version)
F-Zero? That will hopefully be very good.
Mario Kart, that should rock too.

/flame suit
The above is not to be interpreted as anti-Xbox in anyway
/flame suit
 
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
If you have never played SMB, please try it. I have had many an Xbox sceptic eat their words after 30 mins with that game....
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Played both... They were "ok", but nothing special imho.
 
There's a lot of cool emulator projects out for the Xbox. I think there's a PSone emulator that's working okay right now. I think they ported snes9x which is working very well. I'm sure there are NES emulators, MAME emulators, Genesis, master system, etc. I think that's pretty cool.

Oh, and Xbox Media Player is very cool too.

What's the deal with this TSOP flash mod? It's free? I mod I was looking at was the Matrix mod chip, but that's because it doesn't require any soldering. But it's like $40. What's the deal with this TSOP. Ah, to hell with it. Off to Google.
 
I heard that the matrix chip is really bad quality. I can come loose if you wiggle your xbox.

I like the idea of putting games on your hard drive for faster load times.

How do you surf the net with a modded xbox?
 
Originally posted by: krackato
There's a lot of cool emulator projects out for the Xbox. I think there's a PSone emulator that's working okay right now. I think they ported snes9x which is working very well. I'm sure there are NES emulators, MAME emulators, Genesis, master system, etc. I think that's pretty cool.

Oh, and Xbox Media Player is very cool too.

What's the deal with this TSOP flash mod? It's free? I mod I was looking at was the Matrix mod chip, but that's because it doesn't require any soldering. But it's like $40. What's the deal with this TSOP. Ah, to hell with it. Off to Google.
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Just got my xbox what is this TSOP? and where is the cheapest Non-Solder chip at?

 
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