XBone question

[nate]

Assuming that Brandon was asking about Xbox and PS4.

 

Keep in mind I bought my Xbox 6+ months ago, but at the time the PS4 didn't have DLNA capabilities.  They had said they would have it added by Nov 2014 but the new year passed and they still didn't say exactly when they would add it.  I used my PS3 for DLNA/Bluray primarily so it was the most important thing I was looking for in a console.  I don't know if they added it now or not.  I actually would have preferred the PS4 if they both could do DLNA.

 

DLNA if you don't know is network streaming on a home network.  If you are familiar with Plex, it uses DLNA.  Basically I have a network attached storage running Twonky server.  It has 4 TB of storage and it is full of movies and music.

[Brandon]

Gotcha. Didn't know what it was either. Looks like they added it last June. I'll have to look into it, I want to throw aways the shit load boxes of dvd and cds

[nate]

Nov 12th is when the new GUI comes out for the XB1. 

 

They promise it will be much more intuitive, and MUCH MUCH faster with going between apps. 

 

We'll see. 

 

Yea the GUI isn't great.  I don't notice much as far as switching between apps but it seems buggy and I have to exit out of apps from time to time in order to get them to work again.  Usually right after I boot up my system.

[mrwicked]

i heard that new "elite" controller is badass.

is that the way to go? buy a console and like 2 or 4 of those?

[nate]

two of them costs the same as the console almost.  I guess if I did like COD or some other competitive FPS I would be interested in one.

[Section517]

Got the XBox One w/Halo 5.

My first console in years....since the original XBox.  It took 45 minutes to download Halo 5.

[RallyMo]

Game downloads take quite a while.

[Guest]

i heard that new "elite" controller is badass.

is that the way to go? buy a console and like 2 or 4 of those?

I heard they're great, too. They cost like $150, though.

 

Speaking of controllers, I'm going to buy one of these Steam controllers in a couple days:

 

[Hollyw00d]

Steam is ridiculous

[Hollyw00d]

i heard that new "elite" controller is badass.

is that the way to go? buy a console and like 2 or 4 of those?

How often do you play it?

If you're not using it that much, the elite controller is kind of unnecessary

[NrM]

How often do you play it?

If you're not using it that much, the elite controller is kind of unnecessary

 

only really necessary if u play online shooters a lot.

[Chimi]

Was able to get a hands on with the elite controller today at the local Microsoft store.  Let me say, it feels amazing.  Just holding it and the grip on the controller just seems perfect for your hand.  The interchangeable joysticks were nice even though I still preferred the short ones.  The best part of the controller is definitely the triggers.  The response time to the short trigger is very quick and to be quite honest, felt like a lot less strain on the hand.  After playing shooters for a while, my hand will cramp up especially from the triggers.  But this felt very nice.  I was definitely sold on it.  I was going to buy one but decided it's close enough to Christmas that I can get someone else to buy it for me.

[mrwicked]

so whats the best bundle to get for a n00b?

is 1tb worth it? 

i mostly want to play the halo games, and sports games, and the occasional shooter. 

[mrwicked]

yeah that makes sense to me.

external drives are so cheap nowadays, is there any advantage to paying extra for the bigger installed drive?

i assume its all just markup, like iPhones.

[Thomas]

yeah that makes sense to me.

external drives are so cheap nowadays, is there any advantage to paying extra for the bigger installed drive?

i assume its all just markup, like iPhones.

 

IIRC the internal drives are 5400rpm spinning disks on an admittedly unsaturated SATA 2 bus. This was to reduce the heat and sound being generated inside the device. Think RROD. The external drives, even just 7200rpm spinning disks let alone shelling out of SSDs, often load games faster using the faster USB 3 bus than the internals.  Haven't tested this theory yet.

[nate]

you can get a 500g SSD for $150 now so it would be worth considering but I would think you are better off getting a 2-3tb external drive.