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Evil Undead Dolphin
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Posted: Mon, 25th Jul 2005 20:40 Post subject: [XBOX] console noobie (probably dumb quesiton , sorry)	Quick Quote Quote

Well , I have NEVER own the single gaming console , however , I play computer games from C 64 , but I am considering to buy XBOX these days , and only one thing confuse me here. Can I simply connect XBOX & PC by LAN ports , (using crossover cabel I guess) , copy XBOX games & DIVX from PC HDD to XBOX HDD and play it? Another question , is it true that XBOX CAN NOT read DVD+R media? I have old DVD + only dvd burner? Or it MUST BE DVD -R ? Thnx in advance!

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Posted: Mon, 25th Jul 2005 20:56 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

1a) yes once modded 1b) yes, but you will need to upgrade the hard drive to get decent amount on, the xbox hd only has @4gig free space 2) i always use dvd+ on mine they work perfectly, i have a newish 1.6 model xbox... though there are different dvd drives on models i beleive all new ones are fine with dvd+. There is a restriction strangely though with cd-r's, only a few xbox's will read them, but again strangely cd-rw's are fine I looked up "gormless" in the dictionary, it said "without gorm" .... so i looked up "gorm" but it wasn't there ????

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Posted: Tue, 26th Jul 2005 21:14 Post subject:

jonels wrote:

1a) yes once modded

1b) yes, but you will need to upgrade the hard drive to get decent amount on, the xbox hd only has @4gig free space

Just to elaborate. Modded is the process of adding a chip to your xbox (and changing some software) to allow games/movies to be played on the box. This costs extra money and is in some sense's illegal. I don't know of any chips/software mods myself as I have never done it, but Im sure some nice people can guide you to the best option. I have seen websites which sell premodded xboxes, that might be a good place to start for a noobie to this sort of thing Smile

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Posted: Sun, 31st Jul 2005 02:50 Post subject:

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Another question , is it true that XBOX CAN NOT read DVD+R media? I have old DVD + only dvd burner? Or it MUST BE DVD -R ?
Thnx in advance!

My Xbox read DVD+/-R and DVDRW fine. I have a Phillip. I think all drive read it but it also depend on your DVD Burner. I have two DVD burners, one burn backup but it won't run (Lite-on DVDRW SOHW-832s, after I update firmware) and a NU DVDRW that burn backup and play on my Xbox, it's just wierd.

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