If you're totally clueless in regards to all the "New Xbox Experience" talk, confused to no end and just want some of your basic questions answered, then TechRadar's "everything you need to know" article is just for you.
Have New Xbox Experience n00b questions like "what is it?", "why is this happening?", "what's an Avatar" or (our favorite) "what if I don't want the new dashboard?" Then their helpful guide can help and give you easy to digest answers. We'll even give you a freebie: Even if you don't want the new dashboard, you're out of luck, because it's one of those mandatory Live updates. Then again, why wouldn't you want it and all of its hotness?
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
9-11-2008 @ 5:40PM
iFester said...
With support for 16 x 10 monitors, will I still get the black bars from widescreen movies when I watch them?
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9-11-2008 @ 5:59PM
Sentox6 said...
Yes, unless you zoom.
9-11-2008 @ 5:56PM
Gamertag: GOPAL892005 said...
it copies the whole disc onto the HDD - essentially just dumping the whole ISO onto the Hard Drive.
the copy/dump feature decreases game loading by approximately 30%
a 20GB would be quite useless to copy games onto - you would need a
60/120GB HDD.
i'd say, each game is around 7.5GB - so you could copy 7 games onto a
60GB and 14 games onto a 120GB : )
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9-11-2008 @ 5:58PM
Gamertag: GOPAL892005 said...
@ ryan :)
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9-11-2008 @ 5:58PM
ryan said...
scratch that. make it 1-2 games for 11gb.
also a game like Lost Odyssey will have to require individual disc installs and individual disc reads to check for ownership.
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9-11-2008 @ 5:59PM
launchme said...
Pumped for new DB update.
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9-11-2008 @ 6:01PM
idl3mind said...
Fail. linky no worky
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9-11-2008 @ 6:02PM
Ranus Studios said...
It's soooooo Web 2.0!
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9-11-2008 @ 6:17PM
chubytuby said...
What if I don't want the new Dashboard?
''Tough luck.''
F*ck that!
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9-11-2008 @ 6:18PM
CyberKnight said...
Link worked fine for me. Unfortunately, there's no info there that we didn't already know. (We've heard about gamerpics worn on the avatars' t-shirts before, yes?)
A couple things that are bothering me right now:
* Only being able to see half your wallpaper (although that's only in principle, since I don't use wallpaper anyway :/ )
* Not being able to see where everything is (options below and to your left are off-screen), which is going to make finding things very difficult for the first while until we've had a chance to get used to where everything is. (I remember in the E3 reveal demo wondering what happened to the gamercard, as it didn't appear anywhere until the presenter just happened to scroll down and all the way left.)
They keep saying it's "not finished yet", so I'm hoping it'll be better on release; but I'm bracing myself for the worst. X(
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9-11-2008 @ 6:24PM
h0mi said...
So on my profile, I have 2 distinct gamerpics. Will the update do anything about this (like allow me to only have 1 gamerpic) or am I doomed to walk the earth with 2 distinct gamerpics.
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9-11-2008 @ 6:34PM
CyberKnight said...
Gamerpics don't go away, and since a lot of existing games support and expect them (including expecting that you have a public and a friends-only pic), then I would almost guarantee that you'll still be able to manage them at some place in the new dash.
Don't quote me on that, though...
9-11-2008 @ 10:33PM
h0mi said...
@cybernight - i figure that, but I mean if I want to go from 2 to just 1... there's no way to currently do that.
9-12-2008 @ 10:39AM
Phocas said...
Uhh.. You could just make them both the same!! WTF!?
9-11-2008 @ 6:26PM
Astrals_Fire said...
Fucking gay as shit. Avatars? Fuck You MicroSoft! Almost makes me want to jump ship to the PS3....Almost.
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9-11-2008 @ 8:13PM
Chase said...
Please do.
9-11-2008 @ 10:08PM
Ranus Studios said...
Yep, 'cause that Home thing will have none of that avatar nonsense! No sir!
9-11-2008 @ 10:14PM
Astrals_Fire said...
Your not forced to use home on the ps3, here you are forced to download the fall update. not that i own a ps3 anymore anyway...just stating my distaste for this update.
9-11-2008 @ 11:02PM
psychohog said...
I got to agree with you on the avatars, they are kiddy and lame, but I definitely do not prefer the PS3. I don't need to go on.
9-12-2008 @ 7:59AM
pkilla said...
How can you say you hate it or dont like it? Its not even out yet. Reserve you judgment until you actually use it.