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[Lefty Frizzell]

5 free HD DVD's
http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/69DBDD1B-6447-437A-890B-FE10BFF2A420/0/Xbox360_UK_lores_FINAL.pdf

got me some fifa, how i do get into this league? too late?

I think theres a few free places.

Goto online leagues and search for thumped then enter the password.

 

[Stan Bowles]

I counted 7 people here with FIFA (5 in the first league plus avernus and nofriendo) so I made the second one 8 people in case anyone else got it.

Dudley search for 'THUMPED 2', I'll pm you the password now.

 

[dudley]

the dream lives!

i am so appalling at this game, even worse than pro evo

got pgr4 too, which is brilliant, apart from the bikes, which made me dizzy...

 

[Johnnyc]

I see Mass Effect has been reviewed by Game Informer. They pretty much wet their pants because of it. 98/100.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

I see Mass Effect has been reviewed by Game Informer. They pretty much wet their pants because of it. 98/100.

No surprises there then.

One of the 1up nerds has been playing it and says its totally livin up to the hype.

 

[dudley]

nice password, btw

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

So we have 8 people with FIFA. I'm lookin forward to a 4v4 match.

 

[Gambra]

5 free HD DVD's
http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/69DBDD1B-6447-437A-890B-FE10BFF2A420/0/Xbox360_UK_lores_FINAL.pdf

Can any make out if this applies to Ireland as well?? I was thinking of picking up a HD DVD player in a while..

 

[Johnnyc]

4 v 4 Fifa has the potential to be the best fucking game related thing ever.

Ever!

 

[george mcfly]

anyone have a HD Drive?

are they worth getting?

 

[1000smurfs]

Yup I got the 360 one, when i had more money than sense.
Supposedly it upscales normal dvds but i didn't notice much difference.
I wouldn't bother getting any HDDVD's that weren't actually shot in HD.
I'm looking forward to watching 300 and planet earth on it but apart from that I would say it isn't really worth even the relatively cheap price for the 360 one, unless you are a really serious movie bufff with a good screen.

 

[1000smurfs]

Orange Box rollcall...

I'll be getting this tomorrow and will be online for TF2 saturday afternoon and late night

 

[the departed]

Yup I got the 360 one, when i had more money than sense.

I wouldn't bother getting any HDDVD's that weren't actually shot in HD.

whoa whoah no no no. when you develop a film neg you get about 75% of the information on the celluloid. when you scan it at HD you get 100% of the info.

plus old films when theyre being scanned to HD are cleaned up considerably.

so all films on HDdvd played through a HDtv are going to look far far better, regardless of whether they were shot on film or HiDef.

(thats a very long story short by the way)..

 

[Stan Bowles]

I got a HD-DVD for cheap in Japan. HD-DVD's look great, normal DVD's look a bit better too, to my untrained eye. Lack of region locking is a plus as well.

I'm stuck in a hotel in Nass tomorrow day/night so I'll be picking up the orange box on my way home, should be on by mid-afternoon Saturday.

 

[nofriendo]

i am hoping somewhere will be selling it tonight

 

[pete]

orange box is so last week.

portal is awesome though

 

[Johnnyc]

I'll be getting it, but (still) shit broadband means I'll only be able to game from around 11:30pm onwards or so if I'm there.

 

[1000smurfs]

so all films on HDdvd played through a HDtv are going to look far far better, regardless of whether they were shot on film or HiDef.

(thats a very long story short by the way)..

that's what hollywood wants you to think!
Buy all your favourite dvds all over again.

I'm sure they do look better (especially if you have a fancy bravia and full 1080p ) and it might be worth the extra expense for a few movies that have had care put into the transfer, like the new blade runner is supposed to ( but could also make it worse by revealing special effects flaws.).

 

[Johnnyc]

I can't help but think this whole "Ultra Mega HD 1080p ULTRA HD fuck" stuff is bullshit. You will definitely notice the difference between HD and analogue, but is the difference between 1080i and 1080p etc really worth the stupid amount of money you'd have to pay for it?

Watched Black Hawk Down on a regular Sky digital signal last weekend and it looked awesome enough for me.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

The difference between standard def and high def is huge and i personally love watching movies in HD.

But as far as i'm concerned 720p = 1080i = 1080p. Its all the same from what i can gather. The whole full hd thing is a bit of a con.