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mantis wrote: »

I heard about this option. I like it. I hope they allow for a extrnal hard drive to store all your games, this way you don't have to load disc's, it would also be cool to download full games , new games. Screw disc's.

Dan

Won't happen. Allowing external saving of the games would open it up further to potential attention from certain crowds they do not want. It's essentially a copy, not an installation (save a few games I can't say due to NDA). The disc just serves as a token or proof of purchase upon load, which is fair given the circumstances.

Also, there's no one time fee for Netflix. 2 Week and 4 Week trials are floating and it's 8.99 from the get.

A list of game sizes from my desk :

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A
Ace Combat 6 --- 6.4 GB
All Pro Football 2K8 --5.0 GB
Alone in the Dark --6.5 GB er
Amped 3 ---6.7 GB
Armored Core 4 --5.9GB
Army of Two --5.7 GB
Assassin's Creed --6.7 GB

B
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts --6.6 GB
Battlefield Bad Company --6.5 GB
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat --6.6 GB
Battlestations: Midway --5.5 GB
Beautiful Katamari --3.4 GB
Bioshock --6.1 GB
Blazing Angels-- 3.4 GB
Blitz: The League --6.4 GB
Blue Dragon --6.6 GB (Disc 1)
6.5 GB (Disc 2)
6.4 GB (Disc 3)
Bomberman: Act Zero --3.4 GB
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway --5.2 GB
Bullet Witch ---5.2 GB
Bully: Scholarship Edition --3.4 GB
Burnout Paradise --3.4 GB
Burnout Revenge --4.4 GB

C
Cabela's Alaskan Adventure ---3.4 GB s
Call of Duty ---2 6 GB
Call of Duty 3 ---5.8 GB
Call of Duty 4 ---6.7 GB
Call of Duty: World at War --6.5 GB
Call of Juarez ---6.2 GB
Cars ---5.2 GB
Chromehounds --4.2 GB
Civilization Revolution --6.3 GB
Clive Barker’s Jericho --5.6 GB
The Club --5.2 GB
Colin McRae: DiRT --6.4 GB
Command &Conquer:TW --6.6 GB
Command & Conquer 3 --3.6 GB
Conan --6.0 GB
Condemned: Criminal Origins-- 5.4 GB
Condemned 2: Bloodshot --6.8 GB
Culdcept Saga --5.2GB


D
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3.--4GB
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 --3.4GB
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 --6.1GB
Dark Sector --3.4GB
The Darkness --6.8GB
Dead Or Alive --4 6.8GB
Dead Rising --6.6GB
Dead Space --6.6GB
Devil May Cry 4 --6.7GB
Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit --3.4GB
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires --4.0GB
Dynasty Warriors 6 --6.8GB
Dynasty Warriors Gundam --5.6GB

E
Earth Defense Force 2017 --3.4GB
Enchanted Arms --6.7GB
Eternal Sonata --6.8GB

F
F.E.A.R. ---4.0GB
F.E.A.R. Files --6.8GB
Fable II ---6.8GB
Fallout 3 --5.9GB
Far Cry Instincts: Predator ---4.9GB
Far Cry 2 --4.5GB
FIFA 09 --6.0GB
Fight Night Round 3 --3.4GB
Final Fantasy XI: Online --6.7GB
Flatout Ultimate Carnage --4.9GB
Forza Motorsport 2 ---5.3GB
Fracture --4.1GB
Frontlines: Fuel of War --6.6 GB
Full Auto --3.4GB
Fusion Frenzy ---2 3.4GB

G
Gears of War --6.5 GB
Gears of War --2 6.7GB
Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter --5.2GB
Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter --2 6.8GB
Golden Axe: Beast Rider --6.4GB
Grand Theft Auto IV --6.8 GB
GRID --6.6GB
Guitar Hero II --3.4GB
Guitar Hero III --3.4GB
Guitar Hero Aerosmith --4.5GB
Guitar Hero: World Tour --3.4GB
Gun --3.6GB

H
Halo 3 --6.3GB
Hitman: Blood Money --5.8GB

J
Juiced 2 --5.7GB
Just Cause --5.6GB

K
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men --6.8 GB
Kameo: Elements of Power --5.9GB
King Kong --6.5GB
Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom --4.3GB

L
LEGO Batman --6.0GB
LEGO Indiana Jones --4.4GB
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga --5.8GB
LEGO Star Wars: Original Trilogy --3.4GB
Lost Planet --6.8GB
Lost Planet Colonies Edition --6.7GB
Lost Via Domus --4.2GB
Lost Odyssey --5.8GB (Disk 1)
5.2GB (Disk 2)
6.3GB (Disc 3)
6.0GB (Disc 4)

LOTR: Battle For Middle Earth --4.4GB

M
Madden 2006 --5.7GB
Madden 2007 --4.7GB
Madden 2009 --6.7GB
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance --5.9GB
Mass Effect --6.8GB
Mercenaries 2 --6.4GB
Midnight Club: LA --6.0GB
Mirror's Edge --5.7GB
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia --3.4GB
Moto GP 06 --4.6GB

N
Naruto Rise of a Ninja --5.3GB
NBA 2K9 --3.4GB
NBA Live 09 --6.3GB
Need For Speed: Carbon --5.8GB
NFL Head Coach 2009 --5.8GB
NFS Most Wanted --6.8GB
NHL 07 --3.4GB
NHL 09 --5.7GB
NHL 2K8 --6.7GB
Ninety-Nine Nights --5.6GB
Ninja Gaiden II --6.8 GB

O
Oblivion --6.7 GB
Orange Box --4.7 GB
The Outfit --6.8GB
Overlord --3.4GB

P
Perfect Dark Zero --4.9GB
Phantasy Star Universe --6.8GB
Prey --5.0GB
Project Gotham Racing 3 --6.2 GB
Project Gotham Racing 4-- 6.0 GB
Project Syphleed --6.2GB
Pro Evolution Soccer --6 3.4GB
PURE --4.4 GB

Q
Quake --4 5.9GB
Quantm of Solace --6.8GB

R
Rainbow Six: Vegas --6.7GB
Rainbow 6: Vegas --2 6.6GB
Ridge Racer 6 --6.5GB
Rock Band --5.2GB (NA Edition)
4.8GB (UK Edition)
Rock Band 2 --6.3 GB
Rock Band Track Pack: AC/DC Live --3.4 GB
Rockstar Table Tennis --3.4 GB
Rumble Roses XX-- 4.5GB

S
Saints Row --6.8GB
Saints Row 2 --6.8 GB
Samurai Warriors 2 --6.6GB
Samurai Warriors 2: Empires --3.4GB
Scene It? BOS --6.8 GB
Scene It? LCA --6.8 GB
SEGA Rally --4.2GB
SEGA Superstars Tennis --3.4GB
Shadowrun --4.3GB
The Simpson's Game --4.7GB
skate --6.9GB
Soldier Of Fortune: Payback --3.4GB
Sonic The Hedgehog --5.6GB
Soul Calibur IV --5.9GB
Space Chimps --3.4GB
Spider-Man --3 3.7GB
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows --6.2GB
Splinter Cell: Double Agent-- 6.8 GB
Star Trek Legacy --5.7GB
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed --4.9GB
Stranglehold --6.7GB
Stuntman Ignition --5.8GB
Superman Returns --3.4GB
Supreme Commander --4.7 GB

T
Tales of Vesperia --5.9GB
Test Drive Unlimited --3.5GB
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 --4.2GB
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 --6.4GB
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 --6.0GB
Timeshift --5.8GB
TMNT --5.0GB
TNA Impact! --6.8GB
Tomb Raider Anniversary --6.4GB
Tomb Raider: Legend --6.7 GB
Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland --5.0GB
Too Human --6.2GB
Top Spin 2 --5.4GB
Turok 6.6B
Two Worlds --3.4 GB

U
Universe at War ---6.8GB
Unreal Tournament 3 --6.4GB

V
Viking: Battle for Asgard ---5.9GB
Virtua Fighter 5 ---4.7GB
Virtua Tennis 3 ---4.1GB
Viva Pi

mutelight

mantis wrote: »

I watched my first movie tonight with my son,we watched Superman /Doomsday. It was a cartoon. It was in 4:3 and pro logic. But it worked well with only 1 buffer. So ti has hope. I'm gonna try a full on movie and see if I get DD 5.1 and at least 480p. DVD quality would be very except able right now. HD would be better but I'm sure I would have to wait around while it set up a stream.

My Avatar almost looks like me. He dresses like me. I'm gonna try one of those games where he (me) is in it. thats kinda cool.

Dan

There are HD streamable titles here http://www.netflix.com/WiHD
I am currently watching The Office in HD right now. The quality of the HD content is based on your bandwidth. I have tested many HD titles now all at max quality and they easily rival broadcast HD if not better in some regards. The dark scenes there is banding and micro blocking but for streaming HD it looks fantastic. Don't expect HD DVD or BD quality but they are easily passable.

All content is in 2 channels so your receiver is using matrix processing with them.

mantis

mutelight wrote: »

There are HD streamable titles here http://www.netflix.com/WiHD
I am currently watching The Office in HD right now. The quality of the HD content is based on your bandwidth. I have tested many HD titles now all at max quality and they easily rival broadcast HD if not better in some regards. The dark scenes there is banding and micro blocking but for streaming HD it looks fantastic. Don't expect HD DVD or BD quality but they are easily passable.

All content is in 2 channels so your receiver is using matrix processing with them.

Thats fine. New releases or movies I want a more pure audio experience I will just get in the mail. Everything else I can stream, I will. I really dig this upgrade.

avelanchefan

Yeah we started watching To Kill a Mockingbird last night. I love the feature on how you can stop the movie and turn off the XBOX and when you come back to that movie at a later date or time you can pick up where you left it at.

mantis

I didn't research this yet but what is the limitation of how many movies you can stream per day? I'm on the 1 at a time unlimited plan for movies VIA mail but I don't know what I'm on for streaming.
Anyone?

mutelight

mantis wrote: »

I didn't research this yet but what is the limitation of how many movies you can stream per day? I'm on the 1 at a time unlimited plan for movies VIA mail but I don't know what I'm on for streaming.
Anyone?

I think one at a time is 5 hours of streaming a month. Two at a time and up offer unlimited streaming.