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G73JH-X1 owner here. Threw a blu-ray player in and will add a secondary HD once I figure out the caddy issue. (X1 doesn't come with the caddy and ASUS currently doesn't have one available). Anyway, mini review. If you're looking for small, then obviously this isn't for you. It's a large...

Agreed. I actually have the X1 and have put a Sony BD burner in it and it works great. Actually, I'm typing on my G73 now. :D My recommendation is to get in on the X1 if the price drops a bit (little high currently) or wait for the A2. The A1 is going to be HARD to find in the wild for awhile yet.

BTW, the weight limit posted on the box is 330lbs. I've seen weights posted all over the place from 330 on CNN to 400 here. I've read that it can take more than that but that's what is printed on my box. *edit* Changed weight from 300 to 330. Guess I can't read either. :p

Got mine this morning at 6am at Wal-Mart. Was about the 10th person out of 25 available Fits. My wife went back and bought another one so now I'm going to put one up on ebay. The things are heavy so it may be expensive to ship.

You can, and most people on this forum aren't going to look too favorably on this topic. Call them "backups" but... it's piracy. I'd recommend selling your computer and buying a new 360.

See and we use them exclusively with (comparatively) very little problems. My office is about 300 users, and the company is > 1500.

Has to do with good 'old HDCP. Any player can only upconvert over HDMI to my knowledge. Also... yeah, Bram Stoker's Dracula has pretty bad image quality, unfortunately. Check out some of Pixar or Disney's recent animation movies, Apocalypto, Pirates movies, Spidey 3 or any other # of movies that...

Adding to the Ben Hur example (nice picture by the way) while you may be "filling the screen" with the HD on demand movies, what you're actually doing is losing some of the picture. I like to see a movie as the director intended, in it's OAR (original aspect ratio). Otherwise you get nasty pan...

Actually the entire thing is like a German tax shelter. There's a big loophole in German tax law that allows them to write off large donations to "the arts" and that happens to include Uwe's movies. So, he signs up to make some crap, raises the necessary capital, and then they all get a write...

"The research team from Ruhr's Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences Department said the crack applies to all known car and building access control systems that rely on the KeeLoq cipher. It targeted and ultimately cracked its RFID as part of its research in embedded security. "The...

Is that the briefcase edition? Cuz... I got the 5 disk on BD for $27 b4 tax. That seems way off.

For me, downloading and streaming are fine (I don't have any online games on it yet). However, whenever I come out of a movie (BD/DVD or streaming) or a game it'll disconnect on me. I thought I had it solved when I realized my DNS settings were wack, but it still does it. Wireless to Linksys...

BR remote, 40gb, ANY button will turn it on. Have done it multiple times fumbling around in the "remote basket" for my universal remote.

Dude, calm down. You're going to have a heart attack. :D

Sure, customize their armor or the back of their head. :p It's like Oblivion, only not not ugly. Total customization and the ability to create very realistic facial features. Show me another game that even comes close to Oblivion and Mass Effect in character creation. I'm going to have to...

These are all really good points. To which I'll counterpoint that the online experience with the 360 is second-to-none. :p So... if you like playing a lot of multiplayer, consider the 360. If you like single-player games or watching blu-ray movies interests you, consider the PS3. They both do...

The limit is 3.3 gig, which is what his BIOS is reporting. It's not probably... it's definitely the reason.

I'm not an expert on the audio codecs, but... the PS3 can do bitstream output via TOSlink... I have mine set up to do it currently. It's one of the menu choices on the dashboard. Am I missing something here?

True. I'm not really arguing against purchasing one should it ever come out, I'm just bringing up some points to keep in mind. For me personally my damn 360 is too loud to ever try and watch a movie with it running. :p

The PS3 is awesome as a player and is a very solid upconverter. It's always a solid choice. Some things to keep in mind: 1. Various audio codecs are completely moot if you don't have a receiver capable of HDMI audio. Most of us don't have that currently (though it is a planned upgrade for...

I'm pondering getting rid of my 20gig and upping to a 120gig, myself. I really recommend the official HD and not even trying to put a custom one on it. There's always the chance of getting banned from Live (like, permanently) for that.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1281575

Sweet, sign me up!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=858316 http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=918734 I like these better than the review sites since they're tiered in terms of "XXXX title is better than YYYY". Giving them a 4.5 out of 5 sometimes isn't as accurate as I'd like...

True, I didn't think of a user set-up dedicated server. I'm not sure there's much demand for that. What I was saying though is that there's always been host-listen servers as you call it, and they work fine most of the time. Server browsers don't really work for Live because it's usually...

Don't forget the potential that the 80gig will go away and be replaced by the 120gig, and the other rumor that there will be a price drop to $299 in July.

Oh, trust me, I already sent your link to my home email to browse over some new themes! :D The Sony-generated themes are really lame IMO and I honestly forgot about them. Re: dedicated servers- it's not perfect, but I actually prefer it to dedicated servers. Why? Well, companies can turn...

Sorry, but both have their positives and faults. 360 gold is one of the best gaming values in my opinion. You get an online gaming network set-up that hands down beats anything on the PS3. Finding friends and getting games running on the PS3 isn't always easy, and without an integrated voice...

I still haven't received mine from the 6th of January... they're not very fast either.

Actually it must be postmarked by the 29th. Here's the form: http://www.rcwilley.com/rebate_pdf/blu-ray_rebate_01-31-08.pdf

I have the 42" and it's a great set for the price. However, this is pretty much the standard price at Sam's Club, so if you have one nearby you may want to look into that as well.

Sweet! I love Aliens! But... wouldn't it be with three of your buddies if it's four-player co-op? EPICMATHFAIL. ;):D

Actually they're phasing them out altogether. They have added a chain called "Movie Stop" in some areas. I've read multiple times about them getting rid of their movie selection. I've also read about the Buy 2 Get 2 working with Blu-ray. I was just in there yesterday looking and although I...

Hah, for some reason I read the OP's post of GOW as "God of War". My bad. Also going to toss in Rainbow Six Vegas 2 that comes out soon. I loved the first one and this is more single-player friendly and looks to have some neat multi additions as well.

Can't get to the full story at work, but- no one else thinks it's gross that they used some toilet they found lying around? I mean... years worth of ... *shudder*. I'M JUST SAYIN'!

No one mentioned Gears of War? :p Gears Crackdown Bioshock Mass Effect All really good titles.

RB6 Vegas 2 demo... on which platform? :P See the difficulty in breaking them apart? :)

Great post. This really sums up all the sour grapes whining I've been hearing over the last couple of weeks. HD-DVD may not have won, but there's no reason to spread FUD about Blu-ray. Digital downloads won't be taking their place anytime soon, so let's try and unify behind a Hi-Def format. This...

Not try and scam Wal-Mart? :p They ain't jokin when they say don't touch the console when a game is in the drive. If it won't play you could get a replacement disc, though they sometimes charge $25 for it. If it won't play, why would Gamestop want it though? Chances are it could be buffed...

In his OP, it did sound like that but then if you read down a bit: So... I wasn't sure and dropped in my 2 cents for good measure. ;)