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I didn't have a real problem with MCC any time I was playing it besides some lag and also nobody choosing anything but Halo 2.
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Do any of you guys use a Kinect for Skype still? I just picked up and Xbox One S and was thinking of looking for a cheap Kinect solely for use as a Skype camera. I often use Skype so my family can talk to distant relatives, but crowding around the PC is a bit awkward and thought having it in our living room on the TV might make the experience better for everyone. Also, you don't need Gold to use Skype on Xbox, right?
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Jun 22, 2017 19:05
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Ive used it a bit and its genuinely not bad for exactly that use. It has an autotracking feature that tries to focus on faces but doesnt work right for groups, but you can just turn that off.
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I was just about to open up my new Xbox, but had to hesitate. I bought the Xbox Halo collection bundle, which includes MCC and Halo 5, but nowhere on the box does it say that the system has an UHD BluRay drive, which is the main reason I bought it. It just says 'play Blu Ray movies and stream 4k and HDR". Now that I look at it again, it doesn't actually say 'Xbox One S' anywhere either. Just 'Xbox One'. It sure looks like the 'S' consoles I've seen pictures of, but the lack of information on the box has me second guessing myself. So before I open it: this thing for sure has an UHD drive, right?
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Jun 22, 2017 21:00
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barren_sky posted:I was just about to open up my new Xbox, but had to hesitate. I bought the Xbox Halo collection bundle, which includes MCC and Halo 5, but nowhere on the box does it say that the system has an UHD BluRay drive, which is the main reason I bought it. It just says 'play Blu Ray movies and stream 4k and HDR". Now that I look at it again, it doesn't actually say 'Xbox One S' anywhere either. Just 'Xbox One'. It sure looks like the 'S' consoles I've seen pictures of, but the lack of information on the box has me second guessing myself. So before I open it: this thing for sure has an UHD drive, right? If you got this: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/consoles/xbox-one-s-halo-collection-bundle-500GB/home Then yeah, you're good. It does UHD.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:05
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Codependent Poster posted:If you got this: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/consoles/xbox-one-s-halo-collection-bundle-500GB/home That's the one! And once I opened it up it did say Xbox One S on the actual console. I thought the UHD drive was a real selling point for this system. I'm surprised it isn't written in huge letters on the box!
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barren_sky posted:Do any of you guys use a Kinect for Skype still? I just picked up and Xbox One S and was thinking of looking for a cheap Kinect solely for use as a Skype camera. I often use Skype so my family can talk to distant relatives, but crowding around the PC is a bit awkward and thought having it in our living room on the TV might make the experience better for everyone. Also, you don't need Gold to use Skype on Xbox, right? The Xbox One S doesn't have the proprietary connector the Kinect uses, you would also need the USB adapter for it and that's univbee fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Jun 22, 2017 |
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Jun 22, 2017 21:35
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Wait...the Xbox one S doesn't support Kinect?  wow.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:38
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barren_sky posted:I thought the UHD drive was a real selling point for this system. I'm surprised it isn't written in huge letters on the box! While it sort-of is, UHD disc playback capability is also not really that much of a selling point right now; the discs are expensive, the library is extremely limited, they only just started putting out discs with a really high color depth (which the Xbox One S can't take advantage of), and there just aren't that many 4K TV's out there (and unlike with Blu-ray where you could actually benefit at launch if you had a 720p/1080i television, you get zero benefit from UHD Blu-ray if you have a 1080p TV). veni veni veni posted:Wait...the Xbox one S doesn't support Kinect? It "supports" it but you need the adapter (it's the same adapter used on Windows PC's for it). They gave owners of an original "Xbox One with Kinect" bundle the adapter for free if they bought an Xbox One S via a slightly convoluted "give us all three serial numbers" system, but even that was still the case they stopped that promotion. univbee fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Jun 22, 2017 |
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Jun 22, 2017 21:38
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veni veni veni posted:Wait...the Xbox one S doesn't support Kinect? It does, but like it was said, needs a connector.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:39
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barren_sky posted:That's the one! And once I opened it up it did say Xbox One S on the actual console. I thought the UHD drive was a real selling point for this system. I'm surprised it isn't written in huge letters on the box! It also looks like the long-term HDR format winner (Dolby Vision) isn't supported by the Xbone S.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:40
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univbee posted:The Xbox One S doesn't have the proprietary connector the Kinect uses, you would also need the USB adapter for it and that's something like 75 bucks with no real avenues to get cheap. I guess I don't know where you live/what currency you are talking about, but looks like 40 bucks to me. https://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Kinect-Adapter-One-Windows-10/dp/B01GVE4YB4/ref=dp_ob_title_ce Still seems excessive to me. But not AS excessive.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:42
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Twerk from Home posted:It also looks like the long-term HDR format winner (Dolby Vision) isn't supported by the Xbone S. Yeah, this is what I was alluding to earlier. There is one cost-effective player with Dolby Vision support right now, plus the two flagship Oppo players. Only 2 movies with Dolby Vision on the disc right now (Despicables Me 1 and 2) but it will in all likelihood be on all discs beginning shortly (at least it better be).
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Jun 22, 2017 21:42
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Yeah. But they were trying to make it mandatory and the main selling point back at launch, so it's kind of funny that they have said "gently caress it" to that degree.
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King Burgundy posted:I guess I don't know where you live/what currency you are talking about, but looks like 40 bucks to me. This is actually good, it was definitely more expensive but since the Kinect is such a hot item they lowered the SRP.  I'll edit my post.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:43
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King Burgundy posted:Still seems excessive to me. But not AS excessive.
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Jun 22, 2017 21:58
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah. But they were trying to make it mandatory and the main selling point back at launch, so it's kind of funny that they have said "gently caress it" to that degree. wait till you get a load of the ram
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah. But they were trying to make it mandatory and the main selling point back at launch, so it's kind of funny that they have said "gently caress it" to that degree. it is kind of funny, yes.
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Jun 22, 2017 22:42
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Certainly nothing to spend three 8000 page threads on though right? Nothing is that funny.
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I haven't kept up with Xbox in general or read any of the shark tank threads since launch, so if dropping Kinect support out of the box has been the butt of a million jokes already, I missed it.
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Why is Dolby Vision the winner when HDR10 is already on all the devices? Isn't that why Bluray won? It was on the PS3 and thus was in everyone's home already?
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Cojawfee posted:Why is Dolby Vision the winner when HDR10 is already on all the devices? Isn't that why Bluray won? It was on the PS3 and thus was in everyone's home already? IIRC it's not going to outright replace HDR10 (If I'm not mistaken, a Dolby Vision disc will still work with HDR10 more or less correctly, at least this is the case for Despicable me 1 and 2), but Dolby Vision IS better than HDR10 (it's 12-bit color channels instead of 10-bit, and has the ability for per-scene adjustments which HDR10 doesn't have), meaning people who spent the big bucks and got a Dolby Vision TV (which is looking to be the established standard going forward) will have to look elsewhere for the UHD Blu-ray Playback fix to actually get their money's worth out of their TV.
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Twerk from Home posted:It also looks like the long-term HDR format winner (Dolby Vision) isn't supported by the Xbone S. Oh shiiiiit. Should've done more research I guess. Surely that could be patched in though, right?
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Beastie posted:Halo multiplayer just devolves into two people running/bunny-hopping at each other, mag dumping into their shields and then a slap fight. That's all multiplayer in every game, though. Oh, I forgot about 1337 sn1p4rs, my bad! Real hurthling! posted:Certainly nothing to spend three 8000 page threads on though right? Nothing is that funny. It's weird, some people latch on to bad jokes and ride that poo poo into the ground. I'm sure nobody here knows anything about that! 
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barren_sky posted:Oh shiiiiit. Should've done more research I guess. Surely that could be patched in though, right? It can. https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/25/dolby-vision-hdr-in-software/
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If Dolby Vision is only actually supported on two lovely kid's movies, I don't see how it's bad to not have it supported right now.
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Jun 23, 2017 00:22
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So it literally doesn't matter?
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Cojawfee posted:So it literally doesn't matter? There was a time when Dolby Vision was thought of as chip only, so it's possible the people talking about it thought that was still the case. Then it would kinda maybe matter, if it really does become the go to. But yeah, it totally doesn't matter.
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fishmech posted:If Dolby Vision is only actually supported on two lovely kid's movies, I don't see how it's bad to not have it supported right now. They were only very recently released, more should follow, it's looking like Disney was waiting for Dolby Vision before it started releasing 4K UHD movies, for example. Plus some streaming services do provide a lot more Dolby Vision movies. That said, it was previously looking like Dolby had some requirement from a hardware standpoint (something like they had to OK the internals THX-style or something) but if that's no longer the case and it can be patched in that's good news.
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fishmech posted:If Dolby Vision is only actually supported on two lovely kid's movies, I don't see how it's bad to not have it supported right now. And all of the major streaming services, and most of the good displays with HDR.
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Have you guys tried out the Xbox Game Pass yet? I activated my 2 week trial, and I'm really loving it. I've been playing Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur II HD, Hexic 2 (super addictive), Shantae and The Pirate's Curse (great platformer, A++), and a little Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (just bought it at a used book store for $15).
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Everything in Game Pass seems to be available for a loving song elsewhere, so I feel like just putting that 10bux aside every month for cheap games makes more sense.
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Game Pass is a joke. It will be worth it come 2018, I hope. They'll probably fill it with 360 games though.
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Ive gotten decent value from it, but its chock full of trash like De Blob 2 and Resident Evil 0.
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Game Pass is mostly decent for people who didn't pick up older Games With Gold when they were available, I find. That's why I don't bother with it, I already got all the NA region ones.
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Are you guys going to be playing playerunknown battlegrounds when it comes out?
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mad max is a lot of fun, thats worth it for my first month of game pass
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i'd take a free xbonk. i just want to play perfect dark.
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veni veni veni posted:Since I have this free copy I'm Dl'ing it now and remembering how poorly received it was. Did they not fix it? What exactly did they gently caress up (if it's multi you can just say multi without going into specifics because I only like Halo Single player and Co-op). Another major problem with MCC. The halo 1/original halo 2 games use the inferior windows edition instead of being a ported Xbox edition. Also most of the games are missing title updates with patches and balances. Halo 4 is the one that closely plays to the original and its also the only one 343 made in the past. Halo 3 is kind of awful in the state its I'm and 75% of the time that's what will win the vote. I'm thinking people excused that at launch thinking they would update the games later on.
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