as per one of your posts in this thread....14.7 "A good stereo receiver to take full advantage of this sound is well over $1000 dollars. "

obviously your not very good with this whole interweb shopping thing but here's a top of the line 7.1 PCM stereo reciever for not just under $1,000.00 but under $550.00.

http:// http://www.amazon.com/JVC-R...

with a review:

http://reviews.cnet.com/av-... View

does anyone else thinks it's strange that microsoft built a color coded warning system to detect system failures? My impression is that the only reason to include a built in system to warn of a failure is because you are aware that the product has the potential to fail. I know this whole issue has been beaten to death, but i've always been suspicious of the very specific warning system built into the system...

there is a code for general hardware failure.
there is a code for hardware failure which leads to over 10 possible hardware issues.
there is a code for overheating.

it can be argued that this makes for a quicker and more robust repair network, but I think it's hard to overlook the very specific failure warnings as anything but an admission on the part of a manuufacturer that their equipment is known to be faulty but has chosen to go to market with it anyway. View

what does that mean? must have a bad copy...?

bad copies skip or don't play at all.. bugs like these result from bad code. code can't get rewritten during a disc burn. View

for the record.. for 10.00 a usb flash drive can transfer what ever games/ saves etc.. from one ps3 to another... View

"But just like some games will require you to have a Memory Unit to save games, SOME GAMES WILL REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A HARD DRIVE TO EXPERIENCE THEM."

"...some games will require you to have a hard drive to experience them" !?

please read that last line carefully.

so according to Msoft- every game will work with every system- except of course those that will REQUIRE a hard drive for you to EXPERIENCE them.

umm.. where i come from experiencing a game is playing a game-

he's allowed to get away with a statement like this because as far as he's concerned he's telling the truth... any game will load on any xbox360. the issue here is the game 'EXPERIENCE'. while the game will technically 'work' you wont be able to experience it (i.e., PLAY IT)... that has to get the prize for best corporate doublespeak of the year.

that's like toyota saying all of our cars work, but if you want to drive them you'll need an engine.

I don't care who's more successful msoft or sony or hddvd or blu ray i think the competition is great for everyone...
i will not sit by though and let these PR goons try to take advantage of people. View

3rd parties are responsible for their own marketing through PSN. if you want more demos complain to the developers not to sony... I'm really not sure why im defending sony but I think they incorrectly take a lot of heat for this kind of thing... count up the demos on PSN and see how many are 1st party and how many are 3rd party.. it must be a 90/10 split... also the time it takes them to put the demos together essentially are weeks maybe a month or more that they could be spending making the final games kick ass. I'd rather have a kick ass complete game than a 10 minute demo any day... View

so the 'official xbox magazine' love it's own games... this info is about as worthless as jack tretton giving heavanly sword a 10/10. View

why is some random person's forum post allowed to get on here?

a 'well respected xbox 360 community developer' that's a bit much...

we're all well respected something or other's on the interweb.

EDIT: I recognize it's in the 'rumor' section, but I still think it's a bit loose... View

i believe this has been commented on before, but Sony has no control over demos from third parties. either the third party turns one over as a means to help sell their product or they don't. In the short run it sounds like many third party games are created first for the 360 and then ported over which means it is much more likely that from the beginning they would be building demos for the native piece of hardware... Of course Sony controls it's own first party titles and demos from RFOM and Motorstorm, ridgracer etc... show that they are willing to put them out there... (MLB07 is a noted exception but considering it's simply a port of a ps2 game I wouldn't have used it as a demo either)--- View

I posted this as a tech 'article' rather than 'industry news' for exactly this reason. I don't believe this is news but rather an opinion article... It may be worth having an 'opinion' or 'speculation' tag for items such as this and other blog posts that clearly are just that. This way readers can filter out any posts labeled 'opinion or speculation' if they don't care to be bothered with them.

it would seem to me that rumor and opinion are one of the primary entertainment factors for gamers when they are not gaming-- this being the case I think articles like this respond to that need, and are good for the site if not the industry as a whole... View