Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:51 am Post subject: XBOX Mods getting aggressively advertised.
I read an interesting article today in May edition of XBN Magazine. A company called FriendTech (Taiwan Based) has launched two modded Xboxes. I am very surprised that they are pushing this so mainstream like. Even though you can find a plethora of modding info on the internet, it has always had an underground feel to it. Almost like everything is secret hush hush. Now, with this move it is almost like here we are Microsoft, what are you gonna do about it. What implications if any does anyone think this may or may not have on the modding community? For more info, I submitted a news article so keep your eyes out for it. _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
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forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject:
Yes, this is rather interesting. Asain countries have funny copyright laws, so they can get away with murder half the time. Still, you'd think M$ wouldn't be too happy about it...
TheModGod Xbox-Hq Legendary
Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject:
I was just in awe to see the advertisement. I wasn't taking into consideration about the copyright laws in other countries, but they are still marketing to the US. I would think that they would have export/import problems if it was infringing on copyrights. Now, never did they mention backing up or storing games. In their ad they only talk about FTP'ing audio and video files to the hard drive, and the supposed performance gains with the "turbo boost" feature. But, they were very quick to say that the machine would not be able to utilize XBOX Live services. The thing that bothers me is, what if it does take off? What if MS takes action? I know it wouldn't happen for quite some time, but it could really change the modding world....for better, or worse.
And, get this.. On their site it says US Patent Pending...HA, that is just too wild. How can you patent a friggin xbox? _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
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Joined: Apr 18, 2004 Posts: 5303 Location: Greensburg PA
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:57 pm Post subject:
Here are the specs for their console:
CPU: 1.40GHz Intel "Tualatin" Celeron (with 256KB cache). The operating speed can be toggled between 1.48GHz and 740MHz.
GPU: 233MHz custom-designed X-Chip, developed by Microsoft and nVidia
Memory: 128MB* (Unified Memory Architecture)
* All DreamX-1480 and DreamX-733 units shipped after Dec. 15, 2003.
Storage Medium: 2x to 5x DVD
8GB hard drive
8MB removable memory cards
HDTV support: Yes
HDTV game support: Yes
Highest resolution: 1920 x 1080
Only a 8Gig HDD?? For 499.00??? Wow, I don't expect them to sell too many of those. _________________ Good Deals: Death@Hand, funkydopenloven, StaticMind, Slamscaper, PorscheXboxter
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