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tribz · 3 Sep 2014 at 13:35

Anyone else find that the XBOX molests the TV viewing image in dark scenes? Its the one thing that keeps me from using it for watching TV Both of the below images are through the same HDMI input and the TV is applying the same brightness settings etc for that input.

XBOX Picture settings are TV Resolution 1080p, TV Connection Auto, Colour Depth 24bit, Colour Space TV and ticked allow 50Hz

Image 1 Sky direct to TV via HDMI1
Image 2 Sky through XBOX to TV via HDMI1

Soulja · 3 Sep 2014 at 14:14

Red and White said:
I bet it was you who I saw playing just dance though

No comment

ps3ud0 · 3 Sep 2014 at 16:00

tribz said:
Anyone else find that the XBOX molests the TV viewing image in dark scenes? Its the one thing that keeps me from using it for watching TV Both of the below images are through the same HDMI input and the TV is applying the same brightness settings etc for that input.

XBOX Picture settings are TV Resolution 1080p, TV Connection Auto, Colour Depth 24bit, Colour Space TV and ticked allow 50Hz

Image 1 Sky direct to TV via HDMI1
Image 2 Sky through XBOX to TV via HDMI1

Pretty sure that's black crush - I know that affects XO games but didn't know it affected the HDMI input. There's no fix unless MS fix the changes they made to the RGB curve but they didn't on the X360 IIRC...

Don't think it affects BDs/DVDs though weirdly

ps3ud0 :cool:

melmac · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:54

RobotXander said:
It makes my TV look like a fat, black Jonny 5

This made me laugh.

spaceman · 3 Sep 2014 at 19:15

Has anyone downloaded Warframe yet? Is it a free game or just a free demo/trial?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8iQMuMDnqM&list=UUjBp_7RuDBUYbd1LegWEJ8g

oldestgregg · 3 Sep 2014 at 21:03

spaceman said:
Has anyone downloaded Warframe yet? Is it a free game or just a free demo/trial?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8iQMuMDnqM&list=UUjBp_7RuDBUYbd1LegWEJ8g

Free to play. Its OK but nothing special

James J · 4 Sep 2014 at 01:16

anticonscience said:
Minecraft coming out this Friday.

Anyone else buying it on the One?

Not sure which console to get it on, would prefer options of playing with people.

Tempted. Its one of the games I never bothered to get on the PC, even though I've really enjoyed similar games such as terraria. Due to that, I'll probably pick it up on the XB1 just so I can play it from the comfort of my bed lol.

ScarySquirrel · 4 Sep 2014 at 07:09

Forza 5 free to gold members from today until Sunday. Full game.

JoeBoi · 4 Sep 2014 at 07:42

I've wanted to try out F5 for ages now. Thanks for the heads up, any idea how big the DL is?

R0B75 · 4 Sep 2014 at 09:15

Bit of a pointless offer from Microsoft really. Free to play the game for only a couple of days, its hardly worth the massive download. Supposed to be something like 40gb and I fail to see why it's gold only.

antijoke · 4 Sep 2014 at 09:44

R0B75 said:
Bit of a pointless offer from Microsoft really. Free to play the game for only a couple of days, its hardly worth the massive download. Supposed to be something like 40gb and I fail to see why it's gold only.

Why is it pointless?

Seriously seems like MS can do nothing right in some peoples eyes these days.

Tingtangmakadingdong · 4 Sep 2014 at 09:45

ScarySquirrel said:
Forza 5 free to gold members from today until Sunday. Full game.

I guess it'll take some people the whole weekend to download, bit silly of Microsoft.

ScarySquirrel · 4 Sep 2014 at 09:46

JoeBoi said:
I've wanted to try out F5 for ages now. Thanks for the heads up, any idea how big the DL is?

40gb

R0B75 said:
Bit of a pointless offer from Microsoft really. Free to play the game for only a couple of days, its hardly worth the massive download. Supposed to be something like 40gb and I fail to see why it's gold only.

I don't see how it's pointless at all. I've wanted to try the full game for ages, but not enough to want to buy it, now I've got 4 days of the full game for absolutely nothing.

Why is it for Gold only? Well, it's a membership benefit, like Games with Gold, or Deals with Gold.

40Gb is big, yes, but it's hardly a problem if you've got an uncapped and decent connection. Plus you can start the game before it's even hit 30% or something, I did the opening race and two career races before I left for work today and it was still around 50% downloaded I think. It'll be done by now I expect as well.

Tingtangmakadingdong said:
I guess it'll take some people the whole weekend to download, bit silly of Microsoft.

That's their problem, not Microsoft's. Besides, if anyone complains about this then they're an idiot. IT'S FREE! They didn't have to do this. I swear some people will find ANYTHING to moan about sometimes.

Plainsong · 4 Sep 2014 at 09:49

Will it let you start playing before the download is complete?

- Edit - seen above. 10-15 gig then not so bad imho.

Here's a thing, we're giving it to you for a limited time for free, enjoy!

Seems like a good thing to me.

Nismo · 4 Sep 2014 at 10:19

Minecraft currently showing as £114.99 for me in the Smartglass App

Think I'll get the PS4 version!

R0B75 · 4 Sep 2014 at 11:22

anticonscience said:
Why is it pointless?

Seriously seems like MS can do nothing right in some peoples eyes these days.

ScarySquirrel said:
I don't see how it's pointless at all. I've wanted to try the full game for ages, but not enough to want to buy it, now I've got 4 days of the full game for absolutely nothing.

Why is it for Gold only? Well, it's a membership benefit, like Games with Gold, or Deals with Gold.

40Gb is big, yes, but it's hardly a problem if you've got an uncapped and decent connection. Plus you can start the game before it's even hit 30% or something, I did the opening race and two career races before I left for work today and it was still around 50% downloaded I think. It'll be done by now I expect as well.

A massive download which, for me, would take the best part of a day, maybe two to download. Maybe I'd get a day to play it. I don't see why it's limited to gold members only when it's only available for a limited time. If it was free permanently, sure, gold only would make more sense.

Yes, I get it's FREE and normally I'd applaud something like this but limiting it to gold only for a limited time for such a huge game is bizarre, I know they are just trying to entice you to buy it at full price (you're not going to finish it in a weekend, let's face it) but a smaller demo/trial open to everyone would have been just as enticing for me but because of the size, I probably won't bother now.

ps3ud0 · 4 Sep 2014 at 11:36

I don't see the problem myself - though perhaps some forethought in preloading beforehand might help since games are so big. No doubt that's why it's available today rather than tomorrow...

ps3ud0 :cool:

ic1male · 4 Sep 2014 at 13:28

ScarySquirrel said:
40Gb is big, yes, but it's hardly a problem if you've got an uncapped and decent connection.

Out of interest, what do you have?

Dannyb01y · 4 Sep 2014 at 13:38

You could borrow a mates disk to install the game and avoid the download.

WiZZyWiGG · 4 Sep 2014 at 13:59

Considering they have the tech in place it would have been nice if they let you pre-load Forza 5 before the free weekend

Still, more of this kind of thing please MS!

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