Are 360's still crashing ?
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smcshaw said:
If i hook it up to my monitor can it also be hooked up to something for the audio ? has it got sound outputs on the back ?
YorkshirePadd26 said:
it comes with 2 phono ports aswell, you can get adapters to turn the 2 phono into a single 3.5mm jack so can plug into speakers - unless your monitor/tv supports the Red+White phono leads.
And it still has optical connection so can go straight into an AMP or something
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Looks like I'll very probably be getting a 360 then just for Forza 2.
I bought a PS1 for Grand Turismo and forza pretty much looks like its similar and as the lastest GT game won't be out for over six months no point in getting a PS3.
Plus I like the fact you can wreck your car in Forza i think ! judging by the screen shots i've seen, thats probably the worst bit in the GT series.
I bought a PS1 for Grand Turismo and forza pretty much looks like its similar and as the lastest GT game won't be out for over six months no point in getting a PS3.
Plus I like the fact you can wreck your car in Forza i think ! judging by the screen shots i've seen, thats probably the worst bit in the GT series.
Psyk said:I just sent my 360 off this morning. But I didn't get this dreaded 3 red light error everyone seems to get, I got a 1 red light error and an error message on screen. 360s must break a lot, the UPS guy knew exactly what it was
Doesn't really bother me as long as it's still in warranty when it happens.
I have had that since launch day. Infact, that happened the first time I ever turned the console on. I still get it now, nothing to worry about.
I have had my X360 dince Dec 05, but apart from RR6 and PGR3 being played for a few months I havent really touched it until recently and Forza 2 (which I look forward to getting home to play each night)
I still have the original console I bought, no swapouts or returns due to the ring of death (the power button highlights green led each quarter to show how many controllers are in use, and flashes/ stays red indicating problems)
however it seems that MS have a huge problem with reliability, which imo they should have sorted long ago.
I have also had a PS3 since UK launch in March, and have Motorstorm which I like and Resistance which i hate. I also do folding at home quite a bit also but currently use it mostly for bluray movies (I have around 35 br hd discs) until more worthwhile games come out (hopefully in the next few months)
I am glad to have both consoles but heaven forbid my x360 broke today I wouldnt rush out to replace it just for forza (£37 I paid for the game is a bargain, but as no other games interest me currently that would turn into nearly £220
)
Im not entirely sure but hoping Colin McCrea Dirt is a cross platform game so I can get it on the PS3 (another game Im really hoping is top quality)
I would rush out to get my ps3 replaced under gaurentee, and even if I had to pay over the full amount again but then thats because I like movies so much and think this unit is worth money (saying that Sony currently dont seem to have any issue at all with reliability - its as rock solid as you would expect)
I fully agree however that apart from a very small selection there arent that many good games on the PS3 just.
Hopefully the above is a fair and balanced view of owning both consoles
I still have the original console I bought, no swapouts or returns due to the ring of death (the power button highlights green led each quarter to show how many controllers are in use, and flashes/ stays red indicating problems)
however it seems that MS have a huge problem with reliability, which imo they should have sorted long ago.
I have also had a PS3 since UK launch in March, and have Motorstorm which I like and Resistance which i hate. I also do folding at home quite a bit also but currently use it mostly for bluray movies (I have around 35 br hd discs) until more worthwhile games come out (hopefully in the next few months)
I am glad to have both consoles but heaven forbid my x360 broke today I wouldnt rush out to replace it just for forza (£37 I paid for the game is a bargain, but as no other games interest me currently that would turn into nearly £220
)Im not entirely sure but hoping Colin McCrea Dirt is a cross platform game so I can get it on the PS3 (another game Im really hoping is top quality)
I would rush out to get my ps3 replaced under gaurentee, and even if I had to pay over the full amount again but then thats because I like movies so much and think this unit is worth money (saying that Sony currently dont seem to have any issue at all with reliability - its as rock solid as you would expect)
I fully agree however that apart from a very small selection there arent that many good games on the PS3 just.
Hopefully the above is a fair and balanced view of owning both consoles
FrankJH said:
have you heard of any issues at all with the ps3s reliability yet?
i know there must be a few faulty ones as nothing is produced to a high standard everytime
i also have a xbox 360 that is still working fine, got mine around march 06 (it was produced dec 05 i think). im not on it 24/7 but i watch all my dvds on it (scales them perfectly on my lcd tv
dont game too often on it though
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Reeve said:
I'm starting to read about problems (though not as many as with 360s) on ps3forums.
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=78111
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=78036
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=78087
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=77941
Off the front page alone.
Well they have some catching up to do to equal the amount of 360 problems for sure. I am about to send back my fourth console (probably because of rp and joshua ramming me in forza 
) as it's not a video failure this time but the dvd drive scratching discs and getting read errors. Has been flawless otherwise and I am actually thinking of sorting the drive myself in case I get a potential three lighter in it's place...
) as it's not a video failure this time but the dvd drive scratching discs and getting read errors. Has been flawless otherwise and I am actually thinking of sorting the drive myself in case I get a potential three lighter in it's place...they all seem like individual problems (but this might just be your selction after thinking about it rather than repeating the same issues)- some like the router one have been dealt with by firmware upgrades and have on the whole been successfully dealt with
Im not saying that the PS3 is perfectly reliable, as indicated above everything manufactred to this scale will have issues, but so far it doesnt look as though there are fundamental design issues as there seem to be with the X360
last issue seems to be that after setting up hdmi, they didnt reset *** video config (a factory reset should sort this if he wasnt able to go back to his friends to configure it va hdmi back to whatever previous settings were)
Im not saying that the PS3 is perfectly reliable, as indicated above everything manufactred to this scale will have issues, but so far it doesnt look as though there are fundamental design issues as there seem to be with the X360
last issue seems to be that after setting up hdmi, they didnt reset *** video config (a factory reset should sort this if he wasnt able to go back to his friends to configure it va hdmi back to whatever previous settings were)
JBeck said:Well they have some catching up to do to equal the amount of 360 problems for sure. I am about to send back my fourth console (probably because of rp and joshua ramming me in forza
If it makes you feel any better joshua's console crashes multiple times a day!!!
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