Best way to get on Live?

JaFFa · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:29

Couple of questions:

1, What is the best deal you can get for live membership? Ive seen 35 quid for 12 months and 1000 free points ?

2, Is it possible to use a pc as a hub for the live connection eg add another network card to my pc and use it to share my internet connection.

3, (Ok so its now a few questions) Does the VGA cable do 1280 x 768 ?

roboffer · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:33

1. Visit ebay, ~£23

Not sure what you mean by "free points", market place points? I think 2000 points are about £17 so thats not really a great deal.

JaFFa · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:35

roboffer said:
1. Visit ebay, ~£23

Not sure what you mean by "free points", market place points?

yer it said it came with '1000 free points', market place ones, Ill be wating some of them so is that a good deal ? So many dang accessories for the 360.

lordrobs · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:35

JaFFa said:
Couple of questions:

1, What is the best deal you can get for live membership? Ive seen 35 quid for 12 months and 1000 free points ?

2, Is it possible to use a pc as a hub for the live connection eg add another network card to my pc and use it to share my internet connection.

3, (Ok so its now a few questions) Does the VGA cable do 1280 x 768 ?

1. If you can find one, the old original xbox live starter packs with game (PES5, PGR2 etc.) old headset and 12 months subscription work out the best deals as they can be had for £25 ish if your lucky. Just ebay the bits you don't want and you'll score a few quid back. win win.

2. Yes, you just need to bridge the connections.

3. Yes, thats what mines set at.

Rhys · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:42

2, Is it possible to use a pc as a hub for the live connection eg add another network card to my pc and use it to share my internet connection.

I just select the share internet connection option and it worked. I was surprised how easy it was to work. The same with Media Center - it just worked...

Windle · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:57

£49.99 for the Live Vision Camera + 12 Months Gold is a pretty damn good deal.

JaFFa · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:59

brilliant thanks for your help guys. Ill go get another network card, do i need a crossover or will a patch do these days ?

Also lordrobs - is it much better at that res than 720p? (presuming your tv/monitor is optimal at 1280 768)

Rhys · 5 Oct 2006 at 13:07

JaFFa said:
brilliant thanks for your help guys. Ill go get another network card, do i need a crossover or will a patch do these days ?

Also lordrobs - is it much better at that res than 720p? (presuming your tv/monitor is optimal at 1280 768)

Apparently a patch will work but I used a crossover.

I used the VGA adaptor too and I found the image was too sharp at higher resolutions and Im sure the game ran slower.