Xbox 360 Question

Cookie-Monster · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:22

HI all, not sure if this should be here or in home cinema,

looking at getting a Xbox360, but wondering how well they work as a media centre?

anyone with one using at for that function comment.

McDaniel · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:23

You need a PC with MCE running to watch video, and the support is limited to WMV really, no DivX/XVid support.

MP3 is fine with any PC.

So...

It's ok but you could do a lot better

FeFiDoh · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:28

u can get divx running on it u loose a bit of the quality but it can be done

McDaniel · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:29

R5Rich said:
u can get divx running on it u loose a bit of the quality but it can be done

Transcode 360?

Sagalout · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:46

Great for games but poor as a media centre.

You'd be better off buying a 360 for gaming and then get a cheap xbox and install XBMC on it. XBMC works with the xbox remote so you can hide the fugly box and controller and just use it that way.

Euro_Hunter · 16 Mar 2006 at 21:59

I personally think its great as a media centre. Sure it would be nice if it could stream Divx/Xvid buts its pretty quick & easy to convert them to MPG and they play superbly on mine.