Xbox 360 Question

[Cookie-Monster]

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]

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]

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

 

[McDaniel]

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

Transcode 360?

 

[Sagalout]

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]

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.