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Velocity Girl wrote:
> JLC wrote:
>
>> "Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.com> wrote in message
>> news:ZWPEe.177039$x96.157076@attbi_s72...
>>
>>> Joel Britt wrote:
>>>
>>>> I use my Xbox mainly as a DVD player. I occasionally play games,
>>>> but it is used for DVD several hours per day.
>>>>
>>>> I have begun to notice quite a bit of pixilation lately, and
>>>> freezing. Sometimes, the box wont even read the disc. I am just
>>>> wondering if this is the beginning of the end of my Xbox.
>>>>
>>>> What can/should I do?
>>>
>>>
>>> artnada gave some sensible advice, in that it's easy to do. I will
>>> comment, however, that even my brand spanking new xbox was never a
>>> great DVD player. It would often burp or pixelate where a standalone
>>> unit (or my PC) would have no difficulties. I have also noticed this
>>> poor performance on several other xboxes of various ages and conditions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just the opposite for me. My Xbox has the Phillips drive in it and it
>> plays movies better then my Panasonic DVD player. It also plays my
>> back up DVD +R disc's great as well (something my Panasonic will not
>> do). I've never had one problem with playback after watching over 100
>> movies on it. JLC
>>
>
> My PS2 is my main DVD player, I have the 3.02U DVD update and it is 480p
> capable. With DNR set to 2 and outline sharpening set to 0 everything
> looks fantastic. Much better quality than my Xbox, although my Xbox does
> have the zoom feature, which is nice when watching porn.
Xbox also does 480p with a simple hex edit. Also does upsampling to 720p
and 1080i with xbmc. I've never had a problem with mine, even with
playing PAL DVDs on an NTSC tele. Thompson Drive, 1.0 xbox, bought on
the day they went on sale, still alive and kicking
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