Just got myself a 360

[v85rawdeal]

Decided to get myself another console for the bedroom, mainly to take advantage of the HD tv in there, and got myself a 360.

First impressions are that I will certainly get my money's worth, but the console itself is a right pain to do anything with.

It feels cheap in its construction, very built down to a price. But the blade interface is lovely, far better than the PS3's... Er, scratch that, as I just updated to the new system and that is TERRIBLE!!!!!!

The controller is great, and I can see why people rate them better than the PS3 controller... BUT... What if you're left-handed? Not quite so comfortable or natural then, I would imagine.

The major disappointment is how bleedin' awkward it was to get it playing anything other than WMV format movies. You would have assumed it would have been included in the updates, but no... you have to download an optional media pack.

And as for putting music or movies on the console.... What a right royal pain in the a$$ that is. Why can't I simply copy my mp3 files from my hard drive?

Noooo, say M$, you must burn onto a disk because otherwise they could be downloaded files...

Same with movies... AAAARGH!!!

And don't even get me started on going wireless!!!!

Ah well, at least the games are good.

On that front, what decent RPGs would you recommend for the 360... Preferably ones with turn based combat as I prefer that style.

[Demon Cleaner]

What about the noise you didn't mention that.

I use Twonky Media Server to stream movies and music, basically for the PS3, but I also tested it with the 360 and it works fine as well.

Good RPGs would be Lost Odyssey or perhaps Blue Dragon. Star Ocean: The Last Hope would also be one to try, but the combat isn't turn based, as it isn't for Eternal Sonata either.

[v85rawdeal]

When you live next door to a busy train station, having a Harrier Jump Jet parked in your bedroom is nothing...

Actually, I quickly blanked out the drive noise.

I don't want to go through the hassle of streaming, as my PC that I would be streaming from uses the very same TV as the 360... and that would be daft!

I was more hoping of using it to store music and videos so I didn't need to turn on the TV and the PC and the external drives and all the other gubbins attached just so I could watch an avi file in the bedroom...

Oh well, guess I will just make do, until M$ see the error of their ways or the world ends... whichever happens sooner!

[Demon Cleaner]

I never tried it, but doesn't it really work to copy avi's and mp3's to the 360 HDD? You can play them from an external HDD, that works, but as you don't want to do that, I don't know what else you could do?

[v85rawdeal]

I have no problems doing that, but I do like to set up playlists for different music groups that seem to fit in with certain games, and you can't save the playlist if you are using an external drive... Which means I have to go in and set it all up each time, which is a pain when you are selecting a couple of hundred tunes.

[Demon Cleaner]

I just read this somewhere:

Playlists that draw from external devices such as portable audio players and PCs cannot be saved...

Here's the link, don't know if it's helpful as I cannot access the site due to Websense.