So after a very brief dalliance with HP’s monstrous w2408h, which had the worst backlight bleed I have ever seen in any monitor, I came across the 2343bwx at my local microcenter.
299.00 for a 16:9 monitor with a 2048 x 1152 monitor with some fantastic specs seemed like too good a deal to pass up, and as it turns out, it is.
There aren’t any official reviews online yet for this monitor, so I’d throw out some of my initial impressions.
It’s been several weeks now since we’ve all been cozying up with our New Xbox Experience, and now that I’ve explored the ins and outs of the update (and offered both my praise and my upset), I think I’m prepared to offer my “nice-to-haves”. For one of my final posts of the year, I’d like to compile a list of a few different things that I would like to see brought to the NXE in the new year. I’m sure this list will grow over time, but for now I think these things are pretty logical enhancements to a great re-imaging of the Xbox 360.
Merry Christmas everyone! I recently received my next title from Gamefly, Fable 2, and I’ve been playing it over the past few days. I’d like to start off by saying I am thoroughly enjoying the game. Regarding it as a video game and assessing it on those merits, my commentary is as follows:
I am Jack’s raging disappointment.
Those faithful Interscription readers know one of my favorite talking points about Xbox Live is the platform-defining connectivity it provides to its users. When hearing about the Games For Windows Live initiative, I was brimming with excitement over the ubiquitous connectivity that would now be afforded me in the PC gaming world. Imagine having a persistent friends list that you can interact with both inside and outside a game, with options for video and audio chat (perhaps even the wonderful Xbox … Continue Reading
Just a quick tidbit for you NXE-loving guys and gals out there. In my eternal thirst to find out more technical information about the NXE, I stumbled across a piece of info you might be interested in. This comes from one of the “Voices” Xbox.com pages:
“Speaking of downloads, the Active Downloads queue has been expanded from six entries to a whopping 40, making it much easier to fill your hard drive with lots of great stuff.”
Most of the article rehashes the normally touted features, but I thought y’all … Continue Reading
By now most of you have switched to the NXE, messing around with Avatars, trying out the Netflix integration, and partied yourselves to death with the Xbox Live Party feature. As per my previous post, I’ve been messing with the various features of the NXE, and I’ve compiled a few items that I’d love to see fixed in the next release:
Howdy all! It’s been a pretty crazy couple of weeks here in Austin, and while I’ve been personally trying to keep up with the NXE news, I haven’t had a moment to share any of my admittedly meager findings with you.
I did have the opportunity to get into the NXE preview program (fourth and final wave, but early is still early, right?), and I’ve been noodling with it for the past couple of days. Instead of insulting your web browsing skills by rehashing the completely overstated (but still impressive) features of the NXE, I’m going to point you guys here (Joystiq is still one of the best in the biz) for the requisite list of info.
Instead, I thought it might be a refreshing change of pace to talk about the smaller touches that were folded in during the complete software reinvention of the Xbox 360.
Over the past several days, there has been an avalanche of fairly high-profile demos on Xbox Live. The DLB10000 and I have discussed this at length: demos and firmware updates are two of the most wonderful things about this generation of consoles. With the holiday season fast approaching, I am glad some companies are taking time to demonstrate their wares to the masses before we all go broke trying to purchase games for our friends and loved ones…and maybe one or two for ourselves.
I had an opportunity to download four demos and take them for a spin: Mirror’s Edge, Tomb Raider: Underworld, Naruto: The Broken Bond, and Banjo & Kazooie: Nuts ‘n Bolts (that’s an obscene amount of colons…)
After installing Ubuntu 8.10 on a whim and based on my love for fearless goats, I wrote up some of my initial impressions to sound off with Dragonwyntir. Among the things I liked a lot, the networking has been improved, the install is pain free, driver management (at least on my m1330 laptop) was smooth and automatic, and the hot-swappable user accounts made diving into “root” a lot easier.
…but admit it: you’re glad I put her up here. 
Even though yours truly bleeds Xbox green, I felt like the old site needed some home improvement (and you thought her inclusion was completely random). I’ve added some fancy new Gamercards, a spiffy polling system (yes, you should vote, on November 4th and every time I have some inane question), and a slightly more platform-neutral color scheme. Please drop your thoughts in the comments and let me know if you like the new aesthetic.
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