New Xbox Experience now available for all who applied [update]

I've had it for about a week now. Except for the zippier dashboard, it's a bit of a big meh for me.

16x10 resolution - meh. Can't tell the diff on a 24" LCD monitor, plus it adds black bars to the top and bottom to maintain the aspect ratio.

Avatars - meh. I spent a few minutes creating one and then posing it for a gamer pic snapshot. Haven't seen it again.

Install to Hard Drive - somewhat of a meh. It's not enough of a speed-up to load times to make me consider dropping $140 for a 120 GB hard drive. It does make Mass Effect run a little more smoothly.

Netflix/Video downloads and party gaming/chat - meh. Don't take part in it myself.



At least the dashboard is a lot faster now.

Do you have to switch to the NXE, or can we just stay the same as before?

I honestly don't care much for the NXE, and really don't want to change.

This is AWESOME!!! *kicks someone in giant pit*

Just got it and I do like it alot... but the interface is completely different. I'll have to use it for awhile to decide if I ike this overall.

Yep. You didn't even have to sign up to get it though. My brother installed it on my Xbox a week or so ago when he got it, and even though I was LIVE disabled for a week, I was able to sign on yesterday.

If you have a friend who has NXE, just have them bring over their hard drive and it will install on your Xbox.

Dammit now I cannot rub it in everyones faces. I liked it better with only the first wave.

And the first dashboard achievement ever:
http://achievements.b-pops.com/Made+an+Avatar/1/

NXE is rad! Definitely worth the clicks =D

HUH. Well what the fuck. I know for a fact my console ID was correct, and that my reg. was successful. Oh well, fuck it. Gotta wait one more day.

Well I'm pretty sure I entered my ID correctly, but since I don't have the update yet I'm starting to second guess myself. Does anyone know if there is a way to check what you put in? My msft connect dashboard is empty...

Bullshit. I signed up for the preview, and not only did I not get in this entire time, but I still can't get the update even though apparently everyone who signed up can.

I was able to update the NXE, and I had the leaked copy o.O

me 2...

Saw the reports that the NXE was going out early, so I booted up my 360 and sure enough, there was the update message.

After sitting through the Flaming Turd video, I was prompted to make my Avatar. Granted he looks more like my self-image than my actual self...but I think it went well. But right now he feels sorta tacked on. I have no "Avatar Channel" type feature to let me see all of them running around interacting, and there's on way to make others just to screw around (I saw the Bart Simpson hair Microsoft).

Navigation is going to take some getting used to. I have an SD TV, so I can only see one and a half "tabs" at a time. Also. While the vertical navigation isn't too bad, it'd be nice if they provied some form of guide for the horizontal navigation. If I'm currently in "My Xbox", it'd be nice to have a little bar somewhere pop up and tell me what's all listed in that row (since I can no longer see all the options at once).

Another point of note: The new Friends Menu (the one reached through the dashboard nav) is pretty much useless. Only being able to see one friend at a time makes it tough to see what's all going on. They have the traditional Friends list through the guide button, but I've noticed that it feels a bit "laggy" when it loads up.

All in all, it's not the complete mess I was expecting. I wasn't able to customize the dashboard theme as much as I was in the old style, but other than that I found all of the features I normally use fairly quickly and intuitively. And that's ultimately what's most important.

On a side note: They've added the ability to remove games from history which have 0 Gamerscore and 0 Achievements unlocked. So after about a year I was finally able to wipe Virtua Fighter 5 and the Every Extreme Extra demo from my history.

It's the little things sometimes.

Don't forget the biggest new feature: access to Xbox Live Community Games!

Snake360 should be out by tomorrow. I hope you guys enjoy it!

www.snake360.com

I guess I signed up incorrectly?

Don't see how. Guess I'm a dumbass

Got it last night. Going to take some getting used to, but overall, very nice (though I wish I could just skip the avatar thing. The NetFlix streaming kicks serious ass.

Can anyone comment on if GTA4 plays any "better" from the HD?

How long does this update take to download?

dl'ed last night. can finally get rid of all those XBLA demos from my profile. yay!

New xbox experience release
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