XBox 360 - HOW LOUD!!!
 

Walked into Currys today to look at TVs and walked out with a premium pack 360.

I'd heard they were loud but this can't be right! I'm thinking about taking it back, the volume needs to be right up on the TV to drown the bloody thing out. Plus, I had to make a second trip to the shops to pick up an Advanced Scart cable, I thought the premium pack had that included!

sorry no the scart is extra (RGB one), as is the vga cable......which are an arse to get hold of. The fans back off when used with DVD's and the like but demanding games will see them get very loud. I wouldnt say mine drowns out the tv but they do get quite loud:)

Its not the fans that are loud, its the DVD drive spinning. Hopefully the external HD DVD drive will take games and be a tad more quiet.

Posted about the same thing when I got mine. You do get used to it but it's a bit of a shocker when you first fire it up.

buy a better or indeed louder tv
import it from oooh japan or china and dodge the tax
(you know it makes sense)

Jack you do get used to it that's all I can say

anywho why are you playing 5.1 games with the volume down anyway :confused: I have COD 2 so loud it splits my ear drums :D

predictability at it's best :sleep: :sleep:

Jack, you do get used to it... It only seems to be the games that spin up so fast/loud, DVD movies are very quiet!

You did well to get a premium and scart lead in a store...

You're all right, I got used to it last night, just an initial shock. I was expecting it to be quiet due to the external power supply, imagine if that had a fan as well!

i have those type of games on pretty loud thru the home theatre as well :D my lass reckons the vibrations from the sub move the bed in the room above :D:D

lol
Take that Fritz :D

pfft, next thing you know you'll be moaning about how hot it gets ;)

So xbox 360's back in stock now then ?

Currys had one Premium and a few Core. I was lucky.

Bob, the heat's a good thing, saves on coal in the living room.

I don't heat the room I have the 360/Projector in after an hour of the two things belching out heat I can sit in my pants no problem :D

so next time we play PGR3 on live ........ makes you think :p

Jack - perhaps you could do with a set of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...14956&id=15532

:D I have one of these, but feel a helmet wearing it.

Oh c'mon, you're exaggerating here! Ok, so it's not silent like a DVD player, but you're always playing the same with the sound up, I hope!

(I'm an audio coder for games, so I to tend to have the sound up loud! ;)

:eek:

Let's just hope he doesn't buy the xbox 360 webcam when it comes out :D

oh yeah :thumb::norty:

brought to you in smello vision :luxhello:

what's the deal with the keyboard and mouse useage on the 360's?

I asked someone this a while ago and they said that they aren't doing them to fit. Asked someone today and they said it will have them.

I use a cheapo USB keyboard on the 360, works fine with no problems.