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Originally Posted by viridionplague
thats about it. its not a media monster like the ps3 is.
basically you got an over glorified dvd player that can play movies from a hard drive assuming they are in a format that microsoft supports.
you can do netflix and a few services like that assuming your signed up for them.
and with not being able to plug an external HD into the ps3 and watch movies from it. no you cant do that with a ps3. the ps3 just does it wirelessly and supports a lot more formats.
if your not going to use it for gaming, good luck with your new shinny paperweight.
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1. Yes, it's just as much a media monster as a PS3, only without the BR player.
2. It supports many formats. You can also stream movies, music, pictures, etc from your pc or mac using "windows media connect". It gives you a great interface to use on the xbox itself as well. You can also put movies on the flash drive and view them that way. You can also download optional media format expansions for your console right from xbox live for free.
3. You can use Netflix, Play-On, and Hulu plus. JUST like the PS3. Except that the 360 has ESPN as well, unlike the PS3.
4. We have had way more formatting issues and playback issues with the PS3 then the 360. Whenever we try to fast forward or rewind a video the entire playback gets completely messed up. The audio is off, the video speeds up and slows down sporadically. Etc. The 360 is easily a user friendly machine that is at least as capable of it's Sony counterpart.
5. It is better for gaming in my OPINION. There's no way to prove this, persay. But Xbox live has many more positive features then PSN. PSN has a free version, but so does xbox. Both of them lack nicer features.
I like both consoles, but I figured one extremely biased post should deserve a fair defense.
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