Xbox 360/Live Questions

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by DeathtotheSwiss So, I have had this thing for a while. My wife and I regularly play Left 4 Dead and L4D2 and I recently played the Ghostbusters game. We have come to the decision that we want to get Xbox live for the Netflix option and I have some questions as well as some general stuff. 1. What's the best wireless router to use? 2. Is there a thrifty plan for Live I should check out? 3. What's the point of downloading a game to my hard-drive if I need the CD to play it? 4. When I connected an mp3 player to my xbox it wouldn't recognize any of the songs on it, why? 5. Does anyone still play L4D online?

1. Go wired. But if you don't, go with avacado's rec.

2. Live can be found frequently on sale for as little as thirty. Look at places like Amazon, buy.com, and such for deals. I'm paid up through 2013 right now.

3. XBox 360s are noisy, especially earlier ones. The install means the disc spins up once, and only once. Less wear on the DVD drive and less jet engine sounds. Most games will have at least slightly reduced loading times. Some will have massively reduced loading times. Unfortunately, disc verification is necessary.

4. Because you touch yourself at...Oh, nevermind. Some types of MP3 players can't be recognised. I think you need a model that can be used in "disk mode" or whatever, so some models, like (I think) an ipod nano or similar model, doesn't work. Kal may be right about the formats, though if you're playing MP3s that ain't it.

5. No clue.