@Totalfixation: Also getting the errors while browsing, like content can't be loaded or something. It doesn't hinder my playtime, just a bit annoying.

sgtteddybear

@I freebase cocaine for a living: Well what don't you like about it? Your comment adds nothing to discussion as is

->FAIL

marksayshigh

The only negative thing I've encountered so far had to do with the sound of the car engines in PGR4 when I had it installed to the hard drive. For a while everything was fine, but then the car engine sounds developed a really nasty static noise. After I uninstalled it from the hard drive and ran it from the stand drive again, everything was back to normal. Strange but true.

UtahJ

I just got to download the update this morning, but will try it out once I'm out of work! It looked really nice from what I saw, even my gf said it looks pretty cool

marksayshigh

Much love for the new xbox system. And my tversity works again after redownloading the optional media pack!

termitehead

it took me 5 min also, but netflix activation code was down. Still i like it!!

jpsalazar

Installed this morning before work. Took about 10 minutes, easy-peasy.

Didn't get to really try anything on it though...I want to play around with Netflix streaming, and customize my Avatar too...

Chromeo

As smooth as ice.

GHETTO.CHiLD

Since the update my xbox won't play any sound (menue or game) over hdmi.
I googled a bit and found out that i am not the only one:
[forums.xbox.com]

[www.ps3forums.com]

[forums.gametrailers.com]

Hopefully Microsoft will patch this issue quickly!

Daiko

No problems here (UK) although there's no mention of Netflix which I assume is US only. Took 5-6mins to install.

I think I preferred the old UI, perhaps this needs time to grow on you.

sparx104

@chefgon: 5 minutes is being generous. My download and install probably lasted 3. And tell me about it for the PS3. I got the Pain Movie pack last night and it was an hour's worth of downloading and updating before I could even launch the game!

highfloydelity

I quite haven't gotten use to it yet, but i think its ok. Seems more complicated to maneuver. I like the added portion with the xbox button menu system, where it takes you to everything you basically need to get to, like your games with quick launch, music, videos and etc.

Also been getting some errors when browsing the online categories.

Totalfixation

Just downloaded this morning and only had a chance to play with it for like 30minutes before heading off to work, but what I did get a chance to do (including a harddrive install of FarCry2) was awesome!

pharmboy

I still don't like it.

I freebase cocaine for a living

Wow, 5 minutes? The monthly system updates on PS3 that barely add anything new at all take about half an hour to download and install.

chefgon

I download

jackburtonHERO

@marksayshigh: Firstly, I hate change. Secondly, the scrolly thing *sorta* copied that scrolly thing on the PS3/PSP. But of course, Microsoft will do anything to make themselves look cooler with a fancy interface, so whatever. At least blades are still there.

I freebase cocaine for a living

Been using it since the 14th when I got an invite for the early install and have had no problems. I like it.

NetLogic

I wonder if by not downloading the new XBE I would automatically become the minority and therefore make my xbox, with it's archaic blade UI, a instant collectors item, selling for hundreds, nay, thousands, once all the updated boxes begin to explode. Hmmmm...

surfer88

Feels like a Nintendo console what with all the love and gooey-ness.

Subliminal0182

@Alluvian: I missed the Halo 3 launch amongst other important launches -- all because of 3 different 360s failing on me (RROD), so you get no sympathy..

marksayshigh

I must have pissed off Buddah or something. My near launch (december 05) Xbox has been running flawlessly its whole life, and it gave me the red ring of death to me on Monday. Still waiting for the RMA email. Luckily it failed me a month BEFORE the warranty ran out, and not the usual month later.

Still dissapointed to miss the new dashboard launch. Oh well.

Alluvian

This is such a drastic update yet it only took 5 minutes for me. Thanks MS. In other news it takes 10 minutes and a couple of restarts to update the firmware on my PS3 sometimes. WTF.

Strider-No.9

About 5 minutes but the Netflix device activation portion was down (on the Netflix website). Apparently the codes are time sensitive because a code I got off of Live this morning didn't work later on. I'll wait until I get home. Other than that smooth as can be.

execrationist

Sooo... they make it look like a Wii... but do nothing to improve the media functionality... c'mon MSFT... if you want to make the XBOX the media hub for the house, spend a little less time making it look like a Wii and a little more time making it easier to browse my thousands of mp3's and hundreds of videos. Other than that, so far I like my Wii 360.

triggerx

@pharmboy: Yeah, I noticed that, too, on Rock Band 2. Once you install, do you still need the disk? If so, what's the point?

thaJack

@I freebase cocaine for a living: Looks like the built-in menu on my Sony Bravia TV, too.

thaJack

The only issue I've had with the Netflix is that once activated (yes, it was not working for a while) most of the stuff in your queue (available to watch instantly, that is) is not available on the XBOX.

thaJack

@andthepickles: "Must...resist...temptations..."

I freebase cocaine for a living

@I freebase cocaine for a living: You hate change? That makes no sense. So you'd rather wait until Microsoft releases a NEW console with a different menu layout [change] or you'd rather wait for a new console with the same old menu [still change, but also wouldn't make sense].

I know change sucks sometimes, and adjusting is difficult too, but c'mon. And do you SERIOUSLY think that Microsoft concern is to "look cooler with a fancy interface"? C'mon dude. Be rational! You know you love it! ;)

andthepickles

I've been at work since 430am and it's killing me that I can't be sitting in front of my tv right now playing with this new UI. Argg

pingpongitore

I wonder what the new xmb will do to the modded xbox and if will brick or just delete the firmware that was hacked?

Chagocal

I was on the beta and have had no problems. there is a learning curve to all of the new features.

ThreeWiseMonkeys

@marksayshigh: I had the same problem. Solution: Rent-A-Center

Subliminal0182

I was able to download and install in less than 5 minutes on a wireless connection. Very fast and it put the ps3 to shame considering that the ps3 only adds 1 or 2 items if anything and it takes 30 minutes. Was only able to play with it for a bit, create an avatar & activate Netflix only to find out that Sony Pictures gimped about 50 movies in my Instant Q. Can't wait to go home and install a game and explore all the new content. Woot Microsoft.

kanweil

I am enjoying the drive being -7db thanks to loading games onto the hard drive. Great move MS.

Fluxcap

@thaJack: Yes, you still need the disc and it has to be in the system. The system will still use the disc sometimes but having it load the information from the HD instead of the disc theoretically will shorten load times and will definitely put less stress on the DVD drive.

DahCheet

@Daiko: This is actually a good thing for me. I have an hdmi going to my tv and optical audio going to my receiver. Unlike the PS3, the 360 doesn't offer the option to turn on/off sound over HDMI or optical. Maybe if they added this option in the patch, it would serve more people.

kanweil

@I freebase cocaine for a living: Uhh. Again, why are you in this site?

ripfire

I installed it this morning before class and let me tell you, it is a real hum-dinger. The avatars are a bit akward, they all seem a little weird. Just the facial shape in general.

Netflix installation was so smooth. I logged on to my accound, put in the activation code, and instantly I was able to watch movies from my queue. I have a 10mbps internet connection, but it has never run above 5.5mbps and was getting 4 bars for video quality. It looks great. I watched some Warren Miller to see the contrast and there is very little pixelation. I would compare it to watching a burned dvd that is compressed from a dual layer to a single layer disc.

I had about 10 min to play with it and overall I loved it. I'm sure there is a lot more to learn and I want to see what types of themes are available that use the NXE format. It seems extremely customizable. Honestly, Microsoft has done a great job in my opinion. Netflix was an amazing grab.

MobileEMP

worked perfectly! less then 5 minutes and i was up and running.

davesousa

@Chagocal: In a word... "no". The firmware that governs what kind of disc the DVD drives can read are not affected buy the dashboad update. I think ( I am not 100% sure ) that the dashboad is more like an OS than actual firmware.

Mr.SithNinja

I downloaded it last night and all was ok.

When I tried it this morning.. not so much. First problem was that it didn't log me into live when it started my profile. Then when I logged into live it kicked me completely out of my profile. I logged into my profile again and it was ok. That was until I went into Marketplace. It kept giving me the standard error when it can't get information from Live and it wasn't giving me any of the new stuff when I tried I went in directly to the New Arrival section. If I went to the normal section the new stuff would show up there. When I tried to get the trial for the new Arcade game through the New Arrivals section it said it was no longer available. But when I went through the All Games route it was available and I downloaded it.

I haven't tried it since this morning, so I don't know if those issues are gone. Probably.. I'm guessing just an overload of people this morning causing hickups in Live..

Aminojaku

looks great, its really smooth, i really like it!

airdom

@thaJack: It checks to make sure that there is a disc to keep people from renting a game, installing it and being able to play it without ever buying it.

Mr.SithNinja

@I freebase cocaine for a living: I think it's a play off their own Media Center Crossbow interface with a sprinkling of iPod Coverflow, the latter I'm a little bored with.

The only issue I had so far with it was trying to figure out how to change Themes, which is actually a better location for it, under your profile settings. There could also be more appearance options for your avatar, I couldn't make mine fat enough so I'll have to continue to loose weight to match it...also as evil as Wii Fit. :(

Fuzi Lojak

@Fuzi Lojak: so that's where the themes went! My old theme doesn't work at all with NXE and I couldn't figure out how to make it go away.

latterman

I wonder how bogged down MS and netflixes serviers are going to be today....

Eli, ElyNumsane

Updated this morning, took less than 5 minutes to download and install. No issues so far. The mii-style avatars are a waste of HD space in my opinion, at least they look a little better than the wii's. MS should offer the option of being able to use a character you create from games, like Oblivion, that have extensive editors.

Shabbis

@UtahJ: Do all the PGR4 players a favor and report that to them. Give em a call at 1-800-4MY-XBOX.

latterman

Mine took about 60 seconds to download and install on a 5Mbps connection.

latterman

The download took me 5 minutes. The Netflix activation failed the first time but succeeded the second time (when I chose the option to get a new activation code). There was no audio on the Netflix movies at first (video was fine), but I rebooted the Xbox 360, unplugged the HDMI cable and plugged it back in, and turned the TV off and on, and the audio via Netflix began to work properly. The Netflix tech told me that sometimes, due to the DRM, the handshake via the HDMI cable doesn't work properly, so you have to unplug it and plug it back in.

vandy1997

I downloaded and installed the NXE update this morning and was surprised at how quick and glitch-free the process was. Thirty minutes was about all the time I had to play around with it, but that was enough time to set up m Mii, errr, avatar and toy with Netflix. The avatar setup was a breeze. There was a slight hiccup the first time I tried to get the Netflix streamer to download, but the second attempt did the trick. I fired up the first episode of "30 Rock" to see how it looked and I'll be damned if it didn't come down in HD. Overall I am very impressed with the update and am thrilled to be able to watch Netflix streaming content on my TV without having to buy any additional hardware.

RosaRichards

I downloaded it just now and it installed quickly. Just tested out the Netflix and I wasn't impressed because everything has to be in your instant queue. I much prefer Windows Media Center and the vmcNetFlix plug-in.

DanielNTX

I TAKE MY LAST COMMENT BACK!!! THIS KILLED MY XBOX!

davesousa

hmmm ran the update and now orb and TVersity have problems playing video files over the network from the computer ... lame

king_of_fools

Cool. It took 3 minutes to download. Everything is way faster now I love it.

and you can still use gamerpics.

c0mbobreaker

@I freebase cocaine for a living:

Ive seen people say that the dashboard copied the PS3 XMB which is so far from the truth.

The new dashboard looks almost identical to the XP and/or Vista media center. Look up some screenshots of either of those and you'll see what I mean. Especially vista though.

c0mbobreaker

Once I ran a super long cable from the 3rd floor to my living room to hard wire my 360 - it was very fast. (My linksys 310n router and my 360 on wireless do not get along.) I should probably remove the "clothesline" tho and pick up some powerline adapters...

I am really liking the new interface, but there is a learning curve for sure. Apart from the hard drive install option my fav thing is having a link to the downloadable content for your current game on the tab showing the game - uber convenient. There was all kinds of dl content for Tales of Vesperia that I did not even know existed.

Anthemx

The only thing I'm havign problems with is connecting to the Marketplace. Otherwise its running smooth as butta

Vindicare86

I suppose the new interface looks pretty, but I'm not really sur eit was needed. Honestly, I can't make use of most the new features. My DSL is 768k, so it'd be impossible for me to stream netflix at that speed, I have a 10gig hard drive, so I can't really copy my games onto that. Well, maybe one at a time since I have around 7 gigs free, but I'd need to uninstall the existing one every time I want to play a new game and that seems like a bit of a hassle.

Overall, it seems nice, but I'mn nto overly excited about it because it seems like I can't use any of the new features.

falandil

@Strider-No.9: I agree, my PS3 takes forever to download and update. I barely use my PS3.

BostonPimpDaddy2

This morning I kept getting the following error after updating
Status Code: 8000ffff

Other than that everything worked great. I am on an older 360 and using a DVI cable and Netflix movies in HD work great... unlike the previous rumors.

clyparkr

@falandil: where did you get a 10 gig hard drive

Cordfucious v 2.0.1

really fast update. took less than 5 minutes to update and restart. everything is very smooth. Netflix feature is awesome. A lot is streaming in HD and the quality looks great. I have found a few of the watch instantly on netflix.com say they are unavailable on the xbox 360. not sure why that is but for overall its a great addition to the xbox. Enjoy.

OxfordDeion

the only thing i dont like so far is that they force you to make your avatar dress like a huge tool.

danger the pirate ★ feels as though he should have a star and a preposterously long name mostly because all the cool kids are doing it, but also because he likes typing in third person, and finally, to see if you can max out a screen name. It would appear as though they let you go for a while...

@davesousa: What do you mean was it a modded xbox Im kinda worried ill kill mine when I update later this eveing.

Chagocal

@Mr.SithNinja: Thanks I hopeing thats what it is, I was kinda worried but I was going to update anyways,

Chagocal

@danger the pirate ★: im very impressed with the netflix integration. when you add movies to your instant queue they pop up on the 360 within 15-30 seconds. i like!

danger the pirate ★ feels as though he should have a star and a preposterously long name mostly because all the cool kids are doing it, but also because he likes typing in third person, and finally, to see if you can max out a screen name. It would appear as though they let you go for a while...

everything has been working fine for me :)

theorieofself

@Fuzi Lojak: They don't need to look like you, I have an albino dude with an afro, a handlebar mustache, evil black eyes, camo paint, a leather jacket, and a diamond stud earring.
The only part of that I fit is albino, but not because I'm albino, I just rarely venture out into meatspace.

mferrari

i love it. especially the save gave to disk feature. the only downside is that you have to insert the disk (For verification reasons) in order to play the game that's installed in the hard drive (damn MS).

cgsofly

@Chagocal: It won't have any effect on modded boxes. It will still read the disc and display all the info just as if it was legit disc. Only the DVD drive firmware it self is modded everything else operates as a standard 360 should.

Mr.SithNinja

@Anthemx:

I have powerline broadband 200mpbs and it works great.. faster than I thought it was going to be. Just make sure you plug the devices into an actual receptical and not a powerstrip.

Serpent2

smooth 5 mins.

Run up to 2 problems.
1. after updating, had an error when downloading demos, saying I'm not online yet... fixed after a reboot.
2. Not used to the navigation placement yet for the top-left listed sections (since they're not all visible). Feels like I'm hunting for stuff. Maybe I'll get used to it soon.

kyot

of course you have to put the disc in, they'd like to make money, not have you rent a game, install it, and play it forever without the disc

Supernautus

@triggerx: @triggerx:

It's really easy to browse my music, pretty much like media player, don't know what trouble you're having

Supernautus

Am I the only one who gets to the download screen for about 3 seconds, download fails, I get auto signed off, then 3 seconds later gets the blade again asking if I want to update? This loop makes me wana KILL KILL KILL!!!!

Geeum

So why not just require the disc to be inserted say every 10th or 20th time that you play the game?

arzkkr

P.S. IE for the 360 would be a nice nice addition.

Matt2K

Got it, and I Love it, I have the 60g 360, and love how fast the games load, I'm in the U.S. and downloading was about 5 Minutes for the update and about 6 Minutes per game, Gears 1, Bioshock And viking Took about 18g, Guess I should have got the Elite for the extra space, but I still love it, I also have the PS3 and can Honestly say that the 360 games are now loading much faster then the PS3 and Running just as quite, except during the disc check that takes maybe 5 seconds, I also have a Wii and Love the new Wii Avatars on the 360 better, I especially like the Mac Exposé version of the Wii channel better, I guess somebody at Microsoft is listening, now if they would just let you buy and download the games like steam, it would be my #1 Game box.

Matt2K