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   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > LOL Mine is actually doing that.   
      
   Isn't it amusing?   
      
   > The CD is kind of scratched. The guy   
   > at Game Crazy stuck in the buffing machine b4 he gave it to me.   
   > That's never a good sign :D  Sometimes it won't load. Othertimes it   
   > does.   
      
   I've never had it not load a level, but sometimes it will take a fuck of   
   a long time.   
      
   > I can see how CDs get scratched, but it always makes me wonder how   
   > hard plastic items get heavily scratched. I've received n64 carts in   
   > the mail that were so heavily scratched up, there's no explanation for   
   > how they got that way unless they were thrown out of a moving   
   > vehicle?????   
      
   The only thing I can think of is that these idiot kids sit there and   
   drop them on hard flooring or some other likely stuff.   
      
   > My XBox is actually not in bad external shape. It just looked bad   
   > because it was so dirty. There's a couple of big ass scratches on top   
   > of the unit (again, how did they get there?). Other than that not much   
   > is wrong with it.   
      
   With the Xbox, it's likely that someone stacked another machine on   
   it...I know I have my DC stacked on top of mine.   
      
   > I might grab one of those. I'd like to retire my PS2 from service   
   > while it is still in good mechanical shape. I was hoping to replace it   
   > with one of those new silver ps2 slims soon, but it doesn't look like   
   > I'll be able to afford it.   
      
   I think you'll be happy with the Xbox as a DVD player, assuming you're   
   not looking for anything over 480i(fucking MS never gave us the patch   
   for the Xbox to do 480p, fucking bastards). Once you mod your Xbox   
   though, you can force 480p output for DVD playback(as well as a whole   
   host of other fun things).   
      
   > I'm compiling a list of resources written by people who at least   
   > appear to know what they are talking about.   
   > Of course the tutorials have to be simple enough that I can follow   
   > them. And it also helps if I don't have to spend like $300 on   
   > equipment.   
   >   
   > If you are interested in checking them out, here are the links I have   
   > so far.   
      
   I don't know that I'll ever mod my Xbox. At first it seemed pretty hip,   
   but after I hooked my PC up to my HDTV, that was just so much better. At   
   some point, when I get a new PC, I'll have this one hooked up to the   
   HDTV at all times, as sort of a multimedia box.   
      
   Bel   
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