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Cojawfee posted:Is the point of ARC just to use an HDMI cable as an audio cable? I've noticed that some receivers and soundbars will have a pass through so you can go from a device, through the receiver to the TV and then also send audio back to the soundbar from other devices on the TV. But anything affordable only has on HDMI port for ARC so you have to waste on HDMI port on the TV to use as just an audio cable. It seems like an interesting concept that device manufacturers aren't sure how to use. I think the idea is that the ARC port should be bidirectional, you shouldn't have to dedicate it just to audio output. I have a LG C9 with one HDMI port that supports ARC and two that don't, and the way it works is that the ARC port behaves as a video input or audio output automatically depending on whether the source I'm watching is plugged into the TV or the receiver. This may be working due to some HDMI CEC magic that I barely understand, idk. The advantages are that it's nice to reuse the cable rather than adding another, and optical is an aging standard that has less bandwidth and supports fewer audio codecs than HDMI. That last bit is meaningful if you use devices that need to pass encoded audio to the receiver because they don't have the ability to decode it, like if you're using a Chromecast or your TV's Plex app to play media with e.g. Atmos surround sound.
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Folks, I can't get enough of Microsoft's classic first party game Doom 2 and I don't care who knows it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0K58EfJSg
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Siege on Oct 22nd. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/10/19/coming-soon-xbox-game-pass-rainbow-six-siege/
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Thom12255 posted:Siege on Oct 22nd. Not sure why they haven't made this game F2P yet, they've done pretty much everything short of that (frequently on sale for next to nothing and it's even been on PS Now for the last six months).
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Thom12255 posted:Siege on Oct 22nd. Only the second Ubisoft game to appear on Game Pass so far, I think. It's a little surprising to me because I would expect Ubisoft to try to get their subscription service on Xbox at some point just like EA did.
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I have thought Rainbow Six Siege was F2P this whole time. Is it not? What the hell game did I play if it isn't because I thought I played this.
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morallyobjected posted:wouldn't it be easier to just develop for the higher selling systems than assume that one publisher is going to sell enough systems to make up for the money you're leaving on the table? This is assuming the move to turn ZM into a 2nd party entity is meant to generate net profit.
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Barudak posted:I have thought Rainbow Six Siege was F2P this whole time. Is it not? What the hell game did I play if it isn't because I thought I played this. I think they've done free weekends and stuff like that. It's also been sold for like $5 at various points or something around that.
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univbee posted:I think they've done free weekends and stuff like that. It's also been sold for like $5 at various points or something around that. Gamepass is for the people who dont buy games tho
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Anidav posted:https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-and-series-x-launch-lineups-announced-by-microsoft Only like 4 of these games are built for next-gen. The rest have already been out for awhile now but are getting Series X enhancements.
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That is true actually. I would never spend $5 to own RSS forever but I'll gladly spend $15 per month for the opportunity to maybe play it once. It's a weird mental thing and I fully understand how dumb it is. I liken it to flipping through the channels and coming across one of your favorite movies on cable and you end up sitting there and watching the whole thing, commercials and all, even though you've got the actual DVD sitting on the shelf. There's a greater feeling of commitment putting on the DVD as opposed to just keeping it on TNT.
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If I spent 13 bucks on Pikuniku I'd be mad. As one of a few games this month I played through it feels nice.
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Real hurthling! posted:Gamepass is for the people who dont buy games tho All indications are that this isn't true. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-27/microsoft-s-game-pass-subscription-is-dramatically-changing-video-games quote:Contrary to expectations, Bond says, monthly plans get customers to spend more. A Game Pass subscription leads to about 20% more playing time. Users sample a wider variety of genres, and they generate 20% more in sales, both on titles not included in the plan and on extras such as downloadable content. Game Pass helped increase revenue for Xbox content and services by 65% in the most recent quarter. “People make this assumption that if you have a subscription, you stop buying games,” Bond says, but the opposite is true.
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I don't know if I fall into the category of most users on Gamepass, but if I really enjoy a game on there, I am more likely to just buy it outright so I always have it.
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I said come in! posted:I don't know if I fall into the category of most users on Gamepass, but if I really enjoy a game on there, I am more likely to just buy it outright so I always have it. But what's the difference then between buying it or having acces to it through gamepass? Is it because the game will one day not be available on the service anymore? If so, why not wait until that day to buy it, then it'll be cheaper maybe or perhaps you've even gotten tired of it by then, saving you the money.
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John F Bennett posted:But what's the difference then between buying it or having acces to it through gamepass? Is it because the game will one day not be available on the service anymore? If so, why not wait until that day to buy it, then it'll be cheaper maybe or perhaps you've even gotten tired of it by then, saving you the money. You get a discount for buying Game Pass games and DLC, but you are correct that if you wait the games will almost certainly be cheaper. Having said that, I've bought some Game Pass games because they went on 80% off sales with DLC or whatever or it's because I enjoyed the game and want to further support the developer. I just finished Ikenfell on Game Pass and then just bought a copy because I enjoyed it so much.
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Zerot posted:All indications are that this isn't true. Sorry cant argue with facts Dont matter if they buy after using gp. They dont buy in the first place Real hurthling! fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Oct 19, 2020 |
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Question for a streaming noob: is there currently some way to stream my Xbox to my iMac? The display I'm using with it is Thunderbolt only so a hard connection is a no-go atm. Steaming to play, not capture btw
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Just get a dongle?
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You can use OneCast and it will work fairly well, although I probably wouldn't want to play any twitch shooters on it. https://onecast.me/
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Df has thermals up. Inside stays cool, manages to get most of the heat out in its 140 degree exhaust plume. Test was only at 2/3rds of max power draw though so could get hotter but seems confirmed that any heat it makes is a human environment problem, not a engineering problem...unless your cat sits on it. Ssd removeable gets up to 113 degrees. Its all pretty normal stuff...unless your cat sits on it
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odd part is DF's analysis on the situation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ22I9WGIvw) doesn't really match up with the other thermal video i've seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5eXwMCa3Ko namely DF had their phone-app thermal reading (lol this is where we're at for the high-end console technical analysis these days) reading at 62C, then said they didn't bother with a db meter as it seemed fine. but the above heard the fan start to ramp up after 56C. there wasn't a single word mentioned on ambient temperature or any other variables they tried to control for. claiming that vertical orientation is better as heat rises... that's an embarrassing statement for a technical outlet. hot air rises slowly, a fan destroys it by orders of magnitude. at least focus on how the fan can be more effective horizontally, or there can be more intake in a vertical orientation - just give some technical basis for the statement ultimately though i still think we're lacking native series x games that push the gpu to really get a read on how effective their cooling system is. it's incredibly misleading to buyers to focus on older titles and games that had patches to use parts of the new machine, but they want to get these videos out early for views rather than having any rigor. i'm incredibly interested in how they frame cross-gen first-party comparisons going forward though if gears 5 will be compared to a native ps5 game, or if they'll find a multi-plat and hope the settings are like-for-like ya it won't set the house on fire, it's just really dishonest to give this level of technical analysis to the public and not give any other comparison to them and just handwave it was "it seemed fine to me". even peaks on temperature and a db meter in a controlled environment for each of the more intensive games on each console would give some idea of the difference to the buyer. end of the day a db test isn't that useful compared to frequency analysis for noise spikes that stand out to the ear though but i digress...
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"it seemed fine to me" is exactly the amount of information the public should be looking for in their next-gen console thermal reviews.
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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:it's just really dishonest to give this level of technical analysis to the public and not give any other comparison to them and just handwave it was "it seemed fine to me" lmfao it's a free youtube channel, not some sort of scientific journal beholden to public scrutiny
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doing it right could be free too i guess unless im secretly charged by gamers nexus when i watch their vids
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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:namely DF had their phone-app thermal reading (lol this is where we're at for the high-end console technical analysis these days) reading at 62C that's not just a phone app, they're using a FLIR ONE which is a real deal thermal camera that just uses a phone for its display
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repiv posted:that's not just a phone app, they're using a FLIR ONE which is a real deal thermal camera that just uses a phone for its display
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Real hurthling! posted:doing it right could be free too i guess unless im secretly charged by gamers nexus when i watch their vids Buy a modmat
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Some Goon posted:Buy a modmat they are nice looking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/...pg?format=1500w not 100 dollars nice looking vs a plain xacto mat tho
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American McGay posted:Wow. It's just really dishonest to write up a 3 paragraph response to the DF thermal analysis and not even fully research the methodology. The public deserve better
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Quantum of Phallus posted:The public deserve better Have you *seen* the public lately? No they don't.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:lmfao it's a free youtube channel, not some sort of scientific journal beholden to public scrutiny if its not peer reviewed, I don't waste my precious time. Were people this anal about temperatures when the pro and one X came out or is this a new fetish?
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It's just used as fodder for people desperate to make the console wars a thing again. If it doesn't start your house on fire and it won't be susceptible to hardware failure like the RROD then I don't know why anyone would give a drat about any of it other than the curiosity of it. It's less than meaningless.
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repiv posted:that's not just a phone app, they're using a FLIR ONE which is a real deal thermal camera that just uses a phone for its display American McGay posted:Wow. It's just really dishonest to write up a 3 paragraph response to the DF thermal analysis and not even fully research the methodology. Real hurthling! posted:doing it right could be free too i guess unless im secretly charged by gamers nexus when i watch their vids Crafty posted:if its not peer reviewed, I don't waste my precious time. they also have better ears in the industry than DF given they mentioned ps5 having a liquid metal cooling solution last december, or at least they're willing to tell the public it rather than get cosy with marketing teams
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I just want to be told how much of a clearance I need around the vents.
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Thom12255 posted:I just want to be told how much of a clearance I need around the vents. Like, several inches (~twice several centimeters)? Just don't put it in an enclosed space thinking that it counts if its not near the edges.
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I'm going to use my xbox series x to inflate a hot air ballon and float way on my dreams
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Does gamer nexus do consoles I thought he was a pc guy only
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Thats why the slogan is power your dreams
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