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Just got an XBOX360 Premium, need Live advice

Captain_BrianCaptain_Brian Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Games and Technology
Is it free? What does it offer, is it worth it, what are my options, etc?

I'm creating one but I'm not sure what for, any help would be appreciated, thanks guys!

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  • chaossoldierchaossoldier Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Is it free? What does it offer, is it worth it, what are my options, etc?

    I'm creating one but I'm not sure what for, any help would be appreciated, thanks guys!

    There are two versions of live.

    Silver: Free. Basic access to friends list and voice chat as well as downloadable content and system updates. No Multiplayer support for most games (Phantasy Star Universe and FFXI being the exception since they charge their own online fees)

    Gold: Pay version. Gain multiplayer support for any Xbox live game with multiplayer with the exception of the two mentioned above and any other game requiring pay subscription. You also gain priority when it comes to new content releases over live (as in getting access to demos/movies/whatever over live sooner than Silver)

    I don't know if there's any other differences beyond that.

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  • Project MayhemProject Mayhem Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Is it free? What does it offer, is it worth it, what are my options, etc?

    I'm creating one but I'm not sure what for, any help would be appreciated, thanks guys!

    You get a month of Gold free, just select Silver at the end, and say no thank you are whatever when it asks you if you want to upgrade to Gold, it will then say you're eligible for a free month of Gold (very sneaky, MS).

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  • The_DcipleThe_Dciple Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Everybody can sign up for a free silver account. This account lets you have a friends list, send messages, chat and have access to downloadable content on the Live Marketplace (demos, Live Arcade Games and I believe content for games.)

    A gold account is essentially the same except that it allows you to play your games online.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Live Silver is free, and with it, you get achievements tracking, a friends list, and the ability to message them, and, I believe, allows you to download demos and anything else off of Marketplace. It's not really that much.

    Gold is not free. It's $50 per year if you pay yearly and it allows you to play games online through Live.

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  • Captain_BrianCaptain_Brian Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Project Mayhem wrote:
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Is it free? What does it offer, is it worth it, what are my options, etc?

    I'm creating one but I'm not sure what for, any help would be appreciated, thanks guys!

    You get a month of Gold free, just select Silver at the end, and say no thank you are whatever when it asks you if you want to upgrade to Gold, it will then say you're eligible for a free month of Gold (very sneaky, MS).

    How do I get the one month free?

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  • Duchess ProzacDuchess Prozac Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Project Mayhem wrote:
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Is it free? What does it offer, is it worth it, what are my options, etc?

    I'm creating one but I'm not sure what for, any help would be appreciated, thanks guys!

    You get a month of Gold free, just select Silver at the end, and say no thank you are whatever when it asks you if you want to upgrade to Gold, it will then say you're eligible for a free month of Gold (very sneaky, MS).

    How do I get the one month free?

    It will automatically sign you up for it when you create your live account.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Project Mayhem wrote:
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Is it free? What does it offer, is it worth it, what are my options, etc?

    I'm creating one but I'm not sure what for, any help would be appreciated, thanks guys!

    You get a month of Gold free, just select Silver at the end, and say no thank you are whatever when it asks you if you want to upgrade to Gold, it will then say you're eligible for a free month of Gold (very sneaky, MS).

    How do I get the one month free?
    Just start your Silver account. It will say you have one free month and after you finish setting up your account, it will automatically be upgraded.

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  • chaossoldierchaossoldier Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Project Mayhem wrote:
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Is it free? What does it offer, is it worth it, what are my options, etc?

    I'm creating one but I'm not sure what for, any help would be appreciated, thanks guys!

    You get a month of Gold free, just select Silver at the end, and say no thank you are whatever when it asks you if you want to upgrade to Gold, it will then say you're eligible for a free month of Gold (very sneaky, MS).

    How do I get the one month free?

    Start making a silver account all the way to the end. At the very end they'll just give you a month of Gold for free.

    Double beat.

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  • HandkorHandkor Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    On a related note how do I go back to silver, gold autorenews, do I just remove my CC info?

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  • Captain_BrianCaptain_Brian Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Ah, thanks guys!!! :)

    I have a new problem though...

    On the HDTV settings, it will only do widescreen above 480p...

    How do I get it to fullscreen?

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  • Captain_BrianCaptain_Brian Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    It says I "need an HD AV Cable to configure high definition display modes."

    But I have component cables... I need something else to get it to fullscreen at 720p?

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    It says I "need an HD AV Cable to configure high definition display modes."

    But I have component cables... I need something else to get it to fullscreen at 720p?
    There's a little switch on the cable itself. Make sure it's set to HD.

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  • Captain_BrianCaptain_Brian Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Renzo wrote:
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    It says I "need an HD AV Cable to configure high definition display modes."

    But I have component cables... I need something else to get it to fullscreen at 720p?
    There's a little switch on the cable itself. Make sure it's set to HD.

    I did, and it is displaying everything correctly, but anything above 480p is in widescreen only and won't let me choose fullscreen...

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  • ArtonosArtonos Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Sorry, to knid of hijack the thread, but I don't see anywhere else to ask this.

    I got a wireless controller for my xbox 360 and it won't work. I turn it on and all 4 bars keep flashing instead of eventually stopping on one. I assume this means that it can't connect. I've tried everything really obvious (batteries etc..) do I need to return it or am I looking over something.

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  • liquidloganliquidlogan Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Handkor wrote:
    On a related note how do I go back to silver, gold autorenews, do I just remove my CC info?

    When I signed up for XBL, it never asked me how I want to renew my account and I didn't have to put in my credit card That said, my account management options where it talks about membership and renewal options are set to N/A or Not Set. That being said, I don't think Microsoft can charge you on your credit card unless you agree to it. So if anything pops up, don't be hasty, ready it.

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  • Abdul the TerribleAbdul the Terrible Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Artonos wrote:
    Sorry, to knid of hijack the thread, but I don't see anywhere else to ask this.

    I got a wireless controller for my xbox 360 and it won't work. I turn it on and all 4 bars keep flashing instead of eventually stopping on one. I assume this means that it can't connect. I've tried everything really obvious (batteries etc..) do I need to return it or am I looking over something.

    Did you push the little button on your xbox?

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  • freshmasterfreshfreshmasterfresh Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Last time I checked, you can get a year of live for $40 from Amazon with free shipping. Or if you want the vision camera/1 year of gold bundle, you can save $15 and get free shipping.

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  • The Burnin8orThe Burnin8or Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Abdul the Terrible wrote:
    Artonos wrote:
    Sorry, to knid of hijack the thread, but I don't see anywhere else to ask this.

    I got a wireless controller for my xbox 360 and it won't work. I turn it on and all 4 bars keep flashing instead of eventually stopping on one. I assume this means that it can't connect. I've tried everything really obvious (batteries etc..) do I need to return it or am I looking over something.

    Did you push the little button on your xbox?

    As well as the little button on top of the controller. . . hitting both (one right after the other) of these is required to sync up a controller to your system . . .

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Renzo wrote:
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    It says I "need an HD AV Cable to configure high definition display modes."

    But I have component cables... I need something else to get it to fullscreen at 720p?
    There's a little switch on the cable itself. Make sure it's set to HD.

    I did, and it is displaying everything correctly, but anything above 480p is in widescreen only and won't let me choose fullscreen...
    That's normal. 720 and 1080 are widescreen formats.

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  • Duchess ProzacDuchess Prozac Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Artonos wrote:
    Sorry, to knid of hijack the thread, but I don't see anywhere else to ask this.

    I got a wireless controller for my xbox 360 and it won't work. I turn it on and all 4 bars keep flashing instead of eventually stopping on one. I assume this means that it can't connect. I've tried everything really obvious (batteries etc..) do I need to return it or am I looking over something.

    I know this might sound really odd and all, but did you read the instructions?

    It explains how to set up a wireless controller in nice, easy language.

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  • HandkorHandkor Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    liquidlogan wrote:
    Handkor wrote:
    On a related note how do I go back to silver, gold autorenews, do I just remove my CC info?

    When I signed up for XBL, it never asked me how I want to renew my account and I didn't have to put in my credit card That said, my account management options where it talks about membership and renewal options are set to N/A or Not Set. That being said, I don't think Microsoft can charge you on your credit card unless you agree to it. So if anything pops up, don't be hasty, ready it.

    I got an e-mail this week saying that my live subscritption was renewed. It was pretty automatic.

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  • ArtonosArtonos Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Duchess Prozac wrote:
    Artonos wrote:
    Sorry, to knid of hijack the thread, but I don't see anywhere else to ask this.

    I got a wireless controller for my xbox 360 and it won't work. I turn it on and all 4 bars keep flashing instead of eventually stopping on one. I assume this means that it can't connect. I've tried everything really obvious (batteries etc..) do I need to return it or am I looking over something.

    I know this might sound really odd and all, but did you read the instructions?

    It explains how to set up a wireless controller in nice, easy language.

    Yes, I tried hitting all the little buttons. I was able to set up 1 controller but not the other one.

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  • AzioAzio Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    Renzo wrote:
    Captain_Brian wrote:
    It says I "need an HD AV Cable to configure high definition display modes."

    But I have component cables... I need something else to get it to fullscreen at 720p?
    There's a little switch on the cable itself. Make sure it's set to HD.

    I did, and it is displaying everything correctly, but anything above 480p is in widescreen only and won't let me choose fullscreen...
    The Xbox 360 cannot output more than 480p in 4:3.

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  • FaceballMcDougalFaceballMcDougal Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Artonos wrote:
    Duchess Prozac wrote:
    Artonos wrote:
    Sorry, to knid of hijack the thread, but I don't see anywhere else to ask this.

    I got a wireless controller for my xbox 360 and it won't work. I turn it on and all 4 bars keep flashing instead of eventually stopping on one. I assume this means that it can't connect. I've tried everything really obvious (batteries etc..) do I need to return it or am I looking over something.

    I know this might sound really odd and all, but did you read the instructions?

    It explains how to set up a wireless controller in nice, easy language.

    Yes, I tried hitting all the little buttons. I was able to set up 1 controller but not the other one.
    it's not rocket science, you push sync button on the front of the 360, then the one on the top of the controller

    if it's really that difficult there is a help line

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  • ArtonosArtonos Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    FaceballMcDougal wrote:
    Artonos wrote:
    Duchess Prozac wrote:
    Artonos wrote:
    Sorry, to knid of hijack the thread, but I don't see anywhere else to ask this.

    I got a wireless controller for my xbox 360 and it won't work. I turn it on and all 4 bars keep flashing instead of eventually stopping on one. I assume this means that it can't connect. I've tried everything really obvious (batteries etc..) do I need to return it or am I looking over something.

    I know this might sound really odd and all, but did you read the instructions?

    It explains how to set up a wireless controller in nice, easy language.

    Yes, I tried hitting all the little buttons. I was able to set up 1 controller but not the other one.
    it's not rocket science, you push sync button on the front of the 360, then the one on the top of the controller

    if it's really that difficult there is a help line

    I did that. I followed all the instructions, it refuses to sync up. I guess I'll just have to return it.

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