New Xbox360 Dashboard Update coming 6th December

[muppetman11]

http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/04/mi...voice-control/

[Stephen]

A full review of the new dashboard
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/05/x...l-2011-review/

Kiss that old "New Xbox Experience" goodbye -- the Xbox Dashboard just went full Metro. Microsoft teased the console's latest overhaul back at E3, promising to "change living room entertainment forever." The following months saw leaks, previews and betas, all leading up to today, the eve of the Xbox 360's Fall Dashboard update. Is the new dash the game-changer it hopes to be? Hit the break, and we'll find out together.

[v0id]

The Lovefilm app is supposed to debut the same day too, giving every [Gold] subscriber a 30 day trial.

[JMcB]

Looking at some of the pis in the above links,

Save to the cloud sounds great, do you think i will save to both at the same time.

[Kymmy]

iplayer is supposed to be on the way with an update in 2012 as well..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16029825

[muppetman11]

A list of the dates certain apps will be added

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/n...pps-dated.html

A friend of mine has had the dashboard for a few weeks but thinks its a step back from the previous incarnation.

The apps do look very promising though.

[Blackened]

I've had it a while too.
It looks and feels much more up to date. Metro style is great.
Cloud is going to be so handy.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

A friend of mine has had the dashboard for a few weeks but thinks its a step back from the previous incarnation.

The apps do look very promising though.

Microsoft are making all their GUI look similar. I do like the new look but I have kinect so it will make it a lot easier to move round.

[v0id]

Originally Posted by JMcB

Looking at some of the pis in the above links,

Save to the cloud sounds great, do you think i will save to both at the same time.

You will, it's just treated as another storage method.
Gets quite annoying when you start a game and you have to choose a storage device everytime.

Notifications are a bit much too, everytime you start a game it tells you that so many people play this game ...as well as telling you how many are currently playing it.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Microsoft are making all their GUI look similar. I do like the new look but I have kinect so it will make it a lot easier to move round.

We've purchased one for Christmas with Kinect , looking forward to it we already have a PS3.

[Tezcatlipoca]

I've had the new dash since the preview started (no TV apps in it though, other than Sky). I think it's a lot better than the current "NXE".

Originally Posted by v0id

The Lovefilm app is supposed to debut the same day too, giving every [Gold] subscriber a 30 day trial.

I hope they've upped their bitrates. Everybody I know who has used Lovefilm's streaming service (mostly people with PS3s, but also someone with a "connected" Blu-ray player with Lovefilm built-in) thinks it's a load of crap

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Matt D

I've had the new dash since the preview started (no TV apps in it though, other than Sky). I think it's a lot better than the current "NXE".



I hope they've upped their bitrates. Everybody I know who has used Lovefilm's streaming service (mostly people with PS3s, but also someone with a "connected" Blu-ray player with Lovefilm built-in) thinks it's a load of crap

I would agree with that we used it on our PS3 and it was very poor.

[Hom3r]

So tomorrow at 5:30pm I'll be downloading the new desktop.

There is no doubt that it looks great (I use a Windows Phone and its great on there) but it seems more complicated to reach things than it used to be. Maybe if I had a Kinect I wouldn't feel the same but they're still a little too expensive for my liking.