Re: Will Xbox Extender work on UK/PAL Xboxes?

From: Todd Bowra [MSFT] (toddbow_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:00:43 -0800

Not sure if they ship internationally, but buy.com is taking pre-orders for
$58.57. 

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"Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eGE8QnCyEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
> I'll wait a week for the launch and for lower prices.  not paying $125
when
> it's only going to retail at $80ish.
>
>
>
> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
> news:eCwEdaCyEHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Are you going to try it first or shall I? :)
> >
> > There's a guy on eBay selling the software for export to the UK for
$125.
> > -- 
> > CJSnet
> >
> > (Remove TEETH to reply by e-mail.)
> >
> >
> > "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:u9707QCyEHA.3624@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> great no dongle.  thus you you now have three options
> >>
> >> 1. Buy from states and great it works (hoopefully)
> >> 2. Buy from states and find you have to chip
> >> 3. Wait until it is released in the UK.
> >>
> >> Most DVD drives (well on laptops, at least) have firmware in the drive
> >> that record the regions you are using.  Generaly you have 5 attempts
and
> >> on the 5th it is locked on the last region you were using.
> >>
> >> In some repects though I would also expect an aspect of disc locking.
> >> This being that somewhere on disc is a block that it stating what
region
> >> the disc is in.
> >>
> >> Hence I suspect that you will find that you need option 2 from above.
> >>
> >> Neil
> >>
> >>
> >> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
> >> news:uWTmoxByEHA.3096@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >>> Hi Neil, it would seem it's not really a 'dongle' and therefore
probably
> >>> not region locked -- would you agree?
> >>>
> >>> What do you mean by locking at 'drive level'?
> >>>
> >>> Really wish someone at MS knew the answer to this simple question!
> >>> -- 
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> CJSnet
> >>>
> >>> (Remove TEETH to reply by e-mail.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
> >>> news:uAvGvn9xEHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >>>>I would agree that they are not locked at a 'disc' level.  I would
> >>>>expect it to put locked at a 'drive' level.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have only done this once, but my brother lent me a Region 1 DVD
(USA)
> >>>> to watch, it would NOT run in my xbox which I use for all my DVD
> >>>> watching.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hence, I have not tried US region games as 1) I believe they have the
> >>>> same problem 2) I do not have the spare cash to test this to find
that
> >>>> I have to buy the UK version.
> >>>>
> >>>> More worrying is Jeff's comment from your US question about a dongle.
> >>>> I have never seen any kind of dongle's for anything on the xbox. But
if
> >>>> true this would hamper our ability to use the kit.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hopefully the dongle is the receiver you plug in the front for DVD
> >>>> playing as I already have one.
> >>>>
> >>>> But that's just hopeful thinking.
> >>>>
> >>>> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
> >>>> news:eYoIaO9xEHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >>>>> Hi Neil, not sure if you're following my other thread 'Shock!
Extender
> >>>>> can't play DVDs :O' but Todd Bowra states:
> >>>>> "Minor correction to my earlier post - games aren't region locked at
> >>>>> the disk
> >>>>> level, so the DVD drive wouldn't refuse to load a title based upon
> >>>>> it's
> >>>>> intended region of usage."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Before I shell out on a chipped Xbox when a normal one might work,
how
> >>>>> sure are you that "the US extender will only work on US Xbox"?
> >>>>> -- 
> >>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> CJSnet
> >>>>>
> >>>>> (Remove TEETH to reply by e-mail.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
> >>>>> news:ugir%23ZxxEHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>> CJSnet
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Xbox's are regionalised, that includes DVD's and Games, so either
way
> >>>>>> the US extender will only work on US Xbox, unless your UK one is
> >>>>>> chipped.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> By chipping I mean a hardware mod.  There are loads, although I
> >>>>>> personally have not chipped mine.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Be aware that if you chip then you  must disable the chip (normally
> >>>>>> by pressing power button for 3 secs) in order to use xbox live.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There was a post that mentioned that that the xbox extender used
xbox
> >>>>>> live, hence rendering it useless to us, as we need a chip to run
the
> >>>>>> US version, however a chip must be disabled for xbox live to run.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> In a post I created yesterday Jeff Griffin stated that Xbox Live
was
> >>>>>> NOT required for xbox extenders.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So the decision is yours.........  Alternatively maybe someone
knows
> >>>>>> when the UK version might be launched?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
> >>>>>> news:uvv1fCxxEHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>>> Thanks Neil.  Actually I'm new to the whole Xbox thing.  I'm aware
> >>>>>>> US games won't work in UK boxes, but would that also extend
(pardon
> >>>>>>> pun) to Extender software?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Can you outline what you mean by getting a chipped box?  One with
> >>>>>>> damage to it?  ;)  Seriously though, is this a software hack, or a
> >>>>>>> hardware mod?
> >>>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> CJSnet
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> (Remove TEETH to reply by e-mail.)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
> >>>>>>> news:e0AxhAxxEHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>>>>I too have the same problem.  I would think that the TV
connections
> >>>>>>>>and streaming would work fine, our issue will be getting a US disc
> >>>>>>>>to work in our UK xbox's.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Unless you have a chipped xbox........
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Neil
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>> news:OVsLzYrxEHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>>>>> As I move along my continuing endeavours to see what Extender
> >>>>>>>>> setups will work in the UK, does anyone here have any info as to
> >>>>>>>>> whether the Xbox Extender software will run fine on UK (PAL)
> >>>>>>>>> Xboxes, rather than USA (NTSC) ones?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I had no problems getting an NTSC MCX itself working on my PAL
TV.
> >>>>>>>>> I assume the UK Xboxes output in PAL so all I need to know is
that
> >>>>>>>>> the software will allow me to stream from my UK/PAL MCE PC to my
> >>>>>>>>> UK/PAL Xbox with UK/PAL TV recordings!  :)
> >>>>>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> CJSnet
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> (Remove TEETH to reply by e-mail.)
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