Torture test your 360. (With the HDDVD add-on?)

[GoatMother]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

I've gotta take apart my HD-A1 and either replace the fan or put some oil on the ball bearings. It's making more noise than it used to, albeit only a little bit more but, just for safe keeping and keeping the one fan it has running properly I should do it anyway.

What the hell is with you and CE's? You poor bastage..

That makes one top of the line receiver from Pioneer? One HD-A1, lost count on the 360's.. Soon to be 4-5 PS3's...

[Jon Liu]

no, if I get a PS3, and it fails on me... I am returning it and waiting until I know it's a lot more stable before considering getting another one.

That's a BIG if!

[GoatMother]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

no, if I get a PS3, and it fails on me... I am returning it and waiting until I know it's a lot more stable before considering getting another one.

That's a BIG if!

smart move for you

[Jon Liu]

funny thing is.. as "many" problems I've had with electronics, there've been 10x more that I haven't had any problems with! I think the problems I have are because I am overall an early adopter which always comes with inherent problems.

[SpOoNmAn]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

funny thing is.. as "many" problems I've had with electronics, there've been 10x more that I haven't had any problems with! I think the problems I have are because I am overall an early adopter which always comes with inherent problems.

I've had the exact opposite experience. I nab things as soon as they are available as well(HD-DVD being the first time Im not doing this) and have never had anything go bad on me(except a couple of ps1's but those were bought 2 or 3 years into its lifecycle so my streak still marches on).

[GoatMother]

I can't think of anything that I've bought early on that's croaked, but then again I've rarely been an early adopter (only for consoles like the NES, Super NES, Genesis, PS2 which I've never had problems with any console).

[Jon Liu]

yeah, being an early adopter to a lot of the high-tech electronics proves to have it's fair share of problems. I mean... the Toshiba HD-A1 had a ton of problems on first release, for example. Not to mention, I got my Pioneer Elite receiver like a month after it was released and the firmware got upgraded pretty quickly after that to fix the HDMI issues and whatnot. Not to mention, computer parts as well. I used to get the latest and greatest graphics cards (still have my ATi Radeon X850XT) and they go through software upgrades pretty darn quickly too, to remedy/resolve issues.

So, I would definitely consider myself a VERY early adopter in a lot of aspects.

[SpOoNmAn]

The things you mentioned are to be expected. I thought you meant that it should all die because its the earliest of versions

If one waits around for all problems to be solved in a product, they might miss a couple years worth of enjoyment they could have had. I'd much rather get it early on and become more intimate with it.

[Jon Liu]

my thoughts exactly!!

[WormholeXtreme]

Fortunately I've rarely had problems with my electronics over the years. For the past 5 I've run all my electronics I have through a UPS. Since I'm in a condo I can't get a generator/battery backup system so I had to get local UPS units for everything. It definitely comes in handy since I can stay online or watch TV for several hours if the power is out.