http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/YES! BUT WITH BETTER ONLINE PLAY!]]>Nov 24th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 25th 2008 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
The technology isn't there yet for reliable slot loading drives.
With standard drives, even if the tray fails, you can typicaly pop it open with a needle until you can replace it. With a slot loader, you have to open up the entire system or risk scratching the disk if you attempt to remove it by force.]]>Nov 24th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
yep i have a mac mini, and its never failed on me (apart from the time i put a minidisk in... lesson learnt)]]>Nov 24th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
Which is why I've had slot-loading drives in my car stereos for almost 20 YEARS NOW???

Slot-loading drives work great on my Macs. And on my Wii. I'm sorry that Microsoft isn't smart enough to figure out how to use slot-loading drives successfully...]]>Nov 24th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/ "The technology isn't there yet for reliable slot loading drives."

Decades of car stereos disagree...]]>Nov 24th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
My 360 has a terrible time opening up the disc drive, it wont open sometimes, sometimes it will open and shut straight away, others it will open and won't shut or open half-way and shut itself, add this to the 360 disc drive scratching problems etc and the slot drive seems like the bright idea.]]>Nov 24th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
It really should have had this feature from the start, and ok even if you could not do it then, surely there is no reason why new 360's don't have this feature... ]]>Nov 24th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
Reading really is a lost art eh?]]>Nov 24th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
Too bad they didn't digitally sign the DVD drive's firmware. easiest console to hack hands down.]]>Nov 24th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/leaving me binary messages

(please dont correct me on my plato reference, first abacus related person i could think of.)
(and binary, i know, save the effort)]]>Nov 24th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 25th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Dec 14th 2008 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
I am a small, small man. I rebuilt my bathroom wall and tub hardware this weekend.]]>Nov 24th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
I wish it was just a case of swapping the drives..]]>Nov 24th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
/\ happy sad happy...i cant make up my mind ]]>Nov 24th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/]]>Nov 24th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
A Blu Ray drive would do nothing.]]>Nov 24th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 25th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/
Seriously? Incessant banging? How many times does it bang when you put one disk in, and why are you changing the disks so often?]]>Nov 24th 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/24/xbox-360-modded-with-slot-loading-dvd-drive-fire-vision-mind-c/Nov 24th 2008 12:33PM