Xbox Series X - The next Xbox that's boxy but sexy xXx

[Thraeg]

@Enidigm

So what’s the best game to try 120 fps gaming with?

I think Ori and the Will of the Wisps and The Touryst have 120hz modes.

[Dejin]

Gears 5 (available with Game Pass) is supposed to support 120hz in multiplayer mode.

[Don_Quixote]

I can confirm the Falconeer does 120- I saw it in the options.

[Rock8man]

Great interview. I didn’t realize that the cost savings would be so hard to get during this generation.

[copeknight]

It’s here! It has the world’s shortest power cord! I got to run a power strip halfway across my living room! But it’s here and applying an update. Yay!

[Woolen_Horde]

@Rock8man

Great interview. I didn’t realize that the cost savings would be so hard to get during this generation.

Yes, all of the easy gains from process shrinkage are long long gone. Going from 14nm to 10nm is driving Intel crazy. TSMC hasn’t had those issues and is leading the pack, but those gains aren’t cheap.

[Mellified]

@copeknight

It has the world’s shortest power cord!

I re-used my Xbox One X cord.

[Jason_Becker]

Little reminder since so many are getting a new console today. Don’t forget to run the HDR calibration app so supported games can set up properly.

[Mellified]

@Jason_Becker

Don’t forget to run the HDR calibration app so supported games can set up properly.

For newbies…

1. Open the guide with the Xbox button
2. Go all the way to the right
3. Open “Settings”
4. Select TV (Video and Audio?)
5. HDR Calibration is in that menu

[Dejin]

@copeknight

It’s here! It has the world’s shortest power cord! I got to run a power strip halfway across my living room! But it’s here and applying an update. Yay!

Yeah, that was my feeling when I unwound it.

IIRC they said, reusing the Power Cord is just fine, but (just in case anyone is thinking of doing it) don’t reuse your Xbox One HDMI cable, the new Series X HDMI cables are specifically designed to support HDMI 2.1 and the old ones don’t support 4K 120Hz.

[pizzaddict]

I’m assuming HDR is only for those of you that have fancy 4K TV’s and not for people like me that live in the world of 1080P?

[Dejin]

The HDR spec does provide support for 1080p HDR. It looks like there are at least some references to 1080p HDR monitors. I can’t tell if there are/were 1080p HDR TVs.

The Series S is specifically designed to support HDR at either 1080p or 1440p. So I kind of presume there are devices short of 4K that support it.

[pizzaddict]

I don’t know, might be a sign that I need to purchase a new tv. I mean, what is the point of having this new Xbox if I can’t use it to it’s fullest… right?

[Jason_Becker]

HDR on a good supported TV and implemented well is worth it. For TV and movies not just games.

[divedivedive]

The HDR on RDR2 is pretty damned amazing. Definitely worth checking out.

[Dejin]

@pizzaddict

I don’t know, might be a sign that I need to purchase a new tv. I mean, what is the point of having this new Xbox if I can’t use it to it’s fullest… right?

I’m in the same position. I was going to replace my 40” 1080p TV with a LG 48” OLED, but I think I’m going to wait. The problem is, anything bigger than 48” needs a new TV stand, and I don’t really want to go furniture shopping with Covid on the upswing.

Also there are only a handful of TVs currently supporting HDMI 2.1. So I think I’ll wait until next summer when there will be more TV’s supporting the new consoles and hopefully(!) we’ll have Covid under control.

[Mellified]

My Xbox Series X is already full after downloading a couple of games and moving all the existing games that support the Series X over.

On a related note, I’m puzzled and tickled that this fun little action puzzler is Series enhanced!

Buy King Oddball - Microsoft Store

[Enidigm]

@Dejin

So I kind of presume there are devices short of 4K that support it.

Weirdly enough there’s a speculation that many TVs can’t output 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision and 120hz at the same time; not because of deeper technical reasons, but because the TVs lack the “EDID” hexidecimal space for communicating with the receiving device. Apparently HDR10 uses less “space” to define than Dolby.

[Dejin]

@Mellified

My Xbox Series X is already full after downloading a couple of games and moving all the existing games that support the Series X over.

I’ve got a 1TB Samsung SSD that I repurposed from my desktop to act as a mule getting files from my Xbox One and it actually transfers files much faster than I expected.

A 50 GB game transfers from the external SSD to Series X internal SSD in about 2 minutes. I figure that’s plenty fast to use it to store games I’m not actively playing.

[Woolen_Horde]

I’m still running my 12yo 50-inch Panasonic plasma. HDR? 120Hz? Hahahahahahahha