> Is it true that ps2 owners don't have to pay to play online?

Yeah it's true, the only thing they have to pay for is a subscription to FFXI if they want to play that. I guess if you are going to go ahead and pay for a game anyway, then you're better off with Live because MS are the only one who charge you, not the other companies. (Don't know if that may change if they start bringing out MMORPGs for XBox)

> Eh, guess I don't know what nfs is, sounds like need for speed to me! XBMC
> supporting windows file sharing system is enough for anyone, I just don't know
> why some people want smb so badly.

NFS = Network File System, it's just another way to share files on a network. SMB is the same thing as Windows file sharing, it's just the open source version of it. It does work, I use it since XBMC doesn't support NFS. I'd rather just use NFS because that's what all my other computers are using, so it's easier to manage for me.

> The controls, yeah, it gets some time to get used to it. I like dvd region X,
> except that I would have like an option to resize the display. The display is
> always oversized a little with my xbox

Oh yeah, I noticed that too... The most it has is the "presentation mode" setting which just lets you change letterbox/normal...

> Eh I got an example of this, in
> Street Fighter anniversary on xbox, in the classic sf2 game, I can cleary see
> that the sides are way off my screen, I see only half of my character icon for
> example. When I play ssf2x on the dreamcast however, it's a perfect fit! Too bad
> there's no option in the xbox dashboard or whatever where it would be, all we
> have is your type of tv, letterboxed, normal, etc.

Yeah it's weird... plus it gets worse because different XBoxes have different video chips (Focus/Connexant/etc) so I guess they can't make it perfect for everyone...

> A friend
> of mine got an hold on a collection of car related cds, you have the full specs
> of almost every car that's made, really an amazing collection, but it's worth a
> lot of money! They have that hardware key, well, dongle with to render copying
> pretty useless. He tried to crack the code without success, eh, the good old
> days of cracking a bbs door is long gone ;)

Damn, that does sound like a sweet program! Oh well... It also depends on how popular the software with hardware key is, some software that requires a dongle is cracked (just look on astalavista) like graphics programs, but others, we're not so lucky... :(

> So anyway, I've seen a new player on xbox-scene that is said to support the
> dongle, so I guess it does support the remote control.

Yeah it's that Gueux one I think. I just tried it, unfortunately it doesn't have the option to resize :/ But it's a good idea to have that option, it should be suggested to the team making it...

> Now I guess I'll have to check for a dvd player that has the option to resize
> the video, not just zoom it.

I'm tempted to buy the remote and mod it with a power button, but nobody sells them cheap. It's always $35 or more. Fuck that. Oh well, soon the X-Box 2 will come out and it'll be cheaper...