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Star Wars DVD Changes XBox Dashboard

Posted by Zonk on from the this-was-the-console-you-wanted-all-along dept.

Megaphoneman writes "Apparently the new Star Wars Trilogy DVD set will automatically change your dashboard appearance if played on an XBox...without asking the user first!"

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  1. Modding by DJayC · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hopefully this will have a positive impact in the world of XBox modding. It would be nice to be able to run unsigned binaries without modding my xbox. There are a lot of useful homebrew applications out there. It's interesting that there's no notification that the disc will update your dashboard...

    1. Re:Modding by wolfmanXUG · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I find that its reported to not give any notification that it is updating the dashboard to be something that I do not like. I havea feeling that it is "signed" which would enable it to run on the Xbox.

    2. Re:Modding by DJayC · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Yes, assuming it is "signed", maybe this will shed a little light on how exactly something is considered "signed". The point the article makes is that it loads an image much the same way a modded xbox loads a harddrive image. Perhaps there is something slightly different going on here.. since it's on a video DVD (an abnormal XBOX structured disc), this may count out the physical structure of the disc as part of the "signing" process. This might lead to new discoverys, and at least count out certain things.

      It may not be a huge turn of events, but I really think this will prove to give those of us interested in XBOX modding a little more information.. every little bit helps!

  2. this makes me wonder.... by rubberbando · · Score: 3, Interesting

    if it will auto install stuff on a windows PC as well?

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  3. And?.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Plenty of Xbox games do this. Welcome to last year, fellas.