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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. Microsoft... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny...

  3. Quit Whining. by SansTinfoilHat · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's how Bill originally intended the dashboard to be. They just didn't have the technology in 2001.

  4. And do you know why? by grm_wnr · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...because it will make sure that in ANY game EVER, the bad guy always shoots first.

  5. 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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  6. Oh George.. by Taulin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    George not only wants to change Star Wars with new graphics, but he wants to change everything else too.

  7. Thus meaning by netvoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Star Wars DVD shoots first!

  8. Dashboard by cL0h · · Score: 4, Funny

    It can change my dashboard just by playing on an XBox.
    I have a japanese import. Is it compatible? Does the XBox have to be in the car?

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  9. changes by laard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is kinda like how George changed star wars without asking the fans first

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    1. Re:changes by Romeozulu · · Score: 3, Insightful

      George doesn't have to "ask the fans", it's his freaking movie, not yours, he can do anything he wants with it. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

    2. Re:changes by GeckoX · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Nobody is suggesting it isn't within his rights.
      Everyone knows however that it's fucking ignorant and nobody likes it.

      End result? Pissed off EX fans and lost customers.

      Ever heard this saying?
      You can be right, and you can be dead right.

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    3. Re:changes by andyt · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Everyone knows that if he just stopped making copies of the original available, he wouldn't be promoting the progress of science or useful arts, and he would lose his copyright on it.

      *blink*
      waitasecond here....

      does this mean that, since Lucas has publically stated on many occasions that he will never release the original movies again (only the Special Editions which are demonstrably not the same), then at some point in the (far, far) future, he will lose the copyright on Star Wars and it will enter the public domain?

      *ohpleaseohpleaseohplease*

    4. Re:changes by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No. You see, I was being sarcastic. Copyright and Patent law has reached the stage where it is used to retard the arts and sciences, not promote it as was originally intended.

      I honestly believe that if the owner refuses to distribute a work, they should lose the exclusive rights to that work. You're not going to find too many people who agree with me, though. Certainly not lawmakers or judges, anyhow.

  10. Puhlease... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... the Dashboard was only modified to prompt you for playing the Battlefront demo or playing the DVD content. You won't see the prompt without the DVD adapter plugged in to your Xbox.

  11. This wasn't part of the deal! by Talondel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have altered the dashboard, pray I don't alter it any further.

  12. obligatory jar-jar: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "how wuuude"

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

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

  14. It's better than that damn paperclip by chia_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It looks like you're trying to watch a DVD. Would you like to change your dashboard?"

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