Chris Gohlke
10-29-2008, 09:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/new-xbox-360-experience-hands-on-and-impressions/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/...nd-impressions/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Thanks to a special blessing from the folks in Redmond, we've had an opportunity to thoroughly give the rejiggered Xbox 360 Dash (AKA, the New Xbox Experience) a serious run through, and we've got the lowdown on the future of your gaming life. As you probably already know from the numerous posts we've done and generally available info (Microsoft has been pretty forthcoming with this stuff), the Xbox team has completely revamped the Dash experience, giving the system not only a visual overhaul, but trashing the underlying tech and rebuilding things from the ground up. The result is a beautiful, intuitive interface which loses almost nothing from previous versions while adding a considerable new feature set to the mix. Read on for our first impressions."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1225303163.usr10.jpg" border="1" /></p><p>A total reboot for the Xbox 360 Dash, and I'm liking what I'm seeing. It appears a TON of work went into this new version. I've been very excited about the addition of the Netflix streaming, a feature that will finally have me upgrading from Silver to Gold. I was even more excited to see down in the tidbits, that Netflix will also be supporting HD streaming to the 360. November 19th can't get here soon enough for me!</p><p> </p>