Confession time

[Macguy59]

I was talked into buying an Xbox 360 Elite today and . . . I love the media center capability of it. And with Connect360 I'm able to stream content to it from my Macs. I'm in awe. Once I'm satisfied everything is working as it should consistently, my AppleTV will be retired. I'm probably imagining it but it sure seems like the video quality of Netflix streams is better than through my BD player. Not crazy about the "points" system but I can see myself quickly adapting to the Xbox Live ecosystem. Yeah yeah I know I'm late to the party :p

[Reid Kistler]

Kids keep telling us that the XBox makes a great Home Media Center: 4 out of 5 own one - fifth is still in college, and has no money - AND they all use it at least partially for that purpose (they also all game on it as well....).

We pick up some internet streaming via our Blu Ray player (Pansonic's Viera Cast), have access to some internal media streaming via U-Verse, and do not "game" so an XBox has always seemed an extravagance....

BTW: what is the "point system?"

[Macguy59]

MS forces you to purchase points. Points are then used to purchase things via Zune store like movie rentals/purchases etc. and of course there is minimum amount you can purchase at one time. Frankly it sucks. I prefer the iTunes way of being able to pay for a single item at a time via CC/DC in actual $ amounts. <ie> $4.99 for an HD movie rental instead of 438 points.