[olug] xbmc on original xbox

[T. J. Brumfield]

XBMC on the X-Box was great back in the day, but there is no HDMI out
or 1080p support.

Roku, Boxee, GoogleTV or a cheap HTPC box are better options today.

Sent from my iPhone 5

On Jul 12, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Awais Khan <frontsidelockslide at gmail.com> wrote:

> My two cents: actually more like a testimonial
>
> so far I have two of dynatron's boxes. Im telling you guys, he knows what
> hes talking about. I think he has pictures on his webpage too of the ones
> hes made. After I got mine, I even repainted it a military camo, but back to
> the topic. I really like the Duo chips, because the 2nd bios is something
> you can use. I have one side set to go straight to XBMC while the other
> boots to a different menu. Basically the most durable way to mod your box is
> the chip... they is sturdy
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Daniel Pfile <daniel at pfile.net> wrote:
>
>> I own two, one with a regular chip and one with a solderless. The
>> solderless
>> would constantly break, requiring me to open the xbox and re-attach the pin
>> (d0 I think).
>>
>> I haven't thought about the original xbox in a while, they do have pretty
>> great bang for the buck.
>>
>> -- Daniel
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:31 PM, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> for some people softmod is the way to go. you can use a savegame exploit,
>>> or
>>> do an IDE hotswap with XBHDM.
>>>
>>> but like i said, if you can solder, use a chip. i don't recommend the
>>> solderless adapters because they can slip, but there are many chips out
>>> there that you can buy. i just carry my favorite brand.
>>>
>>> i've done 300+ boxes for 300+ customers, but don't take my word for it.
>>> check out the forums @ forums.xbox-scene.com and decide what works best
>>> for
>>> your situation.
>>> On Jul 9, 2011 1:23 PM, "Cheyenne Deal" <deal.cheyenne at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I have had no problems since beta
>>>> On Jul 9, 2011 1:21 PM, "DYNATRON tech" <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> yeah....if you cant solder.
>>>>>
>>>>> limited functionality, more work, and more likely to fail.
>>>>> On Jul 9, 2011 1:18 PM, "Cheyenne Deal" <deal.cheyenne at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Soft mod?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 9, 2011 12:11 PM, "DYNATRON tech" <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you will need to do some soldering. (click on part link for my
>>> tutorial)
>>>>>>> On Jul 9, 2011 12:08 PM, "DYNATRON tech" <dynatron at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> you first need to unlock the motherboard by replacing the bios.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> duoX2gs would be my recommendation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i sell the chips here for 14$ shipped:
>>>>>>>> dynatron.org/store
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this allows you to boot custom software, as well as unlock/upgrade
>>> the
>>>>>>> hard
>>>>>>>> drive.
>>>>>>>> On Jul 9, 2011 12:03 PM, "ned mcnally" <ned.mcnally at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hey I have an old xbox and wanted to run xbmc on it.
>>>>>>>>> Can any of you guys help me out?
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