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***NEW*** XBOX 360 Games for as little as £17.99

PLAY.COM are selling Amped 3 for £17.99, its out of stock at the moment but you can add to basket and they will ship when stock arrive.


LXDirect.com are quoting a delivery time of around 4 weeks, however these games are sent directly from the suppliers rather than the LXdirect warehouse!

By using the following discounts, you can get XBox 360 games for just £21
Add the game to your basket and view basket, then you can apply the 3 discounts one by one:

ZG codes are for new customers only ZQ are for returning customers.

1 xx172 - 10% discount code
2 ZG5622 - £15 discount code (2nd order - ZQ6022)
3 Xx614 Free Postage and Packaging for April 2006
Xx615 Free Postage and Packaging for May 2006
Xx616 Free Postage and Packaging for June 2006

Total Discount £39.99 - £3.99 - £15 = £21 (Free postage)

This item was edited on Friday, 28th April 2006, 15:55

XBOX 360 Core System?

Hi,

I am thinking of buying an XBOX 360 but I am not sure if I should buy the Premium or Core System? What I need to know is if I buy the core system, can I purchase a USB Hard Disk instead of buying the very low storage XBOX 360 20GB disk? I have found some details on the internet that say I can connect a USB Disk to the XBOX 360, so I would I want the 20GB Disk as well? I am missing the point ? If I were to go with the core system and then buy a USB 100GB USB disk could I still run the older x-box games etc.

Many Thanks

RE: remote control dalek £19.97 at tesco instore

what store ? I have been to our Local Tesco and Tesco Extra but they don`t stock them, I also looked online they don`t stock them either?

RE: Sky Viewing Card Query

The SKY Card remains the property of SKY! You shouldn`t sell it as it ain`t yours...

RE: Buy Fuel Now

Perhaps BP should bail out Rover. Then they could change the engines to burn more fuel and make a higher profit on the pumps!

RE: E55 and Freeview recording

As far as the title of the recording, I beleive that this only works when recording RF, however you can change the title of the recording before you finalise the disc. you need to press the direct navigator/menu button on the remote and then edit the line.

RE: alba dvd55

I have just received an email from ALBA Customer Care, please see below:

>:( These units are manufactured and sold as Region 2 players only.
We cannot recommend any ways of modifying the unit for multiregion as this will invalidate your guarantee and may cause irrepairable damage to your DVD player.

We do not hold any codes or further multi region information here.



Great Customer Service!!!! Well I have returned my player for a refund, but before I did I Iooked inside and well its not good news - the Processor is a MT1769GE the firmware has a bug and will not allow you to change the Region, some manufacters have provided firmware fixes but it don`t look good for ALBA Customers given the response I received. As the player was so cheap I took a chance by trying to load firmware from another player that uses the same chipset, it didn`t work, I burn`t 3 different disks using different media each time but the CD`s were not recognised!

:( Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

RE: alba dvd55

Already tried that with no luck! but thanks for the suggestion!

RE: alba dvd55

I have just got an ALBA DVD55 and was looking for a region hack. I have not cracked it yet and from what I am reading it my not have a remote hack. what I can tell you is:

You are able to play region 1 dvds by pressing 1 repeatably while a new dvd is loading. However the Wrong Region message is On Screen and all dvd functions for example (skip, audio, angel, step, subtitles) - I haven`t got any RCE disks to play yet!

Some background:

The Player is using MediaTek Firmware, The common 1369/1379 remote hacks don`t work. I beleive that the functionality to change region has been removed or the new OSD has a bug. If you enter setup and move to the preferences menu and type 1369 a screen is displayed containing Version and Sub Version information (this is were you would normally use be able to change the region, but it ain`t there!). I know that other MediaTek Players are suffering the same problem, some manufacturers are giving firmware updates for the player. I have emailed the ALBA to find out if there is a hack or if they can supply firmware (BUT I WOULDN`T HOLD MY BREATH!)

NOTE: given what I have said some may attempt to use another manufacturers Firmware.....DONT IT WILL KILL YOUR PLAYER. FIRMWARE IS MODIFIED FOR EACH DVD PLAYER!

If anyone can add to this, your help would be most useful!