Thursday, May 1, 2008

Re: [Xbox] Re: [gamers_for_life] GTA4

Well that's odd, seeing as I clocked the 360 (granted on 240V) at around 150W,
slightly less than my PC.

Alex.

On Thursday 01 May 2008 17:57:21 PSCG Cleveland wrote:
> And you would be sickeningly correct Sir! Most cases, 14-16A draw at
> 350w for a 360 vs. like 2A draw @ 115w for a 26" Vizio LCD HDTV. Why
> do I know these inane facts? I haul a dozen around as entertainment and
> not only have an onboard AC (not A/C, thought we have one of those too)
> panel system that runs off building power or our generator. And our gen's
> got limitations, so the first thing we had to do was calculate total draw
> at start-up and runtime to know when to put more gas in the sucker and if
> it was all going to crap out or not.
>
> But the difference between an LCD TV and a 360 is near frightening,
> only because the LCD makes no sense to draw as little as it does while
> the 360's a power-sucker on the level of a PC. How the LCD does it
> stumps me!
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:15 AM, PRoPHeTiZeR <prophetizer@wrup.net> wrote:
> > I guarantee my 360 uses much more
> >
> > From: Nelson Pacheco
> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:06 AM
> >
> > To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Xbox] Re: [gamers_for_life] GTA4
> >
> >
> > wow, I've never met someone so obsessed with how much electricity is
> > being used in every single electronics toy. If he can afford the extra
> > $2-3 a month to run the thing does it really matter?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nelson
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Alex Atkin
> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:40 AM
> > To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Xbox] Re: [gamers_for_life] GTA4
> >
> > Geez, how many watts did that one use?
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> > On Thursday 01 May 2008 14:06:52 PRoPHeTiZeR wrote:
> > > well, I wanted the 72" that's coming out soon, but the wife didn't want
> > > that one, oh well
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > From: "Alex Atkin" <yahoo@maewhitman.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:10 PM
> > > To: <Xbox@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Xbox] Re: [gamers_for_life] GTA4
> > >
> > > > Indeed I feel so sorry for him.
> > > >
> > > > If I got a TV that large I think the house would fall down. Not to
> > > > mention
> > > > the 32" generates enough heat to keep my room warm during all but the
> > > > coldest
> > > > weather. Anything larger and it would be like an oven, and of course
> > > > probably wouldn't fit. Although I would love to try. ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Alex.
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday 29 April 2008 21:26:16 Nelson Pacheco wrote:
> > > >> I wish we all had problems like a 61" inch 1080p HDTV showing up to
> > > >> our door, LOL.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Nelson
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> From: PRoPHeTiZeR
> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:22 PM
> > > >> To: gamers_for_life@yahoogroups.com ; xbox@yahoogroups.com
> > > >> Subject: [Xbox] Re: [gamers_for_life] GTA4
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ahhhh crap, my tv just got here, i guess no more gta for now
> > > >>
> > > >> Nelson Pacheco wrote:
> > > >> It doesn't matter to me. I rented Burnout revenge for 3 months
> > > >> straight, lol. I might not even like the game, I didn't like the
> > > >> first one
> > > >> and never played any of the others in between. But all the vids and
> > > >> talk about it has peaked my interest and has me excited to try it
> > > >> out.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Nelson
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> From: Nathan
> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:54 PM
> > > >> To: gamers_for_life@yahoogroups.com
> > > >> Subject: Re: [gamers_for_life] GTA4
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Are you going to rent a game that might take you 40 hours to
> > > >> complete
> > > >> lol. Mine got shipped out yesterday via First Class mail so I should
> > > >> have it tomorrow.
> > > >>
> > > >> Should work out good for me because I still have 2 levels left
> > > >> in Vegas 2. If everything goes as planned I will complete it tonight
> > > >> so I can
> > > >> pop in GTA 4 after work tomorrow.
> > > >>
> > > >> Nate
> > > >>
> > > >> Nelson Pacheco <nelson@nelzp.com> wrote:
> > > >> I timed my rental return perfectly, gamefly is shipping me
> > > >> GTA4 today, wahoo. I should get it by Thursday and since I don't
> > > >> work on Fridays, I have a whole day of gaming to do.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Nelson
> >
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