Xbox One S

teflon · 21-10-2016 10:57am

Lads,
I'm looking to get the Xbox one S console for my kids this Xmas. There is a big difference in price between the 500GB and the 1TB. Is it worth forking over the extra euros for the 1TB? I'm looking at the Xbox one with Fifa 17 deals.

Thanks!

runawaybishop · 21-10-2016 11:00am

teflon wrote: »

Lads,
I'm looking to get the Xbox one S console for my kids this Xmas. There is a big difference in price between the 500GB and the 1TB. Is it worth forking over the extra euros for the 1TB? I'm looking at the Xbox one with Fifa 17 deals.

Thanks!

You can buy an external hdd to expand teh storage, i think argos do 1tb for 70 quid but you'd usually see special offers of 2tb for 75/80.

TitianGerm · 21-10-2016 11:09am

teflon wrote: »

Lads,
I'm looking to get the Xbox one S console for my kids this Xmas. There is a big difference in price between the 500GB and the 1TB. Is it worth forking over the extra euros for the 1TB? I'm looking at the Xbox one with Fifa 17 deals.

Thanks!

500GB with Battlefield 1, Halo 5 and Gears of War 4 for €325 in Argos

https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5992876.htm?_$ja=tsid%3A30390%7Cprd%3A7708057

1TB with Fifa 17 and Gears Of War 4 for €345

https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5988756.htm?_$ja=tsid%3A30390%7Cprd%3A7708057

If either of the bundles games don't suit you could always sell them on and pick up some different games.

TitianGerm · 21-10-2016 11:10am

runawaybishop wrote: »

You can buy an external hdd to expand teh storage, i think argos do 1tb for 70 quid but you'd usually see special offers of 2tb for 75/80.

4TB Seagate drive on Amazon for £120.

Seagate Game Drive for Xbox 4 TB USB 3.0, Portable, 2.5 inch External Hard Drive for Xbox One and Xbox One S https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BV13S7S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_gMEcybZJYSHNV

runawaybishop · 21-10-2016 11:23am

emmetkenny wrote: »

4TB Seagate drive on Amazon for £120.

Seagate Game Drive for Xbox 4 TB USB 3.0, Portable, 2.5 inch External Hard Drive for Xbox One and Xbox One S https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BV13S7S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_gMEcybZJYSHNV

Thats very good, USB powered too.

TitianGerm · 21-10-2016 11:24am

runawaybishop wrote: »

Thats very good, USB powered too.

I'm tempted to get one myself

my 2TB is nearly full so can transfer everything to this and then use the 2TB for films.

runawaybishop · 21-10-2016 12:03pm

emmetkenny wrote: »

I'm tempted to get one myself my 2TB is nearly full so can transfer everything to this and then use the 2TB for films.

I have 3 drives attached to my xbox

gar318 · 21-10-2016 12:36pm

WarpAsylum wrote: »

So it was delivered the day of release? On the 13th?

I'm interested because I've ordered the Storm Grey BF1 XB1S from the MS Store which is to be released on Friday and am wondering how long after that it'll be delivered.

Yep was delivered the day it was released

FAILSAFE 00 · 21-10-2016 12:39pm

runawaybishop wrote: »

I have 3 drives attached to my xbox

Call it what it is.... A feckin data centre

runawaybishop · 21-10-2016 3:48pm

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Call it what it is.... A feckin data centre

You should see my office:p

amadablam · 23-10-2016 8:11pm

emmetkenny wrote: »

4TB Seagate drive on Amazon for £120.

Seagate Game Drive for Xbox 4 TB USB 3.0, Portable, 2.5 inch External Hard Drive for Xbox One and Xbox One S https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BV13S7S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_gMEcybZJYSHNV

Very tempted again.............................this thread will be the financial ruination of us all

TitianGerm · 23-10-2016 8:26pm

amadablam wrote: »

Very tempted again.............................this thread will be the financial ruination of us all

I'm going to get this one on payday instead.

Seagate Expansion 4TB USB 3.0 Portable 2.5 inch External Hard Drive https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_F7qdybFKEV4JP

23-10-2016 11:30pm

emmetkenny wrote: »

I'm going to get this one on payday instead.

Seagate Expansion 4TB USB 3.0 Portable 2.5 inch External Hard Drive https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B017KE8OG0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_F7qdybFKEV4JP

What RPM?

MiskyBoyy · 23-10-2016 11:55pm

M!Ck^ wrote:

What RPM?

5400

24-10-2016 7:46am

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

5400

Pass!!

creativedrinker · 24-10-2016 7:41pm

Has anyone that has upgraded found the one s to be any quicker loading games/levels or is it mainly a better graphics card?

Im tempted to upgrade with the argos offer as trading a few bits in will cut the cost dramatically....

I don't have a 4K tv but I'm thinking on investing....

runawaybishop · 24-10-2016 7:44pm

creativedrinker wrote: »

Has anyone that has upgraded found the one s to be any quicker loading games/levels or is it mainly a better graphics card?

Im tempted to upgrade with the argos offer as trading a few bits in will cut the cost dramatically....

I don't have a 4K tv but I'm thinking on investing....

I haven't done a side by side test yet but I haven't noticed any difference.

Fingleberries · 25-10-2016 8:12am

runawaybishop wrote: »

creativedrinker wrote: »

Has anyone that has upgraded found the one s to be any quicker loading games/levels or is it mainly a better graphics card?

Im tempted to upgrade with the argos offer as trading a few bits in will cut the cost dramatically....

I don't have a 4K tv but I'm thinking on investing....

I haven't done a side by side test yet but I haven't noticed any difference.

Unless you have a 4K TV there's no great need to upgrade (unless portability or UHD BD is a big thing for you). I recently switched from a launch Xbox One to an S on a 4K TV and it makes a good difference that the Xbox is handling the upscaling rather than the TV and the HDR makes a nice difference for video and Forza, etc.

Games load at more or less the same speed, there's a negligible frame bump in some games like Halo 5. So, if you have a 1080p TV I'd recommend hanging on for now.

marcbrophy · 28-10-2016 12:33am

Anyone else's kinect not working with voice commands since the upgrade to the S?

I have spoken language set to English (UK) with keyboard language set to English (IE).
I've re-done the kinect audio setup, restarted the xbox a bunch of times, and it still doesn't respond to me!

It may be of note, that I'm in the beta firmware program, and there may be some oversight here with countries that don't have Cortana access yet, I'm not certain

Max Mafioso · 28-10-2016 8:24am

Have you tried saying "Hey Cortana"?

runawaybishop · 28-10-2016 9:57am

marcbrophy wrote: »

Anyone else's kinect not working with voice commands since the upgrade to the S?

I have spoken language set to English (UK) with keyboard language set to English (IE).
I've re-done the kinect audio setup, restarted the xbox a bunch of times, and it still doesn't respond to me!

It may be of note, that I'm in the beta firmware program, and there may be some oversight here with countries that don't have Cortana access yet, I'm not certain

If you are set to UK then you are on the cortana release and need to say "hey cortana". IE is still on the old Xbox voice program. US is also on cortana.

marcbrophy · 28-10-2016 11:52am

Ok, it has started working again.

You guys are going to think I'm crazy, but I swear this is true

It wouldn't respond to me at all. When off, when on, in the menus, watching TV, trying to start an app!
Then in an effort to show what settings I was using for here, I went to the Language and Location settings and said Xbox, take a screenshot.
It was then when it finally responded, stating it couldn't take a screenshot here.

So it's working away now. No screenshot, but I no longer need it

ibFoxer · 29-10-2016 12:14pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Anyone else's kinect not working with voice commands since the upgrade to the S?

I have spoken language set to English (UK) with keyboard language set to English (IE).
I've re-done the kinect audio setup, restarted the xbox a bunch of times, and it still doesn't respond to me!

It may be of note, that I'm in the beta firmware program, and there may be some oversight here with countries that don't have Cortana access yet, I'm not certain

Yeah, mine isn't working at all, camera sees me but i can't use it to sign in or with voice commands. Support are sending me another cable but if that doesn't work i reckon i'll just abandon the kinect.

marcbrophy · 29-10-2016 12:46pm

ibFoxer wrote: »

Yeah, mine isn't working at all, camera sees me but i can't use it to sign in or with voice commands. Support are sending me another cable but if that doesn't work i reckon i'll just abandon the kinect.

That's exactly what was happening with mine too. Everything was set up and fine, it just seemed to ignore me.

Try making a command on the settings screen where you pick the spoken language, It worked randomly for me, so it might be worth a go for you

ibFoxer · 29-10-2016 1:37pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

That's exactly what was happening with mine too. Everything was set up and fine, it just seemed to ignore me.

Try making a command on the settings screen where you pick the spoken language, It worked randomly for me, so it might be worth a go for you

I will give it a lash after work and report back

ibFoxer · 29-10-2016 7:29pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

That's exactly what was happening with mine too. Everything was set up and fine, it just seemed to ignore me.

Try making a command on the settings screen where you pick the spoken language, It worked randomly for me, so it might be worth a go for you

marcbrophy · 30-10-2016 1:27pm

^^^^

Did it work?

That's brilliant

ibFoxer · 30-10-2016 1:37pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

^^^^

Did it work?

That's brilliant

It did indeed, mental fix altogether. Cheers.

Soarer · 03-11-2016 4:54pm

So are games like Forza 3 true 4K and HDR, or are they upscaled?

Buttros · 03-11-2016 5:10pm

Soarer wrote: »

So are games like Forza 3 true 4K and HDR, or are they upscaled?

They are not true 4k. they are however HDR. Forza looks good :-)

Xbox One S

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