From: "Rich Gauszka" 

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There are many published mods ( hardware and software)  that will void a =
warranty on a game machine. I would think this was mentioned as it is a =
rare add a feature article that actually doesn't void the warranty.=20

Some like quiet 360s and will suffer a voided warranty
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2066860,00.asp

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:4578e6a4{at}w3.nls.net...
     Of course.  What I'm questioning is why someone would even mention =
this?  Why don't they mention that you aren't going to void the warranty =
of your computer or your television or anything else?  It sounds like =
they mentioned this just for some hype effect.

  Rich

    "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message =
news:4578e267$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    That wouldn't void a warranty - tinkering around inside an Xbox 360 =
would
      "Rich"  wrote in message news:4578d8ee$1{at}w3.nls.net...
         If it is transcoding then it is not tricking.  Why would anyone =
even think this would void a waranty?

      Rich

        "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message =
news:45787ec7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
        for anyone interested - complete howto at link

        =
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1002/1/page_1_introduction/index.html

        Last month a group of software folks at TVersity who know a =
thing or two=20
        about this subject managed to make the whole experience much =
easier and=20
        pleasant with their latest version of TVersity. They have a =
piece of=20
        software (and it's completely FREE!) that is able to on-the-fly =
transcode=20
        many video and audio formats into WMV format suitable for the =
Xbox 360. As=20
        it is playing in WMV format from your PC over the network, you =
are not=20
        modifying the console software or hardware and using legal =
software,=20
        therefore your warranty with Microsoft will be fine. =
Essentially, TVersity=20
        is able to trick the console into thinking the source format is =
WMV (or one=20
        of the formats supported by the 360) by using transcoding.=20


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There are many published mods ( =
hardware and=20
software)  that will void a warranty on a game machine. I
= would think=20
this was mentioned as it is a rare add a feature article that actually = doesn't=20
void the warranty. 
 
Some like quiet 360s and will suffer a =
voided=20
warranty
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/www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2066860,00.asp
 

  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:4578e6a4{at}w3.nls.net...
     Of
course.  What =
I'm=20
  questioning is why someone would even mention this?  Why don't =
they=20
  mention that you aren't going to void the warranty of your computer or =
your=20
  television or anything else?  It sounds like they mentioned this =
just for=20
  some hype effect.
   
  Rich
   
  

    "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka{at}dontspamhotmail.commailto:gauszka{at}dontspamhotmail.com">gauszka{at}dontspamhotmail.com
A>>=20
    wrote in message news:4578e267$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    That wouldn't void a warranty - =
tinkering=20
    around inside an Xbox 360 would
    

      "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:4578d8ee$1{at}w3.nls.net...
         If
it is transcoding =
then it is=20
      not tricking.  Why would anyone even think this would void a=20
      waranty?
       
      Rich
       
      
        "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka{at}dontspamhotmail.commailto:gauszka{at}dontspamhotmail.com">gauszka{at}dontspamhotmail.com
A>>=20
        wrote in message news:45787ec7$1{at}w3.nls.net...for=20
        anyone interested - complete howto at linkhttp://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1002/1/page_1_introduction/inde=
x.html">http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1002/1/page_1_introduction/inde=
x.htmlLast=20
        month a group of software folks at TVersity who know a thing or =
two=20
        about this subject managed to make the whole experience much =
easier=20
        and pleasant with their latest version of TVersity. They =
have a=20
        piece of software (and it's completely FREE!) that is able =
to=20
        on-the-fly transcode many video and audio formats into WMV =
format=20
        suitable for the Xbox 360. As it is playing in WMV format =
from your=20
        PC over the network, you are not modifying the console =
software or=20
        hardware and using legal software, therefore your warranty =
with=20
        Microsoft will be fine. Essentially, TVersity is able to =
trick the=20
        console into thinking the source format is WMV (or one of =
the=20
        formats supported by the 360) by using transcoding.=20
    =


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