Xbone - Game Questions

DieGrootHammer said:
On sound. Currently I have an HDMI running form the Xbox to the TV, then from the TV I'm sending the sound to my sound system. That seems to be working for me as I get very decent sound and full 5.1 effects. I've tried optic audio but the Xbox doesn't pick up my cable for some reason. I spent many many hours with Xbox Support online to get it sorted with no joy.
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How exactly are you sending it from your TV to your sound system? I don't think my TV has an HDMI out port :/
 
BeoTeK said:
But it should have a seperate RCA connector per output. i.e FL/FR & RL/RR
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For now I used a 3.5 mm to RCA cable that I had lying around to connect the TV's headphone audio jack to the amp, which works, but not ideal.

I'm not sure what you mean Beo. See below for what the TV has.

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Solitude said:
Congrats on getting an XBox One!

Firstly new games for are crazy expensive. Forza 6 is the most I've ever paid for a game. I got it for R900 last year. It's since been on special which brings me to an important point. Rather get your games on special or second hand. It works out a LOT cheaper.

And yes, Gold in my opinion is most definitely worth it. Two free XBox One games and 2 360 games that you can play on the XBox One every month. Some months there are crap but some months you get really good games. Let me know if you want good deals on gold. I know all the good places to check. You also get discounts on Gold called Deals with Gold or something. So overall you will save a lot when you get it.

As for Forza, I think it was on special not too long ago but now with the Rand being so weak it's going to cost a pretty penny. I will see if I can get a good deal for you somewhere.
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Thanks Soli :)

Where are good places to look for 2nd hand games?
I see Raru has some specials going, with Live Gold 12m going for R744, which is R260 less than what I have found so far.

I have another question (so glad I have all you smart people to ask) :)

Is the play and charge kit worth it? From what I can see on the internet is that AA's will last about a week with moderate gaming, which is good I suppose but can become expensive, which makes me think the charge kit might be worth it.
 
Blazzok said:
Is the play and charge kit worth it? From what I can see on the internet is that AA's will last about a week with moderate gaming, which is good I suppose but can become expensive, which makes me think the charge kit might be worth it.
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Given the cost of rechargeable AA batteries, I haven't bothered. I buy normal Energizer or Eveready AA batteries and they last me good enough time that I am only replacing them maybe once every month or two.
 
BeoTeK said:
Given the cost of rechargeable AA batteries, I haven't bothered. I buy normal Energizer or Eveready AA batteries and they last me good enough time that I am only replacing them maybe once every month or two.
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Oh, well that's great. I'll stick with the regular AA's for now then and see how it goes. Thanks Beo
 
Blazzok said:
Oh, well that's great. I'll stick with the regular AA's for now then and see how it goes. Thanks Beo
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Well considering I have multiple platforms so there are days it doesn't get any love. But just about every single day I am switching it on for Netflix for the lightie, but the controller turns itself off again once done.
 
Blazzok said:
Thanks Soli :)

Where are good places to look for 2nd hand games?
I see Raru has some specials going, with Live Gold 12m going for R744, which is R260 less than what I have found so far.

I have another question (so glad I have all you smart people to ask) :)

Is the play and charge kit worth it? From what I can see on the internet is that AA's will last about a week with moderate gaming, which is good I suppose but can become expensive, which makes me think the charge kit might be worth it.
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Hi Blazzok. The best place is probably Carbonite but I've been thinking about creating an XBox One trading and selling thread here at MyGaming. Will do so this evening if all goes well.

That's a crazy price for Gold! I paid less than R400 in November last year. Or around there! It's crazy how badly the rand has affected everything.

Here's a cheaper price for now: http://www.prepaidgamer.com/xbox-live-12-month-gold-membership/ for R600. Will check tonight if I can get it cheaper for you somewhere else. I saw a special over the weekend but can't remember where.

I've got the play and charge kit and can definitely recommend it. You can charge your controller while playing. :) But like BeoTeK says, normal rechargeable batteries should also be fine.
 
BeoTeK said:
Well considering I have multiple platforms so there are days it doesn't get any love. But just about every single day I am switching it on for Netflix for the lightie, but the controller turns itself off again once done.
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Well I have my PC as well, and I will spend most of my time on that, however what I have found with my Xbox360 controller that I use on my PC is that the batteries run down for no reason.
I know for certain I put fresh batteries in the 360 controller and played a little bit, then a month or 2 later when I wanted to use it again, no dice. Had to swap the batteries. Hope it is not the same case with the One controller, however in saying that the One controller will definitely get used more than the 360 one for my PC.

I'll just monitor the usage for now
 
Blazzok said:
Well I have my PC as well, and I will spend most of my time on that, however what I have found with my Xbox360 controller that I use on my PC is that the batteries run down for no reason.
I know for certain I put fresh batteries in the 360 controller and played a little bit, then a month or 2 later when I wanted to use it again, no dice. Had to swap the batteries. Hope it is not the same case with the One controller, however in saying that the One controller will definitely get used more than the 360 one for my PC.

I'll just monitor the usage for now
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Yeah, I use an Xbox One controller on PC as well. The benefit is it powers from USB so don't need batteries there, the downside is it's wired.
 
Blazzok said:
I also looked around now, the cheapest I could find was Makro at R589, but that has to be delivered. The prepaid one is emailed to you.
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Yeah unfortunately it looks like those are the cheapest ones. Even the cdkeys.com ones are more expensive now with the rand being so bad.
 
Blazzok said:
Thanks Soli :)

I see Raru has some specials going, with Live Gold 12m going for R744, which is R260 less than what I have found so far.

Is the play and charge kit worth it? From what I can see on the internet is that AA's will last about a week with moderate gaming, which is good I suppose but can become expensive, which makes me think the charge kit might be worth it.
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R744?? Why not get Live Gold directly through ZA Xbox.com store for R590?
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Second the vote for the Play and Charge kit. Will pay for itself soon enough imo.
 
Blazzok said:
When I click Join Now, it automatically takes me to the US store and makes it dollars :/

Edit: Scratch that, I managed to bamboozle the site :)
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Ninjaed.

Was gonna say that I had same issue at first. Worked out that I had to manually add c/card info into my MS account before I could purchase - it asks something like "select payment method for purchases for South Africa". Glad you got it sorted though. Bamboozling works too :)
 
GregRedd said:
Ninjaed.

Was gonna say that I had same issue at first. Worked out that I had to manually add c/card info into my MS account before I could purchase - it asks something like "select payment method for purchases for South Africa". Glad you got it sorted though. Bamboozling works too :)
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My CC was already added because I purchased Windows previously for cheap.

It swapped from en-ZA to en-US each time. I even tried to just manually change the URL from enUS to enZA, but no luck.
Luckily going to the bottom of the page and clicking English (United States) and then selecting South Africa fixed it.
 
Blazzok said:
For now I used a 3.5 mm to RCA cable that I had lying around to connect the TV's headphone audio jack to the amp, which works, but not ideal.

I'm not sure what you mean Beo. See below for what the TV has.

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9rbNi8X.jpg
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I'm connecting HDMI from Xbox One to TV and then with optic audio from TV to amp. Full 5.1 surround is working without any problems.
 
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