As per Kerm's twitter request, here is the info about the programming competition that scored me a free xbox360 arcade.
http://www.neumont.edu/regionalchallenge/index.html
For those interested, I returned it to bestbuy and bought the xbox360 pro for +$100. Then spent another ~$50 at gamestop buying old, used games (the $7-14 ones
). So I spent $150 total for an xbox360 pro, 8 games (2 free bundled + gh2 I already had for the controller to use with frets on fire + 5 from gamestop), 2 controllers (already had 1 for use with PC), and headset.
My setup is pretty hot. Since my friends are borrowing my TV (since I had nothing to hook up to it prior), I am borrowing my friend's xbox360 VGA output. So on my "desk" (glorified folding table ) I have a 22in widescreen monitor hooked up as the primary display of my PC and as the 360's display (yay for dual inputs). Next to it I have a 19in monitor as the PC's secondary display. A KVM switch switches the audio output of my 5.1 speakers between the 360 and PC (only PC gets surround, tho, since the KVM can only switch a single 3.5mm jack, not the 3 needed for 5.1)
Just to round it all off, a mini fridge sits next to me. This is all in my room, which also has a second surround sound system (home theater system w/ receiver, harmon kardon receiver + sony speakers) that surrounds my bed hooked up to a laptop that sits on my night stand so I can lay down and watch some movies
If interested, I can take some pictures of the whole setup.
http://www.neumont.edu/regionalchallenge/index.html
For those interested, I returned it to bestbuy and bought the xbox360 pro for +$100. Then spent another ~$50 at gamestop buying old, used games (the $7-14 ones
). So I spent $150 total for an xbox360 pro, 8 games (2 free bundled + gh2 I already had for the controller to use with frets on fire + 5 from gamestop), 2 controllers (already had 1 for use with PC), and headset.
My setup is pretty hot. Since my friends are borrowing my TV (since I had nothing to hook up to it prior), I am borrowing my friend's xbox360 VGA output. So on my "desk" (glorified folding table
) I have a 22in widescreen monitor hooked up as the primary display of my PC and as the 360's display (yay for dual inputs). Next to it I have a 19in monitor as the PC's secondary display. A KVM switch switches the audio output of my 5.1 speakers between the 360 and PC (only PC gets surround, tho, since the KVM can only switch a single 3.5mm jack, not the 3 needed for 5.1)
Just to round it all off, a mini fridge sits next to me. This is all in my room, which also has a second surround sound system (home theater system w/ receiver, harmon kardon receiver + sony speakers) that surrounds my bed hooked up to a laptop that sits on my night stand so I can lay down and watch some movies
If interested, I can take some pictures of the whole setup.
Actually only 2 or 3 of those empty 2 litters were mtn dew. The rest was that $0.70 wal-mart cheap stuff (still tastes good, though)
)
