@Bob - the OG Xbox 360 came (in the box) with an adapter for VGA/audio. It fitted above the HDMI. I guess you have a later version without this?

You can buy a TV now or later. Makro has some cheap monitor size (24in) TVs. TV license required.

This is the big issue, you can,t use the HDMI and A/V connection together.. When you plug the A/V cable in, it covers the HDMI port. If was able to use both, the HDMI for the image and the A/V for audio, problem solved…

Yip... Call of Duty Edition

Not sure I follow, VGA is video only whilst HDMI is both.

This is what I got with my first Xbro (RROD) with red/white for audio.

I had a mate who stripped the outer cover of an HDMI cable and just left the metal frame and contacts to plug it in at the same time. My set is busted now, but I had a pair of third-party audio splitters that look just like the VGA+audio splitter but with only the audio cables, and they fitted and worked fine with visuals over HDMI.

Anybody currently rocking an M.2 drive in their pc?
I'm currently on a 500gig SSD and I'm thinking of taking the plunge to a 1tb M.2 drive. Are the benefits massive or just kinda ok? The drive will host my OS and a few games

I’d still say that if you’re using an ssd the performance gains will be less than perceptible. So unless you have money to burn I’d wait for a full system upgrade.

@Tebulot if you watched or read anything about the 3000 series cards I would wait on that nvme upgrade. With support for PCI-E Gen 4 the cards will take advantage of the PCI-E Gen 4 drives that came out with Ryzen 3 and work in a similar fashion to the PS5 SSD in that data from the SSD will be decompressed and processed directly by the GPU and GPU memory instead of going through the CPU and system RAM first. That's going to make faster nvme drives worthwhile.

Can anybody recommend some good camping places?
Must be: Safe, quiet and have toilets. Spades will not do
Preferably in Gauteng, but some beach spots would be nice to

@Teb - Been a while since we got out since having a child but our last beach holiday was with a group of friends north of Durban in a place called "Tinley Manor". Lot's of places where you can rent a house right on/near a quiet, clean beach, with a river estuary, and fishing spots. It's a family/pet friendly spot but one that only makes sense of you're sharing costs with several people.

The list of original Xbox games, that work on the Xbox360.
Is it as simple as insert & play, or do you have to do something else first?

Used to be the first time you run one, it would do a tiny mg update for them, but that update was supposed to be rolled into the major firmware updates. Otherwise, no issues.

Though you do get visual artifacting on certain titles, like the first Halo has the HUD glitching so there are times the screen actually becomes opaque.

Anybody use a music streaming service?
I'm currently using Youtube Music for background music while missioning through exams. Any recommendations? I see Spotify is R60 a month...

I still use CDs

Out of interest, what is your alcohol of choice? How often do you booze? Once a month. or every time you die in Dark Souls?
Personally can't stand beer, but ciders are good. Usually end up with nice Rose (Imagine slanty thingy on the e). Or maybe Rum and coke. Don't get drunk though, I jealously hoard my remaining brain cells

Stopped drinking a few years ago.
But when I did, it was Vodka & Coke mix & Jägermeister.
Never liked beer & wine.

I either drink nothing at all or once a year drink way too much, but I have to be very comfortable with the people I'm drinking with as I don't like that "out of control" feeling. I enjoy wine for the taste of it but not to get a buzz or whatever, and I like a whiskey every once in a while

Don't drink. . . alchohol. Ke. Ke. Ke.