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New Improved Wifi adapter for the 360 [UPDATE]

Do you think movies in 1080p on the new upcoming “Zune HD Marketplace” will stream flawlessly onto the Xbox 360 with the current wireless adapter? Whilst it looks doubtful, this could be further confirmed by a new adapter showing 2 antenna’s with 802.11n-speed points to further boost and enhance data.

802.11n wireless builds on previous 802.11 standards by adding multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and 40 MHz channels to the physical (PHY) layer, and frame aggregation to the MAC layer. MIMO is a technology which uses multiple antennas to coherently resolve more information than possible using a single antenna. Two important benefits it provides to 802.11n are antenna diversity and spatial multiplexing.

It also happens to be in black so will look perfect on the Xbox360 Elite. Pricing has yet to be confirmed, but the current adapter is expected to get a price drop following the new black adapters retail release.

Source: AreaGames

UPDATE:
Microsoft has confirmed that indeed, a new 802.11n Wireless Adapter is being released. It is reported that the previous adapter will have its price reduced.

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22 comments on 'New Improved Wifi adapter for the 360 [UPDATE]'

Comment by Kid2007 on 2009-09-15 21:04:30

Black? It looks Halo-green to me, Xboxic. What’s its gonna be?

Comment by augustusbot on 2009-09-15 21:36:06

Ohhhh… the $$$$ Micro$oft expects me to drop on their console…

I’ll stick to Blu Ray for now.

Comment by Jason Andrews on 2009-09-15 21:41:48

Probably Halo-green to be more politically correct ;)

Comment by Worms on 2009-09-16 00:24:56

augustusbot we know from your countless posts on here how much you love you PS3. Why don’t you go play it instead of hanging around an Xbox site making posts to a bunch of Xbox owners who don’t care about your PS3?

I’m still using my old original Xbox wireless adapter on my 360. Works good enough for me. It won’t stream anything better then DIVX/XVID but I don’t need it to really.

Comment by Steve Perry on 2009-09-16 10:37:22

Blu Ray is good and all, but I don’t really fancy paying £20 for half-bad films featuring Will Smith when I could get them on DVD for £3 and upscale them. Maybe when it all comes down in price I’ll be interested.

And one thing that people do not really consider is how handy it is to have an external wifi adapter. I’m a home network technician and I often get asked to connect games consoles to wireless networks.
In houses with bad wireless G signal (devices in home extension rooms, too many other wireless/microwave devices etc) being able to put the adapter on the end of a USB extension cord works wonders.
However, as the PS3’s adapter is all internal, it’s simply not possible.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m no fanboy, I just think a lot of PS3 users that vocalise themselves online sure do seem very defensive without really looking at the situation from all angles.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2009-09-16 12:47:51

I got round this problem by, PLUGGING A FUCKING WIRE IN!.

Stick your PS3 up your fucking arse, I can’t get across with how bored I am with hearing that shit, or if you prefer and your arse is still sore from the roasting your dad and his friends gave you while humping you over your black shiny grill you could buy the new slimline version so it slides in a little easier. Can’t see any other reason for releasing a slimline one since no one buys the pieces of shit 3 anyway.

Comment by Steve on 2009-09-16 14:24:38

“Ohhhh… the $$$$ Micro$oft expects me to drop on their console…
I’ll stick to Blu Ray for now.”

“Stick your PS3 up your fucking arse”

It’s amazing to me that no matter what topic is brought up here it always turns into a fanboy flame war!!! WTF

Comment by f1maverick on 2009-09-16 14:44:22

c’mon the wii!!!!

Comment by augustusbot on 2009-09-16 16:11:01

What are you crazies talking about?
I never even mentioned PS3.

I paid money to upgrade my stereo to support next gen audio provided by Blu Ray discs…

Why would I now pay money to upgrade my wifi adapter to take a step backwards and use last-gen audio signals?

It costs just as much money to rent a Blu Ray disc as it does a DVD, for the record… I’m not out any extra money per week for renting next gen discs over last gen ones.

Comment by Jason Andrews on 2009-09-16 20:27:50

Im’a let you finish!…

Comment by The_Glovner on 2009-09-17 11:57:42

Well maybe it’s because that you mention it so much that people just associate your name with it any time you say something, so if we have to assume anything in your statements it is usually a safe bet you are refering to your P(reciou)S 3.

Comment by Lotus 111s on 2009-09-18 22:10:19

Glovner i have to say you shoot down PS3 fanboys vehemently, yet you are the biggest 360 fanboy on here.

Having said that i do agree with you when you say just plug in a bloody wire.

Oh and augustbot keep winding ‘em up, i love reading the rantings of the fan’box’boys.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2009-09-19 21:20:36

Ahhhh fuck, here we go again.

Please tell me how I fall under the definition of a fanboy.

I had the PS1, have a PS2, owned the original Xbox and now have a 360. I have a Wii, had a GameCube, owned a Super NES, an Amiga, an Amstrad CPC 464, a Commadore CD32 a Sega Dreamcast, a PSP, a Game Gear, a Sega Megadrive.

Please tell me how that list affiliates me with one particular console and puts me under the banner of fanny boy?

Oh, perhaps it’s because when someone goes on about the PS3 I shoot them down and call them a cunt. Well maybe that has more to do with the fact that this is an Xbox sight and has fuck all to do with the PS3 yet every second article you have to read some fucking shite from some PS3 owner along the lines of;

“Oh yeah, well your article says that but my PS3 can take my whole cock in it’s CD drive so that means your article and your 360 is shit, so there, na na na na na. I hate myself because my mummy slaps my in the face with her tits while my dad rapes my ass with his fist and that is why I am here trying to convince myself I lead a worthwile existence, maybe I should just die though”

And Bot, keep winding us all up then you and Lotus can circle jerk your tiny little prawn swords over your PS3’s and laugh about how you are so great before your parents come in the room and beat a gaping bloody hole through your flapping arses.

Comment by acromyth on 2009-09-20 11:11:33

i have netflix on the 360 and stream full HD flawlessly to my 360 and bose surround sound with the orginal, yet way overpriced, wireless adapter. works flawlessly with me, full HD and it loads a movie in about 15 seconds and then plays with no interuptions or quality downgrade.

so whats all the fuss about?

Comment by stumpa on 2009-09-21 14:27:04

shit me where can u buy the ps3 that you can stick your cock in the drive cause im buying that fucker and im gonna trade my normal one in for it. Then i will own a ps3 you can fuck and a 360 thats always fucked

Comment by stumpa on 2009-09-21 14:28:14

result

Comment by Augustusbot on 2009-09-21 17:18:41

I imagine the PS3 ‘Slim’ came out so tiny little men like Glovner can feel the love as well.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2009-09-21 19:10:06

Well they certainly didn’t make it smaller so you can talk about it less you fucking choob.

Comment by AugustusBot on 2009-09-21 19:41:45

Do people from Scotland / Ireland / Wales / England / etc just make up insults on the spot? wtf is a choob or a prawn?

Wait, are you from Australia?

Comment by The_Glovner on 2009-09-22 08:14:22

Prawns are Decapods, belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata [1]. They are similar in appearance to shrimp, but can be distinguished by the gill structure which is branching in prawns (hence the name, dendro=“tree”; branchia=“gill”), but is lamellar in shrimp.

In various forms of English, the name “prawn” is often applied to shrimp as well, generally the larger species, such as Leander serratus. In the United States, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, the word “prawn” usually indicates a freshwater shrimp or prawn.

Or in the context I used it “prawn sword” would mean “tiny prawn like cock”.

As for “choob”:

Choob, noun.

Scottish slang. A “choob” is a tube. Short for tube-steak. A tube steak is a penis. And therefore , anyone who acts like a dick. Can be equally applied to males or females.

“Dinnae bother wi’ that guy - he’s just a choob.”

Or funnily enough (and I didn’t actually know this but it looks like the word choob has been picked up outside Scotland):

Choob: a high level person, usually on an online rpg such as runescape, that acts immature because they know they will never have to meet the person their dissing. they also tend to diss people that are one lvl below them…

So it applies to you in both ways.

Comment by Veritas on 2009-09-23 14:28:43

Update - Microsoft has confirmed that this is real. Will post link when I get back to my room in two hours.

Comment by Veritas on 2009-09-23 19:03:57

Got held over at work, so it’ll be another three hours. :P Will update the post when I get back.

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