Retard Journalism (without the drool but twice as many adult diapers)
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000400069859/
The above article entitled "Vertical Xbox 360s endanger disks; play safe, play horizontally" would give you the impression that using your Xbox 360 vertically could damage your games. The original report of this happening (posted on 1up.com on 360 release day) was caused by the user purposely tipping the 360 while it was running so he could see the lights change on the front (the 360 auto detects its orientation and adjusts the player lights accordingly). That one post sparked a world of rumor. The above article is a result of that rumor mill. Please read the article starting with the headling. As you read on it is made clear that the danger is in tipping the 360 over while it's running causing a spinning disk (which is already wobbling) to gyroscopically pull itself off the spindle and crash into the lens and the other interal part of the drive. This would scratch the disk beyond repair. So, in fact, the 360 won't hurt your disk unless you set it one the floor and somebody trips over it or some thing stupid like that. What's important is that the 360 alone cannot hurt the disk. It must be subject to some outside force. It's pretty hard to say it's a microsoft design flaw in the 360 when the exact same problem exists in every cd or dvd drive ever made that wasn't an automotive slot load drive. People want to know something about everything so they listen to all these damned rumors about the 360 and having had one for nearly a month and having researched all the romors I have heard thoroughly and repeatedly I can clearly, honestly, and factually state that all the rumors about xbox 360 failures and disk damage are bull shit. There are isolated and annecdotal cases but they are not representative of any significant percentage of 360 owners. So let's be clear. Having your xbox 360 vertical will not harm your games. Changing the orientation of your 360 from vertical or horizontal or vice versa while a disk inside is spinning is, however, likely to damage your game quite a bit. Since the 360's orientation is easier to accidently alter when it is vertical (it's center of gravity is higher and the footprint is smaller making the angle needed to push the center of gravity over the edge of the footprint much shallower) people think you shouldn't have your 360 vertical. To me that means that you shouldn't put your $400 game console somewhere stupid where it could be accidently knocked over. Especially since laying the 360 down horizontal does restrict the airflow to two of the intake vents and could slow down the flow of fresh, cool air to the cooling system. Also, just in case you are someone who tends to believe rumors and are unaware... Every mass forward email you've recieved from everyone ever was bullshit. Even if it contained an element of truth like 3 steps to help you diagnose a stroke please be aware that, in order to fool dumb people into believing more strongly, other false claims will be made. The irony of this is that dumb people don't care about proof (war in Iraq, people! where are the WMDs?) so any proof included only serves to tip off the any critical thinker. If you have ever forwarded a mass email forward to me my official policy is I hate you.
The above article entitled "Vertical Xbox 360s endanger disks; play safe, play horizontally" would give you the impression that using your Xbox 360 vertically could damage your games. The original report of this happening (posted on 1up.com on 360 release day) was caused by the user purposely tipping the 360 while it was running so he could see the lights change on the front (the 360 auto detects its orientation and adjusts the player lights accordingly). That one post sparked a world of rumor. The above article is a result of that rumor mill. Please read the article starting with the headling. As you read on it is made clear that the danger is in tipping the 360 over while it's running causing a spinning disk (which is already wobbling) to gyroscopically pull itself off the spindle and crash into the lens and the other interal part of the drive. This would scratch the disk beyond repair. So, in fact, the 360 won't hurt your disk unless you set it one the floor and somebody trips over it or some thing stupid like that. What's important is that the 360 alone cannot hurt the disk. It must be subject to some outside force. It's pretty hard to say it's a microsoft design flaw in the 360 when the exact same problem exists in every cd or dvd drive ever made that wasn't an automotive slot load drive. People want to know something about everything so they listen to all these damned rumors about the 360 and having had one for nearly a month and having researched all the romors I have heard thoroughly and repeatedly I can clearly, honestly, and factually state that all the rumors about xbox 360 failures and disk damage are bull shit. There are isolated and annecdotal cases but they are not representative of any significant percentage of 360 owners. So let's be clear. Having your xbox 360 vertical will not harm your games. Changing the orientation of your 360 from vertical or horizontal or vice versa while a disk inside is spinning is, however, likely to damage your game quite a bit. Since the 360's orientation is easier to accidently alter when it is vertical (it's center of gravity is higher and the footprint is smaller making the angle needed to push the center of gravity over the edge of the footprint much shallower) people think you shouldn't have your 360 vertical. To me that means that you shouldn't put your $400 game console somewhere stupid where it could be accidently knocked over. Especially since laying the 360 down horizontal does restrict the airflow to two of the intake vents and could slow down the flow of fresh, cool air to the cooling system. Also, just in case you are someone who tends to believe rumors and are unaware... Every mass forward email you've recieved from everyone ever was bullshit. Even if it contained an element of truth like 3 steps to help you diagnose a stroke please be aware that, in order to fool dumb people into believing more strongly, other false claims will be made. The irony of this is that dumb people don't care about proof (war in Iraq, people! where are the WMDs?) so any proof included only serves to tip off the any critical thinker. If you have ever forwarded a mass email forward to me my official policy is I hate you.
posted by Unknown at 7:45 AM
6 Comments:
Keep it vertical just put a series of trusses in place to make sure that it can't tip over!!!!!
there are companies that are selling vertical stands that hold it verical with a wide base so it can't tip and also allow for game storage but that kinda defeats the point of it being vertical if you increase the footprint to make it more stable.
You hate me?
Officially, yes.
Here's an excellent comment from the linked article.
10. Posted Nov 27, 2005, 2:54 PM ET by Art Guy
I was playing my GameCube and got mad and shook it violently and the Cube ruined my disc. My PS2 stopped working after I tried using it in the bathtub, and my Xbox hard drive went out after I started storing my industrial magnets on top of it.
They really need to make these things better.
its really not got anything to do with vertical or horizontal, if the components are faulty, ie, teh dvd drives vibration causes the lens to slowly loosen and eventually stick out and destroy your disks, ie, the ps2, then this will be a problem. I for one, just based on past experience with vertical, front loading dvd players, will never place mine vertically. Its no coincedence that when sony redesigned the ps2, they made it top loading insted of front loading.
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