Star Wars DVD Changes XBox Dashboard

Megaphoneman writes "Apparently the new Star Wars Trilogy DVD set will automatically change your dashboard appearance if played on an XBox...without asking the user first!"

Modding

[DJayC]

Hopefully this will have a positive impact in the world of XBox modding. It would be nice to be able to run unsigned binaries without modding my xbox. There are a lot of useful homebrew applications out there. It's interesting that there's no notification that the disc will update your dashboard...

Dreamcast anyone?

[LordJezo]

Yeah, maybe this will open up a whole new world of ways to run things, much like the Dreamcast was eventually able to run unsigned code with out a seperate loader cd!

Re:Modding

[wolfmanXUG]

I find that its reported to not give any notification that it is updating the dashboard to be something that I do not like. I havea feeling that it is "signed" which would enable it to run on the Xbox.

Re:Modding

[DJayC]

Yes, assuming it is "signed", maybe this will shed a little light on how exactly something is considered "signed". The point the article makes is that it loads an image much the same way a modded xbox loads a harddrive image. Perhaps there is something slightly different going on here.. since it's on a video DVD (an abnormal XBOX structured disc), this may count out the physical structure of the disc as part of the "signing" process. This might lead to new discoverys, and at least count out certain things.

It may not be a huge turn of events, but I really think this will prove to give those of us interested in XBOX modding a little more information.. every little bit helps!

Re:Modding

[wolfmanXUG]

yes mych like finding another peice of a puzzle. I had always thought that it was games that had to be "signed" in order to run, though clearly this is not the case.

Microsoft...

[WormholeFiend]

Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny...

Quit Whining.

[SansTinfoilHat]

That's how Bill originally intended the dashboard to be. They just didn't have the technology in 2001.

And do you know why?

[grm_wnr]

...because it will make sure that in ANY game EVER, the bad guy always shoots first.

this makes me wonder....

[rubberbando]

if it will auto install stuff on a windows PC as well?

Oh George..

[Taulin]

George not only wants to change Star Wars with new graphics, but he wants to change everything else too.

Thus meaning

[netvoid]

Star Wars DVD shoots first!

Dashboard

[cL0h]

It can change my dashboard just by playing on an XBox.
I have a japanese import. Is it compatible? Does the XBox have to be in the car?

Re:Dashboard

[forged]

Fortunately you may get a fresh, Ms-certified, Live dashboard right from the source [66.90.75.92] (for people wondering: torrent link to SlaYers EvoX Auto-Installer v2.6 FINAL, the über-installation disc for modded xboxes).

thanks george, it was looking shabby

[DrSkwid]

I, for one, welcome our new Lucasian overlords. :)

Cooperation with Microsoft

[csplinter]

I wonder what microsoft thinks about this?

changes

[laard]

This is kinda like how George changed star wars without asking the fans first

Re:changes

[Romeozulu]

George doesn't have to "ask the fans", it's his freaking movie, not yours, he can do anything he wants with it. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

Re:changes

[real_smiff]

alright, so George has pissed all over your childhood memories. but does he have to ask you before changing your xbox dashboard?

Re:changes

[GeckoX]

Nobody is suggesting it isn't within his rights.
Everyone knows however that it's fucking ignorant and nobody likes it.

End result? Pissed off EX fans and lost customers.

Ever heard this saying?
You can be right, and you can be dead right.

Re:changes

[Dizzle]

Oh come on. Unless it affects you in some serious fashion other than "stomped" childhood memories (I'm assuming it isn't.) then just let him. Besides, that's not what the major issue is. The DVD is modifying something without your permission.

Although something tells me Lucas wasn't the one behind this snafu.

Re:changes

[HTH NE1]

it's his freaking movie, not yours

Only for the "limited" time granted by copyright. All works must fall out of their creator's hands and into the public domain. Even Lucas'.

Planning to deny the public domain of published works should result in forfeiture of copyright over those works.

Re:changes

[dacarr]

Oh, quit whining about that, it's his baby!

Re:changes

[KDR_11k]

Yeah, that Laard guy is probably one of those pro-life freaks! Give Lucas a choice!

(note that this is not meant to be a political statement)

Re:changes

[Karma Farmer]

Hey! Quit your whining It's not like he quit distributing copies of the original Star Wars. That's the point of copyright law, after all. Remember that copyright is built into the US Constitution for a reason:

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

Everyone knows that if he just stopped making copies of the original available, he wouldn't be promoting the progress of science

Re:changes

[andyt]

Everyone knows that if he just stopped making copies of the original available, he wouldn't be promoting the progress of science or useful arts, and he would lose his copyright on it.

*blink*
waitasecond here....

does this mean that, since Lucas has publically stated on many occasions that he will never release the original movies again (only the Special Editions which are demonstrably not the same), then at some point in the (far, far) future, he will lose the copyright on Star Wars and it will enter the p

Re:changes

[Karma Farmer]

No. You see, I was being sarcastic. Copyright and Patent law has reached the stage where it is used to retard the arts and sciences, not promote it as was originally intended.

I honestly believe that if the owner refuses to distribute a work, they should lose the exclusive rights to that work. You're not going to find too many people who agree with me, though. Certainly not lawmakers or judges, anyhow.

Re:changes

[bonkedproducer]

Sarcasm [reference.com] , consider looking it up sometime. I think you'll be impressed.

Puhlease...

[Anonymous Coward]

... the Dashboard was only modified to prompt you for playing the Battlefront demo or playing the DVD content. You won't see the prompt without the DVD adapter plugged in to your Xbox.

This wasn't part of the deal!

[Talondel]

I have altered the dashboard, pray I don't alter it any further.

Re:This wasn't part of the deal!

[kcorporation]

Yeah, it's his xbox after all. He can change it all he wants ;-)

Re:I don't care

[Bachus9000]

I think you meant to say something else...Perhaps something like, "I don't have an Xbox, you insensitive clod!"

I had to, I'm sorry. This is /., after all...

Re:I don't care

[tsa]

Maybe then I would not have gotten a -2: Troll moderation. I know it was a lame joke but I'm surprised how lame people find it :-)

Re:I don't care

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, and surprisingly enough, if you post in a NASA story with "I don't care, I'm not an astronaut :-)" you won't get any fucking points for that one either. Because, hard as you may find it to believe, no one gives a tin shit if you own an X-Box or not. If you have nothing relevant to say, be prepared to get modded -1, Fucking Meaningless.

If you want to be modded funny, say something funny, you toe-tapping burgermeister.

obligatory jar-jar:

[Anonymous Coward]

"how wuuude"

And?....

[Anonymous Coward]

Plenty of Xbox games do this. Welcome to last year, fellas.

It's better than that damn paperclip

[chia_monkey]

"It looks like you're trying to watch a DVD. Would you like to change your dashboard?"

Reminds me of Dreamcast Shadowman

[JRootabega]

Reminds me of how Shadowman for Dreamcast semi-permanently changed your VMU icon to the teddy bear.

Re:Reminds me of Dreamcast Shadowman

[Psykechan]

...or all of Capcom's first gen DC games.

Yeah, I really want my icon changed to your stupid logo.

Looked like it was just a dashboard update

[dreamquick]

I bought the DVD set the other day, when I went to check out the demo it did indeed update itself with no prompts...

However looking at the end results it appears that all that the changes relate to xbox-live (ie it's now on my dashboard, it wasnt before) so I'm assuming that either something about the demo required a element of the updated xbox live package, or that MS cut a deal to get the xbox dashboard update pushed out.