Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Xbox 360 Wireless Bridge (Required For Wireless Online/Live Play)

	List Price: £59.99 Our Price: £44.99 Your Save: £ 0.00 ( % ) Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: Video Game Brand: Microsoft EAN: 5245237852748 Label: Microsoft Manufacturer: Microsoft Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox 360 Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 2005-12-02 Studio: Microsoft
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Wireless bridge- costly, but reliable and worth it. Comment: How much of a hit this product will be with you depends on how simple you find it to set your console up to your network.It took me weeks. However, it took me weeks with a D-Link router, to work with with this bridge, and it never worked properly, but it took minutes to set it up with a netgear router. Since then it has worked fine, and opened up X-box live to me. Get it if: You can't really get wired You are good with computers and networks or know someone who is You have a good router ( i recommend Netgear ADSL2) ((( I rated this products fun on xbox lives fun, and i took a star off for price and how long it took me to set it up. Customer Rating: Summary: Totally unreliable Comment: Well, I would have to agree with pretty much all the previous reviews, the positive ones mention all the good points and the negative ones mention pretty much all the problems I've found. On the plus side the adaptor is very easy to set up, and at times it works perfectly. Unfortunately the majority of the time it lags like mad and becomes totally unusable. There doesn't seem to be any reason why it switches between the two, making it extra frustrating. Overpriced to start with, it's just not worth the money. Update: Here is something you might like to know. If you own a laptop with wireless internet you can actually use this to connect your xbox to the internet! Just set your laptop to allow shared connections and run an ethernet cable between the laptop and the xbox. I didn't realise you could do this but it works perfectly, no lag, no random crashes, it only ever goes wrong when there is a problem with my network! I can't believe microsoft are flogging this adaptor when all you need is the cable that comes with your xbox. I'm assuming if you have a wireless network most of you will have a wireless capable computer so for most of you this is £60 totally wasted! Customer Rating: Summary: exactly what it says on the tin Comment: it seems a shame that microsoft feels the need to squeeze every last penny out of us, i dont belive the ps3 needs one of these things, but this bridge is good, very simple to use just plug it in the back and it even clips onto your xbox. it certainly saves having a thick black wire trailing through your house. This bridge is as good as your wireless...i can pick up 6 differnt wireless networks from my room: two of which is guessed the password for :) in my opinion this could be abit cheaper but there is no point shopping around cuz this is the going rate (even after 3 years!) Customer Rating: Summary: The cheek of it Comment: The only reason that i do not have xbox live is because of the stupidly high price that i would have to pay to get it. £55 for this and then £40 for xbox live subscription is an absolute joke. I also own a wii on the other hand, and online play is instantly at your finger tips. A built in wireless adaptor that found my internet connection within about 10 seconds and then free online play with no subscriptions. Free online play is also avalible for the PS3 aswell so i don't understand how microsoft are getting way with charging £100. For this product itself, my friend has one and it was fairly easy to set up so there aren't really any problems with it but you can buy a wireless adaptor for £30-£40 that does the eact same job for almost half the price. These are more differcult to set up though so i'd have a friend or relative handy who's good with computers if i took that route. Customer Rating: Summary: Rubbish!! Comment: I bought this and all it does is pick up a weak signal and drop the connection every few minutes. You can buy an ethernet cable from solwise that has a mains plug tht you plug into a socket near your router. You then plug the other end into a power cocket up stairs. An hey presto wireless internet tht plugs into the ethernet port so no loss in signal n no chance of connection loss. Search amazon for solwise power supply ethernet that what i did and i nerver looked back. Ther are sum cheaper alternative but all of whic are cheaper than this and they work better. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Take Designed for versatility and ease, the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter enhances your Xbox 360 experience in the digital home, seamlessly synchronizing with the Xbox 360 system. You can easily transfer videos and music to your Xbox 360 system from your Media Center PC, chat with you friends, play games via Xbox Live, and more - all without the clutter of wireless.