Friday, March 30, 2012

OK...I'm sorry Microsoft...

...after finally getting the power cord to get the Kinect to work on my old Xbox 360, I am now loving the Kinect...It's really fun and I have to swallow my irritation over having to get a cord...

good stuff... 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Thanks for nothing Microsoft...and Korea Postal Service...

On Feb 25, I broke down and bought a Kinect for my Xbox 360. I used the "I'll use it to exercise" excuse to justify the 200,000 won ($170) price I paid for it.

But like all things, there's a catch. The Kinect will work right out of the box with a new slim Xbox, but not with an older model. You need a power adapter to get it to work with the older models.

If I was back in the USA, this would not be an issue. I would of just gone to Gamestop or at the least just ordered it from Amazon. A 4 day wait, at worst. But I'm not  in the USA. I'm here in Korea and I figure trying to find a small specific power plug for an device not super popular here would be an issue. So I went online to Ebay. On Feb 27, I ordered the plug from a seller in Hong Kong. The seller rating was acceptable and the price was right so lets see what happens I thought...that was Feb 27...

The shipper mailed out on Mar 2. It arrived at the local postal facility here in Korea on the 13th. It was finally delivered today...2 weeks later...I accept the fact that since I gave my address in English caused the delay...but 2 weeks...DAMN dude...



So a month later I finally get to use this thing tonight....better work and not suck...