Being a Dual 360 Household.

Today I became known as a "dual 360 household". By virtue of a friend I obtained a second Xbox 360 which now resides upstairs on an SD TV. At one point awhile back I had purchased a second original Xbox and a copy of the Media Center DVD to use it as a Media Center Extender but for some reason it stopped working and I did without. Then I bought a 360 and since then the media capabilities of the system have grown, and it became apparent. I needed my upstairs media center back.

Quite some time ago there used to be talk of how game consoles would become these entertainment boxes for the living room, it just never seemed like a good idea. Yet that time has come and guess what it is a good idea. Its also the main reason for that second 360, heck it may never even see a game spin in its drive. Actually I shouldn't say that, but maybe at least not until my son is old enough to be able to play games. Right now its going to do a lot of streaming video, audio, pictures and DVD playing.

My only hope is that my wife will get used to it enough to use it when I'm not around. I've spent a lot of time prepping all the kids movies to make it easy to pull up a video at any time (and for good measure I've added all her favorites as well).

In any case its a testament to the product and what it can do, the 360 has not always had the most heralded reputation but even after mine did get the dreaded RROR a while back its still probably the only piece of technology that not only am I willing to start using it again, but adding a second as well. Here's hoping for a long period of good use!