Succesfull Bid

I have been trying to get an Xbox off Ebay for the last day or so, since I managed to put XBMC on one for my dad. It took all of about 10 minutes to modify it to enable me to do this. When I first did it 5 years ago or however long ago it was it took me hours. I had to hex edit files and risked bricking my new Xbox but now its very simple.

I wanted a second one for my bedroom but have been reluctant to buy one until I first did the one for my dad. It lets me stream my films, music and recorded TV to my TV. This is what I already do in my living room but wanted to be able to do the same in the bedroom.

Val recommended I try using AuctionSniper to bid on Ebay. It let me add a load of different Xbox's in and set my bid limit for each. Then it would bid in the last few seconds of an auction, as long as it didn't go over my limit. It would only bid on an Xbox if I hadn't already won one. I tried yesterday but they all went for more than I was willing to pay, so last night I added loads in and left it. This afternoon finally it got me one for £41 plus £10 postage costs. I got the Xbox, a controller, DVD remote and 7 games :-)

I haven't had an aerial plugged into my TV for a couple of months since I hooked my TV Recorder card up. So now I will be able to watch TV as I record it from Bed and watch any films I fancy :-)