Okay, so you made me suffer Windows for many years, but now you've just completely ripped me off.
I bought my Xbox 360 sometime back in October, I think, but today I saw the beautiful three red lights, also known as the "ring of death". It wasn't very spectacular, but it has rendered my 360 almost useless. I have no idea what caused the problem, as I was happily growing Pinatas at the time. After I restarted the console, everything seemed fine, except for the fact that the controller wouldn't connect. Another restart solved this, but I noticed that the picture was very grainy. It certainly wasn't as it should be, but I carried on, hoping that the problem would fix itself. I also noticed that I wasn't connected to Xbox Live anymore, and when I tried to reconnect, it said that there was a network error. Thinking that it might be a problem with my netowork, and not the 360, I tested out PSN. That was fine. I decided to leave it for a while, but when I turned it on a few hours later, the controller wouldn't connect again and the picture quality was somewhat worse. At this point, I'd had enough, and I boxed it all back up again. I still have the receipt and I plan on returning it tomorrow. I doubt I shall be getting another, although obviously this isn't an easy decision, since I've spent a lot of money getting online and of course on the games. Frankly though, I'd rather have the money for the console. I don't want another poorly made console that might brake again, and I certainly don't want to buy any more games for a console like that. I may keep the games I have nevertheless, as trade in prices are terrible, and this also means that I still have the choice of returned to the 360... or the Elite, which is a more likely possibility. Anyway, I should never have left Sony, and I'll certainly be supporting the PS3 fully from now on.
On a more positive note, I watched two Bluray movies over the past two days, and I was impressed. The movies I watched were S.W.A.T. and Casino Royale. I enjoyed the first one quite a lot, but I wasn't amazed by the latter. I can't say I liked the new Bond that much and the story seemed to go nowhere. But, it was still nice to watch, even if I was just staring at the pretty pixels. Just so you know, I ended up getting a new one through the warranty. I needed to play those games. >_>