As mentioned previously I’m having some woes with my Xbox.  The main issue is video failure – audio continues fine.  This occurs with different cables and on different TV’s, so the fault is definitely with the hardware.  Unfortunately, since this isn’t the Red Ring of Death and since I’ve had the thing for about 2 and a half years, it means I have to reluctantly pay £56 to get it fixed (new ones recently only cost £99 at Sainsburys).

Not happy Microsoft.  Here’s hoping you do an absolute diamond repair job or give me a new one.

I’m gonna miss Fallout 3 launch day because of this :(

I’ll keep this post updated with how things are going.  Tomorrow I’ll be booking the UPS collection of the box.

Update: I got a replacement console on Wednesday 12th November – thats a turn around of roughly 2 weeks.  Not too shabby.  Feels good to have a new 3 year warranty on it now – then again, I did pay for it.