t3chnomancer that would kick ass

that would be cool . but lets get back to ProjectDeck talk since this is what thread we are in lol

whoops double post... hate when this happens click it once and poof 2 appear

That would be hard. The laptop would be like 10 inches thick
You'd have to also fit the Xbox to VGA system in there, and put LCD screens in there. Not to cast a dark light on your idea, it's kick ass. I'm just sayin, it'd be REALLY hard and REALLY expensive to do.

just another update on where my render is at...
note the dimensions. only 2.75in tall!






still missing controller ports, power/eject button and fan(s).

I'm thinking about vents in the front and flow-through cooling. 2 60mm fans should be more than enough. all the drives screw into the outer case (which would hopefully be made of metal.) and should be pretty strong.

edit: as a mod stated earlier, I know this design becomes property of xbox-scene / project deck because I posted it here. no problems though, you guys are welcome to use it or any parts of it if you find it useful.

I think that if we made this out of brushed aluminum it could be done pretty easily, and relatively cheaply. I love the simple look that the aluminum gives a case while keeping the ability for the case to keep a very professional look. Also, it would bring the possibilty of anodizing the case to create different colours.

anodized alluminum is pretty cool, not sure how difficult it is to do.
a steel case would definately be cheaper, but I'd pay maybe $15 more to have it made of brushed or anodized alluminum... not much more than that though, I want this to end up being cheap

drleephd, that's a great design. I like it, very short, like a DVD Player. That design kicks ass!

you guys here dont need to worry about going all the way with the cad designs... if you have a good idea for a layout or add-on that you'd like to contribute or just want to cheer us on please go ahead but you needn't worry yourselves with the details, we've been progressing forward at a steady pace, and have a whole lot of good ideas lined up.

we have some top notch case layouts and vona and I have been working on some crazy electrical stuff lined up, definilty stuff you haven't seen before and definilty stuff, (if the survey results were any indication) that you'll all like/want/use **

we're currently working on designing 2 cases actually. the first one will probably be smaller (housing 1dvd and 2hdd, the most common configuration from the survey), very VERY modable, and hopefully reasonably priced. we're working on getting this one out the door as quickly as possible. after that we'll be consentrating on getting some of the electrical stuff out. and then we'll be working on getting our a larger (2DVD 4HDD) case that will be a little more expensive but very expandable, probably not much in the way of visual mods but that case will definilty offer much in the way of internal expandability.

now when I say soon I mean in a month or two... the project time table is for august, there's always a whisper of a chance none of this ever happens but we're all doing our best to make sure it does happen and when it does it's done f*ckin proper

you'll have a little more insight once we have a solid direction for all of this stuff.

**note: trying not to sound too much like a modchip enticement post
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I just got sketchup and am still kinda learning it so it's no trouble making my cad designs (pretty fun really). but I'm still waiting anxiously to hear more about the final product. it should be awesome.

bump for encouragement

hows the project comming along?

just another idea, because it sounds like you guys dont want the controler wires in the way is....


you could have all the ports wireless, so you would for example buy a witeless controler and hide the thing inside the box...

i think that would be cool, and you can have the power rin off the system


let me know what u think

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man i have come up with a very CAD designs justsomething i have done previous and what not and that last one is very very nice

the lcd screen should be replaceable., for the people that wont use one

I like drleephd's design.

Hey HSDEMONZ, how's that headset holding together? (I'm ZERO on RS3)

Bump cause I'm Cool



And for the team!

Just a scrappy newb here, but is there any way to mod a dvd drive so it would load a dvd like a car audio cd player, you know, just a slot, no tray opening and closing?

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Of coarse.
I just keep picturing a slot on all the deck designs.
Forgot to add,
for easy on/off of case, couldn't you use those butterfly screws like the mounting plates of digital cameras and tripods?

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Or I could donate the hood pins from my GTO. J/K

Thumb screws are just about as easy as the butterfly type screws and look a lot better IMO.

if you bought one of those slot loading pioneer dvd drives and then put it in the modular bay you could have a slot loading drive

Just an Update. I'm still hoping to get a prototype cranked out within the next 2-3 weeks. This weekend has been no fun for those that have seen my terabox thread =/

To finalize the case here's what we have so far.

2 HDDs
1 DVD
1 Expansion bay (extra dvd/HDD)
xIR power functionality
Plexiglass case design (2nd will be metal/aluminum)
"touch" buttons
Theater mode (dims or turns off all lights)
and more


Other options and features will be available, including solderless video/audio panel.

Just a little update

Manufactors, if you have the ability to cut and machine plexi affordably and efficiently PM me, we have a couple shops, but we need more. Let me know if you can help!

Maybe this one is nice instead of xIR:
http://www.chiptech.de/content.php?rad_id=221
Unfortunately it's in German, I'm not good enough at it to translate it in English,
but main thing is it uses key sequenses rather then just one button (to avoid accidently shutting of the xbox) and it also operates the tray and modchips (or other configurable items)

As for the touch buttons, I found some here:
http://www.qprox.com/products/qt310_320.php
They have a lot of different ones, about $2,00. even less if you buy large quantities.

Well, hope your hand gets better soon!

heh thanks mattie but we're making our own IR device similar to the xir and the one you linked but with some ther cool stuff... normally we'd just say buy the stuff that already exists, we arn't trying to re-invent anything thats out there, we're trying to fill a gap in the market. so the reason we're making our own IR device is the ones currently available were missing a lot of the functionality/customizability that we'd like in our case.

as for the touch buttons yeah we're actuallying using one of the ICs available on that site but people who buy this wont have to worry about soldering it all together, should just be plug and play, possibly a solder option for those who want it.

for future reference if one of the team members posts something here that we're planning on doing, we've already dicussed it to DEATH in our private forum and decided they way we're going is superior to any of the other options for one reason or another.

so when we say touch buttons, we've already determined it has the right amount of function/form/price and we have how to wire it up already figured out.

are u guys going to try to make enough to sell on the market???

or what

a rudimentary use of literary techniques will yield for you a terrific wealth of information...

look further up the thread. but in case you still miss it... yes, these cases will eventually be sold

Wow, very surprised to hear that Plexi was the choice material to go with. wish there was a wy for you guys to look into the age goup of the people polled, may find that kids that cannot buy their own projectdeck are the ones that voted for this... Oh well, will wait for a better looking release if there is one, good luck either way...

I know this case will put the project out of reach for the second case release but I just found this on Xoxide.com

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This should be the inspiration

yeah we've done a lot of research into those home theater pc cases... and that's really the major reason we decided to go witht he plexi... it keeps it well with in the price range.. aluminum skyrockets the price way out of range for 95% of the people. I mean not many people are willing to pay more than the price of the xbox for an xbox case that's why the metal case is going to be our second case, we're not sure about how much we can actually make it for.

I totally understand, pricing is everything for a sucessful run of cases. Gonna buy one to put in my home office, and maybe drop my PC into it if there is room.

What is the price difference between aluminum and plexi? my hope is that you develop the aluminum case with the Idea that people who can't afford the options that you will put in it (wireless controllers,vfd etc.) will buy the riced or plexi version. A link for you http://store.yahoo.com/webtronics/etser19profr.html might help with the "better" version.

http://myhtpc.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17037 heres another one

bump

Call it 'X-celerator"


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I'll wait for the metal version

*bumped my head into a wall, ouch!*

i'm looking to put my xbox into a pc so i will we awaiting this case

We've got the layout for the first plexi case, and we're working on the front and back panels, once we get these mocked up, we'll have the first prototype cut out for us, and then pics! =)

Yay! I can't wait for Pics...

Palmore, lol you always keep us hanging!

I'll be on the lookout now for days on end, just wondering what it'll look like!

/blush I know I know, but it makes for the final moment even greater =)

I'm projecting the prototype for just the case (not including all our lil toys) will be 2-3 weeks, max. 2 weeks would be 1 week behind what I had originally planned, but we've been having so many great ideas tossed around, it's hard to focus on one lol

Anything is possible XPORT.

However.. I suspect that one of our team mebers can simply make us the cubes as opposed to buying them 3rd hand.

A detail we have not ironed out yet.