I figure we all have had more than enough time to get used to the new year and our new gear (Christmas gifts, swag whatever you call it.) We here at TechGuys want to start off the first lesson plan of 2012 with the Xbox 360 kinect video chat app. I am sure you have your holiday Kinect bundle all set up and need to connect with friends and family that you haven’t seen since last year or at least since December 26th – 31st of 2011. Well we wanted to show of one off the little known features about the kinect.
First of all make sure you have the Xbox 360 and kinect set up correctly and connected to either your wired or wireless network. Next you need to set up your Xbox Live subscription. If you were lucky you were able to get either a 1 or 3 month subscription free with your bundle if not you will need to buy your subscription either online through your Xbox or by buying a prepaid card in the amount of either 1, 3, 6, or 12 month subscriptions. The typical pricing is about $4.99 a month for one carrier/user but you can get the family pack that is pretty much 4 one year subscriptions at $8.33 a month, for 4 carriers. Microsoft runs different sales so check often it may be cheaper online. I managed to get my one year subscription for $39.99, which is about $3.33 a month.
Now the fun begins. Create a profile, sign in and find a friend with the Xbox 360 and kinect (they must have the kinect to do video chat) to connect with. Go to video kinect and instantly you are connected with your kinect. There are also some cool settings to have fun. If you press either of the trigger buttons (RTor LT) on the controller you will cycle through the settings. Please comment and let us know if we need to do any further explanations or a video to help you set up your system. Otherwise enjoy some of the pics we have posted from our video chat! 
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