Xbox 360 Elite Console 120GB with 2 Bonus Games
| Xbox 360 sets a new pace for digital entertainment. More than just a cutting-edge game system, Xbox 360 also integrates high-definition video, DVD movie playback, digital music, photos, and online connectivity into one sleek, small tower.
Under the Hood
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| Xbox 360, shown with wireless controller, is a sleek, customizable gaming and entertainment system |
Xbox 360 is much smaller than its predecessor–it measures approximately 3.3 by 12.2 by 10.2 inches and weighs 7.7 lbs. It’s powered by custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU with three symmetrical cores each running at 3.2 GHz. It also carries a custom ATI graphics processor 10 MB of embedded DRAM. This is powerful enough to draw 500 million triangles per second. In other words, it makes for great looking games in standard TV definition, and even better thanks to built-in support for HDTV 1080i televisions. It also supports the widescreen 16:9 format.
The unit has a 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM drive, which plays both the game media and progressive-scan DVD movies right out of the box. For game-save and media storage this console package includes a 120GB hard drive. Along with storing files, the hard drive will make the Xbox 360 backward-compatible with part of the existing Xbox game library.
Control your Gameplay
Xbox 360 uses a refined button layout for its controllers. Back and Start buttons sit at the center of the controller and between them is a new Xbox Guide button, which instantly takes the user to the Xbox 360 user interface. From there, they can check for friends online, access personal digital content like photos and songs, and more. The black and white buttons of the first Xbox controllers have been replaced with new shoulder buttons placed above the left and right triggers. Xbox 360 can accommodate up to four wireless controllers and has three USB 2.0 slots to use for wired controllers or for streaming your digital media from digital cameras, MP3 players, and any Windows XP-based PC. Microsoft has also created a video-conferencing camera, sold separately, that will work with the system.
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| Xbox 360 shown with the ultimate gaming package |
The Media Experience
All Xbox 360 titles can be played in either standard or high-definition resolution in 16:9 widescreen, with anti-aliasing for smoother graphics. Game designers will be able to take advantage of the system’s multi-channel surround sound. The Xbox 360’s digital media allows users to supplement any game’s music from tracks in their own personal library.
Go Live
A built-in Ethernet port allows users to connect their system to a broadband connection for access to the new Xbox Live Silver. The included service lets anyone create a Gamertag and gamer card to express your online identity, chat live with voice chat, and connect to the Xbox Live Marketplace to buy expansions, maps, and other digital items for your games. The subscription service Xbox Live Gold adds to that online competition, game stats, and video chat/messaging. The separately sold wireless adapter supports the common 802.11a, -b, and -g standards.
What’s in the Box?
- Xbox 360 Elite console (black)
- 120GB hard drive
- Wireless Controller (black)
- Xbox Live Headset (black)
- HDMI port
- HDMI cable
- Xbox Live Silver membership
- One-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold
- LEGO Indiana Jones Game
- Kung Fu Panda Game
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User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Stuck with these clowns…
Well I just got a e74 error. This will be my second 360. I had 100s of hours of Fallout, and Oblivion, and many other games that are now do-overs, if I can even work up the strength to go though this again.
Seriously, if this were a car made by Microsoft, you’d be hearing about the brakes failing and still they would keep pumping out the same mistake. What gives here? This company should be driven out of business for these kinds of hack design flaws. How can they keep putting out the same problems all these years later.
Next machine….I may skip you Microsoft. I won’t forget this.
5 Stars People create way to much melodrama, this is a great system.
Well i must clarify that i have both PS3(80gig) and the Elite, both are great in there own ways. I mainly have the PS3 for its exclusive titles like, Reisitance, Killzone 2, Little Big Planet, Motorstorms, and Drakes Fortunes. And yes also its the best blu ray player on the planet no doubt. I use the elite as the hardcore gaming system mainly because i just bout a VIZIO 37′ LCD TV at walmart with full 1080P for only 578 dollars and it ROCKS!! The xbox is a far superior gaming system mainly because all the games support full 1080P resolution and the graphics cards 3D rendering is much better along with a few other perks. I love this PS3 and its interface and also all the features that it has, with storing music, photos, internet explorer etc. But as a whole its just not as good for the 3rd party games being that 85% YES that many games only support 720p and occasinally 1080i which to me is crap. Never the less the PS3 games that do support it look great.
So if you want the ultimate gaming system thats more reliable than the pro or arcade edition spend the extra money and get this, its great. Don’t listen to the idiots who say ohh this thing will catch on fire(yes someone really told me that)oh yeah i remember on CNN a young boys house burnt to the ground not from brush fires but from playing his xbox 360 for to long, come on GET REAL!. Well if you dont venilate it properly and have papers shoved up against the back it won’t catch fire but may burn up your system, uhh yeah thats just common sense. Plus i’ve owned a few xboxs then lost time to play them and not ONCE did i ever have a red ring of death or any other problems, so guess i got lucky. I think most people just dont take care of the system. Matter a fact i have a friend who has one of the first xboxs from 2005 and it has been drop kicked, knocked over, stepped on, sat on, fluid spilt in it anything you can thing of and still works great! So dont listen to all the negative hype, most of it is just people wanting attention, with the occasional REAL problem here and there. Get it play it enjoy it, i do.
PS-the ps3 is great its just more of a do it all device not a great overall gaming system, although definitely has its perks.:D
5 Stars Awsome game system
No complaints so far about my new Xbox 360 elite. I like the black color and setup is easy and intuitive. Loads of great games to play and so much fun to play on my 46″ 1080P High Def.
I really would have preferred different games that came with it but it gave me something for the youngsters to play on the system.
5 Stars x-box 360 elite from gaming closet
great product, great service from gaming closet – quick, well-packaged, courteous, very accommodating and secure Company with which to do business.
1 Star WARNING
Before you buy it do a search on the “Red Ring of Death” (RRoD), Or just anything about “flashing red lights” and “xbox 360″. They should put a warning in their ads or something. I got the RRoD, I know a few people who got the RRoD, and I don’t really know too many people with an xbox 360. Based on that and just all the other people an internet search will show have gotten the problem, makes it seem to me like a common problem. Basically if you see those lights there’s something wrong with your system and you can’t play it. Sure there is a 3yr warranty to fix it, from what I understand only for the 3 red lights. Only 1yr for the 2 red lights, supposed ‘overheating’ fault, which I eventually got during a 10min game session and continue to get every once in a while. Even still with the warranty you have to send your system in to get it repaired or replaced with a refurbished system, which takes about a month to get resolved. It’s pretty annoying paying so much for a system and not being able to play it. The problem is common enough I’m not putting any more money into their system. All I’m trying to do is warn you of something I didn’t know, other than that the quality of it’s games is fine. Same old same old, just flashier graphics, as expected. I’m just frustrated with Xbox and I’m going to try and not spend any more money on Xbox and save up to get a PS3. If you’re looking for something new and original get a wii, other than that for graphics and more mature games get PS3. Anyways I just think people should know the risks they’re taking, maybe by now the problem has been addressed with a better answer than a warranty extension, but I’m just telling you my experience.
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