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| From: Microsoft
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $360.00
You Save: $39.99 (10%)
New (33) Used (10) from $334.36
Rating:  219 reviews
Sales Rank: 225
Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game
Edition: Elite 120 GB
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Graphics RAM: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 17
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 7.3 x 11.5
MPN: B4J-00122
Model: 360 Elite System
UPC: 882224390118
EAN: 0882224390118
ASIN: B000OYMSL6
Release Date: April 29, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 poor manufactured quality June 11, 2007
J. Kim (Chicago, IL United States)
24 out of 56 found this review helpful
After much soul searching and research, I finally decided to get the Xbox 360 Elite based on its library of games, present and near-future.
Unfortunately, the hardware is a piece of junk. First off, the unit is noisy as all hell, and after just a few minutes, the console and monster power supply get extremely hot. Finally, right out of the box, the unit didn't work! I had to send it back.
Do some internet searches regarding failed Xbox units (especially the three red rings problem), and you will find a surprising number of people with problems with their consoles. Most have to send their units back to be repaired. There are some people who are even on their fourth or fifth units!
YOU MUST BUY THE "OPTIONAL" EXTENDED WARRANTY IF YOU GET THIS! Keep this in mind if you are using price to determine which console to get.
I returned it for a full refund and got the PS3 instead. Not as many good games, but overall I am very satisfied with it.
Realizing potential April 23, 2007
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
23 out of 43 found this review helpful
When Microsoft pumped out the XBox 360 in 2005, I looked at it with hesitation. Was it too much too soon? How long would it take Sony to reclaim the top spot with the PS3? Well, it's 2007 now, and in that span of time, things have changed. Though it's launch library hardly did the console justice, the XBox 360 is a marvelous machine, and now, there is a steady stream of excellent games coming out for the system that really make it worth buying over competing consoles. Not to mention that XBox Live can't be beat, and the XBox Live Arcade (which just added the masterpiece that is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, as well as the excellent Alien Hominid HD) service is spectacular as well. Microsoft is also (thankfully) expanding the backwards compatability with old XBox games, much to fans' delight. The only downside to the XBox 360 are the technical issues that many have reported with the system. The "three rings of death" are real, but hopefully that will be something Microsoft can correct with the next line of systems. This XBox 360 Elite console comes with a much larger hard drive, which automatically makes it worth owning if you don't already own a 360. More and more, the 360 is realizing it's potential, and with Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto IV on the horizon (along with one time Sony exclusives making their way onto the system as well like the new Devil May Cry), the future of the 360 is looking brighter and brighter every day. Below is a list of games that are essentials to your 360 library:
Gears of War
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2
Crackdown
Call of Duty 2 & 3
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Project Gotham 3
Dead Rising
Burnout Revenge
Fight Night Round 3
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
XBOX 360 Elite is a good buy if you want HDMI May 2, 2007
D. Thorkelson (Ohio)
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
This review is to review the focuses differences that are not on a "standard" XBOX 360 and the Elite, and rate the system as a new purchase, not an upgrade or replacement to your current XBOX 360, but overall.
When the Elite was announced, the biggest thing that made this different than the other two versions: the HDMI output. When you play and use this, you will see it's not a new console. Almost everything about the Xbox 360 in white stands true for the Elite: It theoretically doesn't run cooler, or quieter, or faster, and you've already know that it is black.
Don't let the black paint job distract you; the only thing you need to ask is if it improves the video quality and after many reviews and hours using this machine, the XBox Elite's HDMI output is the pretty darn good, and the 120GB hard drive upgrade is nice for all that downloadable content that you have been picking up on th market place.
Should you buy it?
Gamers who have an Xbox 360? No!
Videophiles looking for an HD DVD player? No!
Videophiles looking to get into the Xbox Live video marketplace? Yes, but know that this thing is still loud.
Guys like me who are gamers and video geeks? Ya, this is for you. The fact that all that video and audio is being piped through a single HDMI cable is a bonus. I swear it's a touch cooler and quieter, and I could want it to be such, but reports say it is not.
When running the HD DVD player, using Tokyo Drift and the newly minted HQV Silicon Optics test disc--the rigorous test disc benchmarks showed the same flaws on both the HDMI and Component outputs. Jaggies That means the video processor between the older and newer Xbox is likely identical, or of identical quality. That's the processor, though. This isn't a high-end HD DVD player. As for the outputs and what I saw with my own eyes and confirmed with my camera. The HDMI's slightly better shadow detail showed itself. That detail might be lost on a lesser TV or the untrained eye. But remember that the component cables are limited to 1080i. So HDMI wins at full 1080p with no compromises, but with VGA cables you have a draw.
Playing games, Command and Conquer and Virtua Tennis yielded no differences between the 1080p signals of all three cables--except the strange washed out colors that the VGA cables sometimes show (GRAW and Gears of War, for starters). The HDMI again has that shadow detail boost that comes up over and over again. HDMI wins for a better picture, even though all cables do the 1080p dance with games.
Final Verdict:
It runs HDMI 1.2 (not 1.3 - the newest version), has the 90mm chip still, and only runs 5.1 Dolby still (no 7.1 yet), but with the larger hard drive, HDMI, and sleek styling, the 360 Elite is worth getting if you are just now entering the high definition video game market.
 Sony fan boys are hating! April 1, 2007
Joel A. Martinez
21 out of 52 found this review helpful
im sure that all the bad reviews that this console is recieving are from PS3 fanboys...The fact is they revolted when they heard Devil May Cry is coming to 360 and now this...an 80 dollar difference is nothing...an HDMI cable can cost 80 dollars alone!! And you're getting one here not to mention an extra 100 GB. so i think its a great deal. i have a 360. but its useless with my 1080p hdtv...that will change now...so i dont mind paying for a new console with all those goodies. bottom line is u are paying 80 more for...and HDMI cable, 100 gbs more space to save games, a cool black color, file transfer cable, and a guarunteed latest generation model. trade in your old console if u like and you'll get all this for even less. when u do the math its a great move on Microsofts part..and on those that are thinking of purchasing...
From a MICROSOFT FAN BOY!
Yankstah
DO NOT BUY July 24, 2007
D. Davidson (Florida)
21 out of 117 found this review helpful
This is my 1st review and a warning to others, I just recieved my 360 elite, and was suppost to be from Amazon ,I am a prime member and was expecting a New product withing the 2 days. What i recieved was a tatty box which was ripped , inside was ripped packaging, including an empty bag where im guesing the controller or headset used to be as i was missing both along with the hard drive , DO NOT BUY
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