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 Just switched from a PS3 to an Elite May 7, 2007
John2006 (Pleasanton, CA)
15 out of 24 found this review helpful
Just eBay'd a PS3 60GB to buy my new Elite. Wanted to wait for the new .65 processor but couldn't wait.
The PS3 was a great, reliable game machine. The games had great graphics, there are just not that many of them. Plus a lot of exclusives are coming out for Xbox 360 only. I know that the graphics/power of the PS3 is better than the Xbox 360, but there were so few games I wanted that I ended up using it 24/7 for Folding at Home. I got up into the top 10% of folding donors. Nail in the coffin was that GT HD doesn't have damage (don't buy the explaination about damage being too difficult, Forza 2 has it) and Killzone 2 still doesn't have a release date.
I bought an Elite via Circuit City, no package - straight $480. Xbox Live is so much better than PS Store - difference a year makes. Bought Lost Planet and an extra white controller for my wife and have been playing non-stop. So many other games that I want Mass Effect, Forza 2, Halo 3, etc. I'm willing to go without BlueRay and extra power b/c the games are just better, for now...and I'm not willing to wait another 1 year w/$600 paper weight.
Also on my 32" Sharp LCD, couldn't tell the difference between BlueRay or upconverted Faroudja DVD's - plus DVD's are cheap/available. Matt black finish is so much better than the shiny black, hair/dust/scratch magnet of the PS3. Folding 24/7 made my PS3 look like a fan grate after several weeks with all the dust caked onto the air inlets.
The bad - Elite is still the old h/w so I opted for the $50 extended warranty from MS, first time I've ever bought an extended warranty. Don't want to deal with paying for rings of death. DVD drive sounds like a hair dryer and runs all the time w/DVD games (silent w/downloads -whoever says it's near silent must be deaf). MS has such low confidence in h/w that you need to spend $50 for extra 2 year warranty (I think this is cheaper than Circuit City's extended warranty 1/2 price). Wireless is not included? ...and it doesn't come in black.
Elite May 9, 2007
will
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
The elite system is a great deal, provided you don't already own an xbox 360. If your a new buyer, the HDMI cable and 120 GB hard drive adds up to about $200 seperatly, but this bundle sells it for only $80 more than the Premium system. And if your TV doesn't have an HDMI port, as they are relatively new, it comes with a component HD cable as well. If you already own a 360, you don't need to spend another $480, just get the bigger hard drive as an accessory.
But don't pay $600 for this. I was lucky enough to get mine from Amazon in the short time they had them in stock, instead of through another seller. It was tax free and with free shipping, so $480 is all I paid. If Amazon doesn't have it in stock when you read this, just wait a few days, it's not worth over $100 to not have to wait maybe a week tops.
 Red Ring of Death within a week. August 1, 2007
Yeong Jo (St Louis, MO USA)
15 out of 46 found this review helpful
I bought one from Amazon and got the Red Ring of Death after a week. If you really like playing Xbox only games such as Halo or Gears of War. You should get this thing from Best Buy or Circuit City with EXTENDED WARRANTY. One more thing I want to mention is that you may get some scratches on your game discs. What a crappy game console!
Best Bang for your buck April 13, 2007
Rold (Fernandina Beach, FL)
14 out of 39 found this review helpful
To the guy that said he wouldnt waste his money. Think about it dude, The premium 360 was 400 dollars. The elite is only 80 bucks more. Price it this way, a fairly decent HDMI cable is gonna run you about 40-60 bucks, and then the 120 gig hard drive. The hard drive alone is 180 dollars. So I mean, the only real thing youre paying extra for is HDMI, and the paint job. The 120G hard drive is pretty much a bonus! Being a fan of Microsoft and Sony, I own a premium 360 and a PS3. I play them both, but I play my 360 alot more. I think Gates also brought the system out just in time, as the PS3 is just starting to come out with some great game titles, people have been lusting for an HDMI capable 360 since release.
I have to agree though, since this is an Elite version, I do believe that they shouldve added the HD-DVD player internally. (like PS3 has blu-ray). Even if microsoft sold an HD-DVD Elite, I highly doubt that they would lose money, because people would be rushing out like crazy to get one. Gates has always been talking about shutting Sony down, that would've been the perfect system to do it. That shouldve been the original goal. But either way, I love the 360 and it has brought me many hours or entertainment. I look forward to getting one.
 Elite vs. Premium hands-on comparison May 3, 2007
Tobias Falzone (Los Angeles, CA)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
Ok, so I owned another regular 360 until a few months ago, and I just upgraded to the elite yesterday. There are a lot of new large downloads availible on Xbox Live these days. A full feature length HD movie took up about 7 Gigabytes. On my old 360 that would be ludicris, because after overhead space on the drive, the real size of the 20GB Hard drive was a paltry 12GB. With my elite however, even after binging on downloads, I still have over 95GB left. Now that is a sight I would never dream of on my last machine. If you plan to download anything on Xbox Live, I would reccomend the elite over the premium bundle.
In terms of the Equipment, you can tell they are using different components. The box is a lot lighter, and so is the controller. Taking it out of the box and moving it around felt more like a toy, but there was a significant difference on that end. The cables are always the highest quality, and it even comes with a nice HDMI cable for that spanking new HDMI slot on the box.
In terms of style, I like the white xbox a LOT better. the all black motif when the box is not turned on just doesn't jump out at me, and kind of blends in. Although paradoxically, the black controller does look better in black.
End result, the Elite is the system to get if you want to download movies and games, or if you have an HDMI TV you need to connect
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