X Box 360

I need advise please. I want to get my husband the X box 360 for Christmas. I have been looking at the elite and the halo setup. It seems the elite is the better deal for the money. It comes with one wireless controller. My question is: Will our wireless controllers from the old xbox work? And is this a better buy for the elite vs the halo setup?  Price difference is maybe $50.00. (We literally wore out our other xbox.)

Any help is welcome....

j

I'm pretty inclined to get the Xbox arcade setup for $279 myself.

Your original X-box controllers won't work. Its a bummer, I know.

 

My advise...

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360e litesystem/default.htm ;

 

comes with two games! 

Thanks,

appreciate the input. I voted down the elite, as it was more hype than anything else. The arcade package means I have to buy add ons, so I think I will end up with the basic package with 2 games (20g). Seems to be best buy for what we need and the games will work as well. I had to be sure our Tiger Woods game would work as well and it does.

J

The elite has 120gig hard drive while the halo one is only 20!

If they are pretty much the same price i know damn sure which I'd get :P

If you need some stuff for the 360, send me a message! :)

wow!! I HOPE HE BUY'S YOU A GIFT OVER $300.00

 

JUST LOOKING OUT 

Truthfully, the gift is a house gift for everyone. I will put his name on it so he has something to open. Now that the kids are older the presents are smaller but more expensive. I loved it when they were little, tons of gifts under the tree, most under $10.00. (Before lead paint issues and so on)

I thought the elite was only 50 more, turns out it is 100.00 more and the overheating issues seem to reside more in that one than the 20gb one. I am still researching though, want to make sure we can do all we want with the one I get.

Thanks for the input.

J

DO NOT BUY AN XBOX 360!!  My husband bought one after they had been out for a while and only played it about 5 times before it started freezing up.  He would turn it on and it would automatically freeze.  On the rare occasion that he could get the game to come on, it would freeze after about 5 mins. of play.  We researched it online and found out that the console itself gets SO hot that the wires that are soldered together inside un-solder themselves.  The only way to counter-act this is to wrap the console in a towel and try to insulate the heat so that they wires will re-attach themselves.  We called XBOX and they went thru their line of trouble shooting questions and in the end, they ended up sending us a box to use to send it in to be worked on.  When I took it to the UPS store to drop it off, the girl at the counter asked if it was an XBOX 360.  I told her that it was & she said that she sees at least 10 a week going back to be worked on.  They ended up sending us a brand new console.  Save yourself time, money and aggravation-dont buy and XBOX 360!!!

Great, Now what do I do. We have an xbox now that we have had for at least 6 years, It is on it's last leg. I need to replace it and the 360 looked good. We use it for DVD's, my daughter wants Live to play Halo with her friends and my husband is addicted to Tiger Woods....... This is my only peace......(other wise they fight like sibings) I was under the impression they had corrected the overheating issues in the smaller units.... am I wrong?

Will have to rethink this whole thing, Thanks

 

No the X box 360 is great!

I have had mine for about half a year and no prob at all. my freind got his the day it came out and he has still never had a problem with it. and the overheating issues have mostly been resolved, another of my freinds has had the elite for a few months and its been great so far!

As long as you keep it well ventilated like dont put aload of stuff all around it it should be fine. I play mine alot, went for stints of it being on pretty much all day in the summer when i was being a nerd and it never crashed or overheated or anything!

I would definatly recomend getting one, and if it does break you can always send it back, so no loss!

Give it a go, becasue even if there are some problems, millions of people are happy with it, so cant be that bad!!

To funny, I was reading all the comments again and at the bottom of the screen is an advertisment for XBOX 360 Halo..... is this an omen I wonder??? Thanks for all the comments, we have been happy with our old xbox, just wore the poor sucker out is all. 6 years is a long time for a game system that we use daily, so I definitly want to stick with an xbox, just need to choose the original or 360. Like you said mousickle, I can always get a replacement..... we have replaced our DVR's three times now, I am old hat.

Thanks all J

Many of the original consoles have developed horrible problems.  My husbands' friend has one of the first consoles and his stopped working months ago.  He did some research online and found that it was a common problem.  He later found out that Microsoft is aware of the problems (a manufacturing defect and/or original design flaw).  Microsoft said they would fix the problem, if he sent them the console along with $250.  He ended up finding some repair instructions online and managed to open the console and repair it himself.  Works great now.

I would hope that the newer consoles don't have this problem, but you never know.  If your husband is comfortable with computer hardware, he could probably fix whatever problems might develop with online instructions. Also, if you buy it, I wouldn't put the console in an entertainment center with other electrical components.  It does get extremely hot and needs to be in a well ventilated location to avoid overheating.

Original Post by julielet:

at the bottom of the screen is an advertisment for XBOX 360 Halo..... is this an omen I wonder???

Not sure how to explain it exactly, but some webpages.....esp free member sites like this one......has it fixed so that certain keywords will pop up ads for different advertisers. They do this mostly on free sites b/c if you click on that ad the hosting website earns a few pennies and sometimes even more(a percentage) if you make a purchase after clicking on that website.

The famed red ring of death is an issue that every x-box fan has heard about and is aware of.  All consoles have issues when they are first released, but microsoft has braught that to a whole new level with it's x-box consoles.  If you don't mind taking the risk, then understand what you are getting into.

1) If your husband loves the games on the original x-box and has x-box live as well, then chances are you are better off buying the x-box 360 over any other console for him.  (The kids would probably appriciate a Wii)  The reason why you are better off choosing the x-box for him is the exclusive titles on that system, and the x-box live set up.  PS3 and Wii both have shooters, and live, but those are nothing compared with Halo 3 or the high speed internet access you get when online with x-box live.  NONE of your old x-box stuff with work with your new x-box (with the exception of the backwards compatable game patches you can download from x-box live).

2) The Elite is better for memory storage, but you really have to think about why you are getting this system.  If your tendency is to only buy a few games a year, save yourself the money and get a core system without the hard drive, you can buy a couple memory cards and be happy with it.  If you are an average gamer and you purchase a new game every other month or so, get the 20G, and up your purchase value by getting x-box live as well.  And lastly if you are a game-aholic, get the 120G.

3) The 360 is a sensitive system and should be kept away from children, animals, heating vents, high places, cottagge cheese, ect...  The console was not designed to be marketed towards children.  You will be hard pressed to find "kid friendly" games on this system.

4)  Even though you won't be able to use your original x-box stuff on the 360, here's something you can do... link it to your PC, all your pictures, slide shows, music, everything at the touch of a button on your television.

5)  Home brew methods of fixing the "red-ring-of-death" are dangerous and may void your warrenty.  If you are smart you will purchase the extended warrenty from the company you buy the 360 from.  It may save you a huge hassle in the future.

6)  Call up Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo and see what they have to say about their consoles.  Most reps are more than happy to help you make a decision.

 

An Xbox 360 is good.  PS3 is going to crash into the ground, at least thats what sales show.  Microsoft while relaizsing a shady product at first has fixed it and anyone who kept a broken one is an idiot since they said theyd replace any of the starting consoles (within the first year i think it was) no questions asked warenty or not...

and to add the 360 is a tank... it can handle kids fine.   And there are many kid friendly games... dont know what you are talking about lol.

Thank you one and all for your input. We did some major comparison shopping over the weekend and some more research on all the gaming systems. I still think we are going with the 20g Xbox 360. For the money it will do all we need and then some, where as the elite is a little too elite for our needs. I am not interested in either the PS3 or the Wii as we don't play those games and I don't want to start all over again. Many of our games can be played on the 20g system.

Have a great holiday season all and Thanks again for the input.

Julie

you can add another fan of the Xbox 360. I also have a PS3 and when i compare the two, i enjoy Xbox 360 more mailny for the act that there are more exclusive games on the xbox 360 than on the PS3. the only good thing i can say about the PS3 so far is that it plays blue ray dvds. 

Meh 360 plays HD so there =P.