Xbox 360 Elite question

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:40 am 0

I think I'm going to trade in my premium for an Elite. I'm fully expecting it to die of heat issues eventually and I suddenly realised that for 10 quid more than the price of the 120 gig drive I can trade in my Premium and get a brand new machine.

stark · Post by **stark** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:35 am 0

so has the 360 got the same connector for video/audio out as the xbox? ( i'm not hdmi'd up so that bit isnt relevant to me yet)

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:41 am 0

stark wrote:so has the 360 got the same connector for video/audio out as the xbox? ( i'm not hdmi'd up so that bit isnt relevant to me yet)

Well, you can chuck a SCART connector or Component on it... probably composhite too.

choddo · Post by **choddo** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:45 am 0

No, it's a different connector at the xbox end.

stark · Post by **stark** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:50 am 0

choddo wrote:No, it's a different connector at the xbox end.

heh..figures

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:00 am 0

Sorry I cant resist any longer - anyone seen anyone an elite cheaper than this - http://www.laughingdeals.com/deals/buy- ... EAodJynQQg

272 quid.

Anyone know where I could collect one this Friday from a shop for under 300 ?
How good is the upscaler on the 360 as might flog off my Denon 1930 (anyone interested ?)

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:00 am 0

The Premium comes with the HD cable - can be used as Composite or as Component. The Core comes with the standard composite cable.

Post by **RiK** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:06 am 0

disciple wrote:
chub wrote:
disciple wrote:Any idea how much a 120GB extra drive will be.
Â£130.
*cough* *splutter*

That does indeed take the piss big time, given that I got a couple of external drives (WD Mybook Pros, 500Gb with triple interface) for Â£110 each from Amazon.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:09 am 0

RiK wrote:
disciple wrote:
chub wrote:
disciple wrote:Any idea how much a 120GB extra drive will be.
Â£130.
*cough* *splutter*
That does indeed take the piss big time, given that I got a couple of external drives (WD Mybook Pros, 500Gb with triple interface) for Â£110 each from Amazon.

Particularly as the difference between the new Premium bundle and Elite is only Â£50.

Post by **RiK** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:13 am 0

Deckard wrote:Sorry I cant resist any longer - anyone seen anyone an elite cheaper than this - http://www.laughingdeals.com/deals/buy- ... EAodJynQQg

272 quid.

Bargain-tastic!

And for nearly Â£60 off I could quite happily wait a couple of weeks to get the thing.

That could just be a winn4r!

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:34 am 0

Only thing I dont like about the 272 one is delivery 14 days

As a child of Thatcher I WANT THINGS NOW !!!!!

Post by **RiK** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:11 pm 0

Deckard wrote:Only thing I dont like about the 272 one is delivery 14 days
As a child of Thatcher I WANT THINGS NOW !!!!!

The way I see it, that's UP TO 14 days, plus, that's a couple of games.

I've waited this long to get a 360, another couple of weeks won't hurt.

choddo · Post by **choddo** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:12 pm 0

How good is the upscaler on the 360

Shambolic and it's far too noisy (assuming they haven't sorted that out on the Elite) for a serious movie player. I put up with it for HD DVD for now but it's really not good. The DVD drive itself is ok in movie playback mode (it's like a Concorde when it spins up loading games) but the fannage is a constant annoying loud whirr.

DM2 · Post by **DM2** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:16 pm 0

the noise is the biggest draw back for me to the 360, for action films etc it's fine but for anything quiet it can be intrusive. I'm waiting tell MS release a quiter elite before I go for one, however friends say that the newest machines are a lot quieter than even those made a few months ago. (mine is jan 06)

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:19 pm 0

Just gone through the thread, and haven't seen this confirmed or otherwise - is the Elite meant to be more reliable then existing models? Has any sort of revision been made to the main board to make it more reliable? Every single 360 owner I know has had to return their console due to malfunction. There's no way on earth I'm going through the rigmarole of waiting a month for a broken Â£200+ console to be fixed, regardless of how long the warranty lasts.