Xbox 360 Elite question

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:18 pm 0

Seriously FUGLY and dated looking hardware, I mean my fucking air conditioning unit looks prettier than that thing. The 2-tone pad with the coloured buttons is an aesthetic abortion.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:29 pm 0

I'll be sure to remember that when I next have the Queen around for a viewing

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:31 pm 0

Kamineko wrote:The black pad has a silver bottom? Noo!

It's just a thin strip on the bottom. The back of the pad is black.

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:35 pm 0

I'd rather have one of those

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:38 pm 0

HGFB wrote:

It's just a thin strip on the bottom. The back of the pad is black.

Rolling Stones, 1966

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:46 pm 0

Woolies deal back up: http://www.woolworths.co.uk/web/jsp/bro ... cat1003209

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:02 pm 0

300 quid at HMV in Bristol with Bio Shock - they had sold 12 by time I got there to buy 2 at 11am (one is for a mate)

StarshipUK · Post by **StarshipUK** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:46 pm 0

It looks like HMV Online Are Selling Them For Â£299.99 + 2 Free Games + Free Delivery:
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProd ... sku=638896

But should I wait or get one now? Are these new ones gonna be as unreliable as the unreliable ones? Or are there any better deals out there? Hmmmm.....

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:06 pm 0

Had a nosey around the shops today. The "Pro" bundle in Woolies and Virgin are just rebranded old-style Premiums - no HDMI.

So I got an Elite instead.

matt · Post by **matt** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:31 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:I'm lucky because I got a free Elite and it's purely a convenience thing - freeing up the component input means I can have both 360 and Wii jacked in at the same time.

ditto. i got an Elite yesterday from Gamestation Camden.

I had loads of store credit so the unit cost me Â£165 and Forza 2 cost me Â£5 after trading in Blue Dragon (Elite bundle freebie)

well happy!

matt

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:31 pm 0

Dio wrote:You're talking about output power though. dB are all about perceived noise. It's meaningless without the initial figure. 121dB to 120dB is a very small change; 10dB to 9dB is a large one.

It's not meaningless without the initial figure because we hear loudness
with the same characteristic. This is *exactly* why dB is a more useful
relative unit than a percentage. Apart from the ear's effect of equal
loudness contours, 1db difference sounds like the same difference
whatever that initial loudness is. In output power the difference between
120 and 121dB is much greater than 9 and 10dB but it sounds the same.
Yes, as you point out other factors can affect the perceived loudness but
that just means test conditions should be the same.

Either way.. -1dB is almost impossible to detect.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:37 pm 0

At the very least, in that case, dBA should have been specified.

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:40 pm 0

Dio wrote:At the very least, in that case, dBA should have been specified.

I'm going to change my mind having posted

I missed the point you were making and presumed / assumed information
not present in the original post.

Louis G · Post by **Louis G** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:32 pm 0

Deckard wrote:
Sickboy wrote:What's broken? Sorry. Can't be arsed to read through...

I'm lucky because I got a free Elite and it's purely a convenience thing - freeing up the component input means I can have both 360 and Wii jacked in at the same time.
You and me baby - got my thor hdmi/optical audio splitter now so everything is on one AV channel on my Bravia bar the Wii thru component. Waiting for some hardware competency from MS has driven me nuts already so getting one tomorrow and if I have to wait a month at some later point when they finally get round to sorting this whole debacle out then so be it.

Point me in the right direction of the Thor hdmi/optical splitter mate?
Does it handle hdmi 3.1?

Louis

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:21 pm 0

Hello chaps,

I don't suppose anyone has an Elite Data Migration Kit I could borrow for a day?

I've been waiting since launch for mine and would really like to get my old 360 sold.

I'll happily pay for postage both ways.

Cheers!
Morgan