XBox 360

[hvwarrior58]

I'm in the market for one and am looking for the best place to make a purchase. I'd rather buy a used one since I would likely get it cheaper and have a chance at getting a bundle. Ebay would be the best place, right?

[bigdaddy]

I got a good deal at Gamespot a while back. I want to say 300 for the hard drive and contoller with tax.

[milohimself]

Get one for the best price. Steal it.

[rwemyss]

Amazon was selling them for $100 on Friday morning... It was a Black Friday special, and they were only selling 1,000 at that price.

[DrRosenRosen]

Originally Posted by rwemyss

Amazon was selling them for $100 on Friday morning... It was a Black Friday special, and they were only selling 1,000 at that price.

And they lasted 29 seconds according to a Amazon rep.

If you are in Atlanta or anywhere else with a Microcenter, you can get them for $100 off there. They extended the mail in rebate through the holidays. Good on both packages.

I'd rather buy new than used with the 360, given the number of people that have had problems. Mine had 0 problems until mid-August (launch day unit) and then it bit the dust. Freak had to send his back in once. I know others that have sent theirs back for repairs.

[rwemyss]

Some were bricked after the fall update via XBL, and actually made money off the repairs.

[Freak]

Originally Posted by DrRosenRosen

And they lasted 29 seconds according to a Amazon rep.

If you are in Atlanta or anywhere else with a Microcenter, you can get them for $100 off there. They extended the mail in rebate through the holidays. Good on both packages.

I'd rather buy new than used with the 360, given the number of people that have had problems. Mine had 0 problems until mid-August (launch day unit) and then it bit the dust. Freak had to send his back in once. I know others that have sent theirs back for repairs.

For the record, mine worked, I just had to press the power button three or four times for it to come on. It still played ok. I had the microsoft people send me a box to have it shipped to them for a replacement but I decided to wait until it was almost a year old (just recently) and take it back to EB Games. I took advantage of my one year warranty and they just swapped it for a new one.

[rwemyss]

Originally Posted by vol_freak

For the record, mine worked, I just had to press the power button three or four times for it to come on. It still played ok. I had the microsoft people send me a box to have it shipped to them for a replacement but I decided to wait until it was almost a year old (just recently) and take it back to EB Games. I took advantage of my one year warranty and they just swapped it for a new one.

Smart man.

[bigdaddy]

I had mine replaced for free, just had to wait about 3 weeks. Which reminds me, I need to but the extended warranty from microsoft. Is it worth it or is it a waist of money?

[rwemyss]

It would be a waste to spend a waist of money on an xbox 360.

[bigdaddy]

Been happy with mine even with the replacement. Never missed my sony one bit.

[rwemyss]

I was just poking at your spelling of waste, BD, just some friendly ribbing.

I'm a xbox fanboy, I just haven't made the move from the original to 360 yet. My $150 xbox is still doing everything I want it to.

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by rwemyss

I was just poking at your spelling of waste, BD, just some friendly ribbing.

I'm a xbox fanboy, I just haven't made the move from the original to 360 yet. My $150 xbox is still doing everything I want it to.

Isn't the 360 hard to hijack? I know the XBox is a pretty simple piece of machinery, easy to do what you want with it. All my friends that hotrod them say "it's not a video game console. It's a budget computer tower."

[rwemyss]

Originally Posted by milohimself

Isn't the 360 hard to hijack? I know the XBox is a pretty simple piece of machinery, easy to do what you want with it. All my friends that hotrod them say "it's not a video game console. It's a budget computer tower."

Yes and no... the 360 has yet to be cracked to run unsigned code, but the DVD firmware can be modified to allow you to play signed code from recordable media (ie copied games).

You're right though, the xbox is simply a cheap media center PC. It seems that Sony is going to try to get in on that same action by allowing a linux port for their machine.

Btw, the 360 is also a good media center, except that it only runs WMV encoded video.

[milohimself]

Yeah, the lack of video functionality really hurts the 360 IMO. Microsoft is really shooting themselves in the foot with their knack for exclusivity of file types... WMA's and such.