I picked up a Halo Edition Xbox yesterday

[aaronpetrosky]

I don't even remember these being released? How many here has one?

[gepeto]

I got 2 of them. When they were sold new I believe they were 20.00 more than the original xbox. If it is opened check to see what dvd drive you have in it.

[aaronpetrosky]

Ah ok whys that?

[gepeto]

A few years ago there was a big to do about what dvd drives were in the xbox. It was interesting. Alot of people complained about the thompson dvd drives that were in the xbox. There are i believe 3 types you can tell by the dvd tray.

They said the samsung or phillips were the best and command a higher price they allegedly could read cdrw. Most halo xboxs I think are one of the latter 2. It is something fun to find out about your recent find.
see link below.


http://www.xbreporter.com/xboxdvddrivecomparison.php

[PapaStu]

I'm sure I still have my reciept for mine back at home somewhere (probably still in the bag with the still sealed Halo Xbox, now that I think about it). I want to say that I paid 175 for it but according to the articles below they are saying 169.xx which really isn't all that far off.

Heres a few links for some info on it. Clicky (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200404/ai_ziff123523)
IGN Clicky (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halo/news.html?sid=6092830)

[aaronpetrosky]

Ah Thanks for the info guys. I'll check it out and inform which one it is.

[aaronpetrosky]

Ah Thanks for the info guys. I'll check it out and inform which one it is.

[tornadostormxl]

How much did it cost?

[ubersaurus]

I got mine when they came out.

I think it cost a little more than the standard xbox, because it came with Halo.

[jdc]

Wow....I've never heard of one. We've got assloads of those clear Xboxes though.... LOL

[aaronpetrosky]

I'm happy to report that mine is a Samsung.

[Perkar]

these were indeed 169.99 at retail...the xbox had just recently (as in the month before) dropped to $150. paying an extra $20 for the limited system that came with Halo 1? a good deal if you ask me. this version of the xbox was limited to 10,000 units.

my purchase of one was a little by accident... i knew they were making the halo xbox, but i had no intention of purchasing it. then the news came that Burnout 3 was not going to be released on the Gamecube (the only current generation system i had at the time). we got in the halo xbox at work, they looked beautiful, and i was going to be able to play burnout 3 on it. sold.

[DonMarco]

There were collector's edition see-though green xboxes for the Japanese launch. No Halo logo on them, though.

[ig88vsbobafett]

There were 200,000 of them made

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zd1up/is_200404/ai_ziff123523

Now for the Moutain Dew Xbox (i am thinking theres less then 10,000 of thouse (6000 were given away with Dewu caps) and some were given away when hulk the movie came out

[dave2236]

there are 6 different types of drives.

thompson
samsung small ribbon
philips tall laser
philips slim laser
samsung big ribbon
and the new '05 have hitachi

I have an original release thompson and it still works perfect.

[PapaStu]

there are 6 different types of drives.

thompson
samsung small ribbon
philips tall laser
philips slim laser
samsung big ribbon
and the new '05 have hitachi

I have an original release thompson and it still works perfect.

And you sir are a very lucky man. Mine sacraficed itself to the gods last year after 3 years and countless hours of gameplay. Playing the really new stuff at the time (Doom 3 among others) just drove that poor drive into the ground.

Too keep this kinda on topic, I remember seeing a gutted Halo Xbox in your back room when I was there last fall.

[roxybaby]

I have one -- it was my college graduation present. The peeps love it when they come over! I'm pretty sure they only used Philips and Samsung drives in it, though I could be wrong. When I got it at Target they were running a deal where you got one free game when you bought the system, and of course Halo came packed in. So not too bad a deal at all.

[ProgrammingAce]

there are well more then the reported 100,000 halo systems. Due to warehousing laws, microsoft cannot sell a system as 'new' once it's been opened. Which is why the created the halo system in the first place.

Basicly most halo systems started as regular black xboxes but were returned for one reason or another. So MS tested them, threw them in a green shell, bundeled them with halo (that way they're a new 'pack' so they can be sold as 'new'). Many halo systems are repaired defective boards.

My primary system is a halo box, when you open it and look at the motherboard, someone wrote "BAD" in sharpie on it.

The white japanese units are the same way, only many of those are defective dev units. Sometimes you can open a white xbox and find a board with 128 meg of ram.

Same thing with most 'limited edition' xboxes, MS just used them to get rid of defective parts.

[Rikimaru]

lol interesting

[gepeto]

there are well more then the reported 100,000 halo systems. Due to warehousing laws, microsoft cannot sell a system as 'new' once it's been opened. Which is why the created the halo system in the first place.

Basicly most halo systems started as regular black xboxes but were returned for one reason or another. So MS tested them, threw them in a green shell, bundeled them with halo (that way they're a new 'pack' so they can be sold as 'new'). Many halo systems are repaired defective boards.

My primary system is a halo box, when you open it and look at the motherboard, someone wrote "BAD" in sharpie on it.

The white japanese units are the same way, only many of those are defective dev units. Sometimes you can open a white xbox and find a board with 128 meg of ram.

Same thing with most 'limited edition' xboxes, MS just used them to get rid of defective parts.

Isn't that against the law? Selling something refurbished as new. Every time I bought a refurbished item it stated refurbished somewhere so the consumer could see.

Also didn't store's sell refurbished black xbox's sent from microsoft. If that were true that has class action written all over it. personally I don't think they would put there franchise item under anything that would tarnish that image.

On another note. When I bought my new xbox. The price of the xboxs dropped to 129.99. It still rang up for 169.99. I just knew I was getting the 129.99 price 149.99 at the most not 169.99.

I bet the new one still rings up at 169,.99

[ProgrammingAce]

That's why they sold it with a game instead of just the console.

The original xbox was sold, then returned (maybe it was defective, maybe little johnny just didn't want it). Microsoft tested it, repaired it if necessary, but was then unable to sell it as new. To get around that little 'law' problem, they made it a bundle, they threw in a game. Different SKU means different product, which means it can be sold as 'new' again. It's actually quite common in the gaming industry. When you take a loss on the hardware, you really don't want to throw the systems out if you don't have to.

I also believe that some (not all) of the forza bundles were returned in this manner and MS is trying to depleate their stock.

[Xizer]

I've had a Halo Xbox since 2004 which I bought new and it is way superior to the ugly black one. You can see inside it, and the LED light looks a lot cooler on it.

Then there's the Halo logo on the right corner. And finally, instead of the jewel on the top of the system being green and silver, on my Xbox it is a much better looking black and silver.

When my friends come over to play Halo or something they're always jealous of my cool Xbox. And I sure hope that ProgrammingAce is full of bullshit, because I don't like the fact that I bought a new Xbox that's really just a repaired old one in a new shell. Even though it has never given me problems...and I've softmodded it.

[aaronpetrosky]

So far no problems with mine. 8-)

[tholly]

i have one...as well as a regular black xbox and the lime green dew u xbox....yes, that makes 3 different colored xboxes for me....

[ChronoTriggaFoo]

I have one and it has been flawless. Too bad you have to buy that extra stuff to make it play DVD's, otherwise it would be my main hookup (TV has two A/V hookup locations, but one of them has a broken A/V piece stuck in there that I can't take out).

But the Halo Xbox looks solid and powerful. With the Xbox 360 compatibility issues I can't imagine ever giving it up.

[ProgrammingAce]

The systems seem to work pretty well to me, i have 4 of them. I wouldn't let their 'status' bother me.

I have a halo box that i use as file server that probably hasn't been shut down for 6 months.