I know the Elite has HDMI going for it, and a bigger hard drive, but does it justify the extra expense?
Oh, and I'm getting a 360, one or the other, on Tuesday. Yay!
I know the Elite has HDMI going for it, and a bigger hard drive, but does it justify the extra expense?
Oh, and I'm getting a 360, one or the other, on Tuesday. Yay!
If you own an HDTV with HDMI, I would say yes. HDMI is quite the step above component or even VGA for that matter. The Black levels are way more defined via HDMI, at least on my set. Black looks much better than white in my opinion as well.
Can't go wrong with the extra space, you may never need it but it's better to be prepared. I need to juggle my free space quite a bit with demos and everything.
If you plan on buying alot of games, or downloading alot of demos or movies, definitly get the elite. I got an elite myself (Eventhough I have yet to get the transfer cable...if any of you have that please let me know!) and I can tell you that the regular 20 gigs fills up really fast, and it becomes a real pain in the ass always deleting stuff to make room for new things. I also like hdmi because now I can have my wii ps3 and 360 all hooked up at the same time since my tv only has 2 component inputs, that alone makes it worth it for me.
I say get the elite. the extra disk space. I have been rotating my demos and I really hate deleting some. I sit around wishing I had more space but the hd by itself is too much money. Demos are coming down alot larger 1.3 gig and I hate deleting ones I like. Hell if I had the 120 life would be sweet at least for a while longer. That is not counting sweet video trailers and such. I also worry if I delete a demo will I be able to get it back later. I think they are starting to pull some.
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Elite!
I'm surprised several of you are finding 20 gigs not enough. I have around 20 XBLA games purchased, several game demos, 2 of the videos that came preloaded on it, and a couple cd's worth of music and I still have 9 gigs or so free.
I don't think you'll find the the larger hd necessary unless you anticipate buying a lot of television shows off the marketplace.
The consensus I'm getting is that the Elite isn't worth the upgrade, but is worth the extra $80 if its your first system. Plus, the Elite upscales DVDs via HDMI. Elite, a winner is you.
I don't have a 360 yet, I'm going to get one in a few months but I'm still not entirely sure on which one to go with. I'm stuck with dialup so I won't be downloading anything to the HDD and I plan to hook it up to my LCD monitor since I don't have an HDTV. The Premium is cheaper but the color will stand out (black monitor/computer/etc). With the Elite though there's no need to worry about running out of space. How much space do 360 and Xbox game saves take up anyways?
I've only bought 1 TV show so far, but with demos, tons of the arcade games and several profiles I've already used up 45 GB of space. I'm glad I didn't buy the premium and got an elite. Also, I'm about to start using the marketplace a lot more with the HD movie downloads because I'm sick of blockbuster so the extra space will be even more important to me soon.
According to the MS site, yes.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x...em/default.htm
elite.... definately.
To be this good takes AGES
To be this great takes SEGA!!
I don't think you'd want to watch dvd's thru the 360 dvd player. I remember reading an article on Xbox-Scene several months ago that compared images from the 360's dvd player to a standard component dvd player. I'm no AV phile but to me the 360 screens looked like crap compared to the component player and their final verdict on the 360 player was basically that it's junk. I don't think upconverting with HDMI will change that.
Elite.
Trust me - you will need the extra HD space.
And I have this fondness for black consoles. And from what I hear, the elites aren't near as problematic as their white modeled counterparts.
It is not that 20 gigs is not enough. I like to keep demos that
i don't buy to give them a chance later. I also like to keep videos like the gears trailer and gta4 and all this little stuff adds up(for me)
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