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Xbox 360 Console Includes 20GB Hard Drive | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
New (15) Used (51) from $64.99
Rating:  276 reviews
Sales Rank: 315
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Pro 20 GB
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Graphics RAM: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.3
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 12.2 x 3.3
MPN: B4J-00107
Model: 360
UPC: 882224380751
EAN: 0882224380751
ASIN: B000UQAUWW
Release Date: August 8, 2007
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| Features:
| • | Box Content - Xbox 360 Console, 1 Wireless Xbox 360 Controller, 20GB Hard Drive, Wired Headset, Combination Component/Composite A/V Cable, and Silver Xbox Live Service | | • | Design - Sleek set-top design with horizontal or vertical placement option in a white finish | | • | Xbox 360 Guide - Access your games, friends, music, movies, and downloadable content from the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller with a single press of the Guide Button | | • | Customizable Interface - Customize your Xbox 360 Dashboard, Guide, and Gamer Profile with content from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace | | • | Xbox Live - Go online and enter a world where games and entertainment come alive with the ability to download games and entertainment straight from the Marketplace and join multiplayer sessions complete with voice chat |
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Product Description
The Xbox 360 Premium System is the way to begin experiencing the ultimate in next-generation gaming. Now improved with an HDMI port, your games and video entertainment will look better than ever when connected to an HDTV. Amazing Digital entertainment and video gaming experiences, unprecedented in home console entertainment, are waiting for you -- all you have to do is turn on the controller to this incredible device and an unsurpassed level of adventure and excitement can be yours. Xbox Live Marketplace - Download the latest game demos, arcade games, television, movies, and more straight to your Xbox 360 console via any Broadband Internet service Games - Games look, feel, and Sound realistic with 480p/720p/1080i HD Output via HDMI or Component cable, 16 - 9 widescreen aspect ratio, anti-aliasing, and multi-channel Surround sound support Digital Entertainment - Play DVD movies right out of the box, play HD DVDs with the Optional HD-DVD Player (sold separately), rip music to the 360 Hard Drive, connect your Digital Camera and share your digital pictures with friends, or connect your Xbox 360 to a Windows XP or Windows Vista Media Center PC and Stream TV, Music, Movies, and Pictures to your Xbox 360 console over your network! NOTE - Some features may require optional Xbox Live GOLD service; One month of complementary Xbox Live GOLD service is included
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Xbox 360 sets a new pace for digital entertainment. More than just a cutting-edge game system, Xbox 360 also integrates high-definition video, DVD movie playback, digital music, photos, and online connectivity into one sleek, small tower, and in the process puts true Next-Gen power right at your fingertips.  | | Xbox 360, shown with wireless controller, is a sleek, customizable gaming and entertainment system | Under the Hood
Xbox 360 is much smaller than its predecessor--it measures approximately 3.3 by 12.2 by 10.2 inches and weighs 7.7 lbs. It's powered by custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU with three symmetrical cores each running at 3.2 GHz. It also carries a custom ATI graphics processor loaded with 10 MB of embedded DRAM, 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines and Unified shader architecture. This is powerful enough to draw 500 million triangles per second. In other words, it makes for great looking games in standard TV definition, and even better thanks to built-in support for HDTV 1080i televisions. It also supports the widescreen 16:9 format. The unit has a 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM drive, which plays both the game media and progressive-scan DVD movies right out of the box. For game-save and media storage, users can choose between the detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive, or a separately sold 64MB flash Memory Unit. Along with storing files, the hard drive will make the Xbox 360 backward-compatible with part of the existing Xbox game library. Control your Gameplay
Xbox 360 uses a refined button layout for its controllers. Back and Start buttons sit at the center of the controller and between them is a new Xbox Guide button, which instantly takes the user to the Xbox 360 user interface. From there, they can check for friends online, access personal digital content like photos and songs, and more. The black and white buttons of the first Xbox controllers have been replaced with new shoulder buttons placed above the left and right triggers. Xbox 360 can accommodate up to four wireless controllers and has three USB 2.0 slots to use for wired controllers or for streaming your digital media from digital cameras, MP3 players, and any Windows XP-based PC. Microsoft has also created a video-conferencing camera, sold separately, that will work with the system.  | | Xbox 360 can manage your games, your online friends, and your personal digital library | The Media Experience
All Xbox 360 titles can be played in either standard or high-definition resolution in 16:9 widescreen, with anti-aliasing for smoother graphics. Game designers will be able to take advantage of the system's multi-channel surround sound. The Xbox 360's digital media allows users to supplement any game's music from tracks in their own personal library. Go Live
A built-in Ethernet port allows users to connect their system to a broadband connection for access to Xbox Live. The Xbox Live Silver Membership included with the console lets anyone create a Gamertag and gamer card to express your online identity, chat live with voice chat, and connect to the Xbox Live Marketplace to buy expansions, maps, and other digital items for your games. You can also update to a Xbox Live Gold Membership at anytime for even more benefits. The separately sold wireless adapter supports the common 802.11a, -b, and -g standards.
What's in the Box?
- Xbox 360 console
- 20GB detachable hard drive
- Wireless controller
- Xbox Live headset
- Standard AV cable
- Ethernet cable
- Detachable faceplate
- Xbox Live Silver membership
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| Customer Reviews: Read 271 more reviews...
 Junk Just Buy a PS3 November 16, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I own both. The 360 is now a useless pile of junk in my basement.
It lasted 14 months...and during that time, I had to constantly turn
the sound down to listen if the fan was going....if it wasn't I had
to quickly turn it off and on before it froze up. Finally it died and
then the call to Microsoft...I won't even go into that. The PS3 is about
2 months old and runs flawlessly. You cannot hear the fan, unlike the
lawn blower that is the 360, and it never feels hot....the 360 can be
used as a space heater if your furnace dies.
Of course be logical...what is a software company doing producing hard
ware???? And Sony, well, they know how to make electronics....DO NOT
BUY THIS PIECE OF JUNK. Yes, I am very upset with Microsoft on this product and have become a PS3 fan....but because the 360 is junk....this
is an honest review based on owning both, not a fan boy of the PS3...and
I do miss Forza, but after the rings of death, well that was the end of that anyway right? And I have at least four friends who have converted to PS3...do yourself a favor and don't buy this junk.
 XBOX 360 20GB November 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Delivery was quick and everything was in there as advertised. Works great.
Thanks.
does this have the red ring of death? November 9, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i wanna know if this xbox is working perfectly and its fine cuz in the description of the 74 more xbox consoles i saw that it said red ring of death-and if u dont lknow wat it means it mean its messed up and u need a new 1
The most unreliable piece of equipment I have ever owned. November 5, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
My initial review of the XBOX 360 Pro was a few days after I purchased it in November of 2006. Since that time I have gone through four or five XBOX Pro consoles with problems ranging from no video on the screen to the games freezing for no reason at all. In addition to the XBOX Pro's failing, I have also had to have two XBOX Elites replaced or repaired since purchasing my first one in January of 2008. The problem with the Elite consoles was that the shoddy DVD drives could fail to read Game CD's until after 30 - 40 tries of opening/closing the drives. In fact I have just boxed up my 2nd Elite console to send back to Microsoft. None of my XBOX Pro's have lasted more than seven months, and in terms of my XBOX Elite, it will be my THIRD in less than a year.
I can go into every single reason why my XBOX's have failed but why bother when you can just as easily go to the multitudes of message boards and read the horror stories of this extremely unreliable console. When I purchased my XBOX Elite in December of 2008, it started having problems of not always reading game discs two weeks after purchase, the only reason I didn't return it to Microsoft then was because I knew all they would do is just send me a POS refurb. I dealt the with the problem for several months until finally it started freezing and RROD'ing on me; giving me no choice but to return it. Now my most recent Elite is doing the exact same thing in less than three months!
What makes things even worse is Microsoft's customer support is absolutely useless. As with many companies that don't care about customer service, their XBOX support is somewhere in India and the customer service reps are hard to understand, clueless, unhelpful, and sometimes even downright rude. When I was returning my 4th or 5th XBOX Pro console earlier this year, the rep didn't even want to process the return because he claimed that my warranty expired. This was despite the fact that I had purchased an extended warranty plan THROUGH MICROSOFT and had the actual print out of the warranty certificate that Microsoft sent me. This idiot even tried to tell me that the warranty I purchased for my XBOX Pro console in November of 2006 was for my XBOX Elite console which was purchased in January of 2008. Not only does it make ZERO sense that I could even purchase a warranty for an Elite console I did not even own at the time, the XBOX Elite console was not even out in 2006! I had to fight with him for over an half hour before I got the supervisor on the phone who agreed to let me send it back provided I included a copy of the warranty certificate. Yet even after all of that the geniuses at Microsoft STILL did not apply my warranty to my console so I had to spend another week straightening that out. With me finally sending a letter to the main corporate office stating that I have an extended warranty and I expect them to honor it.
I will admit when working I think the Microsoft XBOX 360 console oflffers the best in terms of overall game play and features, but what good is all of that if the console breaks all the time? I am nearing 32 years old and I have bought tens of thousands of dollars (maybe even more) worth of electronic equipment and only ONCE have I had to return something to the manufacturer due to a malfunction. Yet in under two years of owning the XBOX 360, I am on my eighth one. This is absolutely unacceptable and Microsoft has proven that not only can they NOT make a reliable console, they have also proven that they don't care. Even after Microsoft spends over $1 billion to "correct" the numerous problems with the XBOX 360 console, failure rates are still off the charts. Heck, I can't even get one that lasts a year. I have taken every precaution to ensure I am doing all that I can to help the extremely fragile console function properly but NOTHING helps. I don't plug it in to a power strip, I always lay it horizontal. I ensure it has adequate ventilation, but guess what? it still fails. I know for sure that if I dusted off my old 8 bit Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, or Sony PlayStation (The VERY first one that came out), they would STILL work flawlessly. Yet in two years time, the amount of XBOX 360 consoles I have gone through is MORE than the total amount of gaming consoles I have owned in my entire life!
As much as I love playing the multitude of fun games on the XBOX 360, once my warranties have expired and they will no longer "fix" the console free of charge, I am done with Microsoft based consoles. If I am unable to fix it myself (which I had to do with the first gen XBOX) then all of my games will be sold or donated. I am not really interested in the PS3 or GameCube, so once my 360 bites the dust for the last time, then its back to PC gaming for me.
In any case, I will never spend another DIME on Microsoft's extremely unreliable pieces of junk that they call the XBOX 360 or any future consoles they plan to make. I urge potential buyers to think long and hard before spending this kind of money on the XBOX 360, if you still insist then I suggest a replacement plan AT THE PLACE OF PURCHASE, I don't even recommend getting Microsoft's service contract as the reps don't even know how to handle that correctly.
 This system needs to be made easier to "play together" and a new user interface! October 31, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
For a slogan like, "Its good to play together" I have not seen microsoft taking any steps towards making their user interface any easier or faster for that matter. From signing on to xbox live and then signing into a separate user profile its just simply a pain in the butt. To join a friend thats playing the same game is probably the single most frustrating thing ive ever had to deal with. SIMPLY PUT XBOX 360 NEEDS A WHOLE NEW USER INTERFACE.
It takes 5-10 seconds just to click the button to join a friends game then another 35 seconds to actually get into the same room as them. With a saying like, "its good to play together" they sure dont make it any easier. Even with two xbox live accounts the only game that i own that allows me to play on the same tv as my friend (who is in the same room) is halo three and thats over 2 years old now! Even with two xbox live accounts we arent able to play rainbow six vegas, OR VEGAS 2 (OR CALL OF DUTY 4), together on the same screen, it requires 2 xboxes, 2 tvs and two games! First you need to click on your controller , wait 3 seconds for a menu to pop up (and if you are in the middle of the game, the menu will cover half the screen and will temp. freeze your movement in the game) then you need to go to your friends menu, find which friend is online, click his name, then click join his game. Mind you there is always that 3 second delay between each menu. UGH! Dont get me wrong I love my xbox, but somebody out there working for microsoft is retarded, and they are getting a lot of money to be retarded. I dont own a PS3 but ive sampled their interface and its LIGHT YEARS ahead of this one! When you go from one menu to another menu it actually does it when you tell it to! No lag, no waiting! Its instant and seamless (opposite xbox) brilliant!
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