Wednesday, March 21st 2007

More Black Xbox 360 Claims

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Jimmy 2004
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The rumours regarding a new black Xbox 360 have been fuelled even more by game magazine Game Informer. Despite the story appearing the April issue of the magazine, the editors are reassuring readers that the story is true and not a cruel April Fools joke on hardcore 360 fans. If the information is true, the new console will feature a 120GB hard drive and HDMI out (as well as being black of course) - but it does not include a HD DVD drive. The console should be priced at $479, and the article claims that the new larger hard drive will be available to current 360 owners at a price of under $200.
Source: Kotaku

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16 Comments on More Black Xbox 360 Claims

#1
ktr
sweet deal...well worth the 479, for it has hdmi, 120gb, and a 65nm cpu.
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#2
Acer
Excellent deal, but what am i supposed to do with 120GB? Arent those small games restricted to 50MB each?
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#3
ktr
well the xbox is gonna support IPTV, so i am guess you gonna use it also as a tivo...
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#4
Darksaber
Senior Editor & Case Reviewer
sweet deal, but sucks for all current Xbox 360 owners. Now if MS would make the new HDD priced at 99 USD, I would have no wocmplains. But "under 200" probally means 199 USD for a 120GB hard drive is way to much...

btw: I do not care bout HDMI as the VGA cable gives me the same output on my 24 inch dell.

cheers
DS
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#5
Azn Tr14dZ
It's OK for me...my 50" Samsung 1080p HDTV up-converts 1080i Signals to 1080p so I'm OK with using component video. It may not be native 1080p, but no Xbox 360 games are either...yet.

I'm also planning on buying a black Xbox 360 case as well so no problem for me and I'm sure (hope) that Microsoft will release the 120GB HD alone as well...
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#6
Azn Tr14dZ
Darksabersweet deal, but sucks for all current Xbox 360 owners. Now if MS would make the new HDD priced at 99 USD, I would have no wocmplains. But "under 200" probally means 199 USD for a 120GB hard drive is way to much...

btw: I do not care bout HDMI as the VGA cable gives me the same output on my 24 inch dell.

cheers
DS
You can just use a Laptop 2.5" Hard Drive for the Xbox 360, sure you'll have to mod and buy some cables, but in the end it's much cheaper. If the 120GB Hard Drive will sell as $199, I might as well use a Laptop HD.
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#7
Wile E
Power User
Azn Tr14dZIt's OK for me...my 50" Samsung 1080p HDTV up-converts 1080i Signals to 1080p so I'm OK with using component video. It may not be native 1080p, but no Xbox 360 games are either...yet.

I'm also planning on buying a black Xbox 360 case as well so no problem for me and I'm sure (hope) that Microsoft will release the 120GB HD alone as well...
The vga output will give you 1080p with 360.
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#8
ktr
Azn Tr14dZYou can just use a Laptop 2.5" Hard Drive for the Xbox 360, sure you'll have to mod and buy some cables, but in the end it's much cheaper. If the 120GB Hard Drive will sell as $199, I might as well use a Laptop HD.
just open the enclosure of the current small hdd, a put a 120gb 2.5in sata hdd inside (preferably samsung). I wonder if the 360 checks the model or make of the hdd.
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#9
Azn Tr14dZ
ktrjust open the enclosure of the current small hdd, a put a 120gb 2.5in sata hdd inside (preferably samsung). I wonder if the 360 checks the model or make of the hdd.
You'll have to format it first to one that the Xbox 360 recognizes. There was a whole guide on how to do this online...

Ok...you have to format a LapTop Hard Drive to Fat32.

Here:
www.llamma.com/xbox360/mods/USB%20Hard%20Drive%20Mod.htm

I'm sure there's other ways.
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#10
Azn Tr14dZ
Wile EThe vga output will give you 1080p with 360.
Yeah, I know. I was thinking about doing this but there's not much of a point to do it right now, maybe when I get the HD-DVD Add On.
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#11
ktr
Azn Tr14dZYou'll have to format it first t one that the Xbox 360 recognizes. There was a whole guide on how to do this online...
I thought it is the standard FAT32...
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#12
Wile E
Power User
Azn Tr14dZYeah, I know. I was thinking about doing this but there's not much of a point to do it right now, maybe when I get the HD-DVD Add On.
I'm only on a 720p set, but the image is more crisp with vga on my 32" Samsung. Could just be my TV tho.
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#13
Azn Tr14dZ
Some HDTV's look different though on VGA so I'm not quite willing to spend $40 on a cable, and then if it doesn't look as good then I'll have to calibrate it...so maybe later.

My HDTV is the Samsung HLR-5078W. Some have had both good and bad experiences w/ VGA on this. So far it looks good using a PC through VGA, but not sure about Xbox 360.
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#14
kakazza
AcerExcellent deal, but what am i supposed to do with 120GB? Arent those small games restricted to 50MB each?
In a recent update it was raised to 150MB. Also, game demos have 300-1000MB each. Then there are LOADS of movie trailers, game teasers...
The 20GB HDD is easily filled if you use the online services. Very sweet :)
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#15
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
I use the HDD on my 360 for game saves...thats about it. Im soon to use my ps3 hdd for more than game saves though :).

Also, my ps3 looks alot better on my 32" 720 LCD by Vizio (using HDMI no less muhaha) than my 360 does on my 51" Toshiba HDTV (which upconverts to 1080i as well).
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#16
Azn Tr14dZ
I think my Xbox 360 looks great on my 50" Samsung HDTV. I set it as 1080i and my HDTV Upconverts it to 1080p! Looks amazing, but I might try out VGA sooner or later...
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