Customer Reviews
Runs fine if you use the hard drive. - By: Harry Cottam, 31 Aug 2010 
This xbox is a little bit smaller than the old versions which is obviously better. It does get very dusty because of the type of plastic that covers it but this isn't too much of a problem. The hard drive is now inserted underneath which makes it hard to remove but you don't remove it too much anyway. It is whisper quiet if you use the 250GB space & install your games. The power box is probably louder than the xbox. The touch controls on the front can be annoying when you touch them by accident but just have to be careful. It looks much better & runs alot better than my old xbox. I recommend you buy it.
First time with a 360 and sold it within a week - By: Tammy Stevens, 30 Aug 2010 
I really don't get it?
I have owned a PS3 for 3 years now & love it but given Kinect was coming out I thought I'd get a 360 & give it a bash...
OK so here's why I got rid....
1. It's SO LOUD... The external power supply has a fan builtin it which sounds like a jet engine.
2. The controllers are heavy & need batteries? what? seriously? I had to go & buy batteries & a charger.
3. I have to pay to go online? seriously?
4. Networking movies is damn near impossible to set up fast, I have a QNAP TS210 set up with Twonky media server & 3 TV's, PS3 & Sony Blu-ray player all see it fine. Yet the xbox doesn't see it? so I transfered a movie to a flash drive, to play it the 360 wanted some file off the net first, selected that but then it wanted me to sign up to live to get it. What a faff on, after everything it still didn't work, spent several hours & eventually got it working but then found it won't play half my files, most of them need re-encoding.
5. Design, it's ugly, plasticy, why did they give the matt finish to the cheaper version? I'd have much preffered that.
6. The games, as a big racing fan (own Dirt 2, GT P, Motorstorm) I was looking forward to trying out forza 3 & PGR4, well that was a let down, graphics are awful.
7. I though this was a serious console? yet when I turn it on it's like a wii, I have to create & dress a flippin charachter, I felt like a ten year old.
8. The Menu's, slow, poorly designed etc etc (I did like the boot up graphics though)
9. No Gigabit ethernet
10. No Dual Band Wireless N
11. You have to use propietary Hard Drives (I have a 640gb 2.5"in my PS3)
12. Xbox live, after signing up to the 1 month free trial I got I went online with COD4 something I love on the PS3, all I got was a bunch of yanky teenagers talking rubbish & foul mouthed.
13. no blu-ray drive
14. Playing gamesin the dark is a nightmare as you get a really bright green LED on the controller blinding you.
15. I sometimes also playin bed when the Mrs is asleep but I can't with this, 1. because the console is so loud & 2. because the controllers are really clicky & noisy.
Save your money & get a PS3, a much better overall experience.
Great upgrade - By: VC, 27 Aug 2010 My Xbox Elite broke right when this came out (... strange ... & my gf bought the lie ... lol) & I bought this one. It is not that much change except for the dvd reader which is very very silent (you almost think it is broken beacuse you cant hear anything) & the in-built wireless. The cover is so nice that now it has a placein my shelf with all my entertainment (dolby, dvd player, sky box) while before it looked a little bit out of place. I look forward to the release of the Kinetik. the only negative thing is that it doesn't come with a cable to transfer the old hard disk to the new one. No big deal really but for upgraders like me it would be a plus.
good machine with a few down sides - By: Daaaaaaave, 25 Aug 2010 
The xbox 360 is stunning to look at & to play on. when I bought mine I couldn't wait to play it, reading all the reviews the Xbox looked like it was amazing. here are some of the pro's & con's I found:
PRO'S
- 250gb hard drive
- touch sensitive buttons
- smaller Xbox
- chrome guide button
- smaller power brick
- 5 USB ports
CON'S
- FINGER PRINT MAGNET!
- Xbox is sometimes quiet
- power brick makes a lot of noise
- games are warm when they come out of the disk tray
- you have to buy a transfer cable to move your content (if you want to do it with no hassle)
READ THIS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY IT .... IT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY - By: A. Cresswell, 24 Aug 2010 My son has just bought this & the first we noticed was there was no free HDMI Cable & no Free 12 months Microsoft Live Gold Memebership. Hang on ... Isn't that what is promisedin the advert? Well YES & NO. You have to order the bundle. So if like my son you simply click on it & add to cart you'll miss the bit where you have to select the HDMI cable & add it to the cart, there's also the bit where you discover you need to add XBOX LIVE bundle as well **BUT** that's not free, it's discounted so the FREE only refers to HDMI. Bit mean & misleadingin the advert if you ask me.
Anyway, apart from that the XBOX360 is like the old onein name only. The new HDMI output is great, it's 60% of the size of the old one, it looks sleeker & refined, it's absolutely whisper quiet, we couldn't hear a thing & we listened carefully especially after all the moans on here about noise... I think those folks have got a duff box. Anyway we gave it an all night workover & my son was delighted. I'm not so easily impressed & thought that the simple addition of some USB ports, better controls & a makeover & a wireless that should have been there from the begining still wasn't enought to warrant a new box. Still it's his pocket money & not mine. Personally I think what you have now is an XBOX360 that is *nearly* as good & as comprehensive as a PS3. I say nearly becausein all honesty the PS3 is way slicker even now. I'm a PC gamer so I have no axe to grind with consoles butin terms of ability & presentation & delivery of content it's PS3, XBOX360(250Gb) Wii.
