The Xbox 360 Black Wireless Controller gives you 30 feet of room to play your favorite games. You'll get up to 40 hours of gameplay from two standard AA batteries -- or connect a Play & Charge cable for uninterrupted play. Plug the Xbox 360 Headset into the controller for full duplex voice communication - a wireless first. With quick access to Xbox 360 features including DVDs, music, pictures, and more, along with the ability to support four wireless controllers simultaneously, gamers can experience wireless freedom, precision, high quality, and performance for endless gameplay. Vibration Control with On/Off settings Xbox Guide Button gives you quick access to all your favorite Xbox 360 system activities
Anh Nguyen Great design, as expected It's rather a given that first party controllers are the best choice for expanding your set. This wireless controller has shown no qualms in connection or reliability. It has performed as one would expect. I'm not sure what else can be said about it. It performs as well as the controller included with the system. The black color scheme is my preferred skin and it looks like quality overall.
From the manufacturerIntroducing Xbox 360 Elite, the premier Xbox 360 console package that includes a massive 120GB hard drive, a HDMI port and a premium black finish. Xbox 360 Elite also includes a black wireless controller and black Xbox LIVE headset. Xbox 360 Elite has enough space for a whole library of Xbox LIVE Arcade games as well as downloadable high-definition TV shows, movies, music, and more available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Features:
Xbox 360 Elite console: The console is equipped with a premium black finish and an HDMI port and like all Xbox 360 systems, comes with three powerful core processors, 16:9 cinematic aspect ratio, anti-aliasing for smooth textures, full surround sound, HDMI cable and DVD playback with upscaling capabilities right out of the box.
Xbox 360 120GB hard drive: The huge 120GB detachable hard drive allows gamers to save their games and store television shows, movies, music, pictures, trailers, extra game levels, demos and other content available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Also sold separately.
Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (black): The sleek black finish of this high-performance wireless controller matches the style of the Elite Console. It has a range of up to 30 feet and a battery life of 30 hours on two AA batteries. Also sold separately.
Xbox 360 headset (black): Now available in black, the headset lets you strategize while playing together online or trade taunts with your opponents. You can also send voice messages to friends on Xbox LIVE.
Xbox 360 HDMI cable: New to Xbox 360, HDMI lets you get HD video (up to 1080p) and multichannel surround sound, all from one cable.
Xbox LIVE Silver Membership: With this, gamers can chat with friends online, collect achievements and gamerscores, send and receive voice and text messages, and access Xbox LIVE Marketplace content such as game demos, HD movies and TV, as well as the best in downloadable games from Xbox LIVE Arcade.
One-month subscription to Xbox LIVE Gold: An Xbox LIVE Gold Membership provides a complete online entertainment experience. Subscribe to this premium service and engage in competitive online multiplayer matches, tailor your matchmaking via feedback and accomplishments, chat with more than one person at a time, and take advantage of unique privileges in Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Xbox LIVE Arcade.
R. Southern Reliability questions are still out there, but unmatched games! I got my XBOX Elite shortly after they were introduced (it had the 205W power brick - newer ones have the 175W brick), which was just over a year ago (this review being written in June 2008). I had read, as others have, that there were reliability concerns with early systems but I didn't experience the red ring of death (RROD) in that year. I used my Elite in both the vertical and horizontal positions, depending on where I played and it's in a room with other computer equipment, so it's not exactly a cold room, tends to run 80-85F year round, no overheating and no disc scratches. I have also taken this system over to friends houses for game nights and on a weekend trips to play Rock Band, GH2 and GH3 as well as Gears or War, Rainbow 6 and several other games. This system is really about the games and that is where it excels!
We have also been using this system as a home entertainment device for my 3 year old daughter. We downloaded Blues Clues and Dora the Explorer episodes from XBOX Live and she has spent many hours enjoying them. This is great since like most young kids she doesn't get bored with repeating the same episodes and I don't have to wear out my theater DVD player. It sits in my study connected to a 32" Sharp LCD running at 1080P and she loves it (although these episodes are not in HD).
I have also downloaded a few HD movies from XBOX live and they look great on our 50" plasmas (only 720p though :( )!
The reason I got the Elite, over the other system options, was for the large HDD. I ripped about 50 CDs to it over the year, so I could have background music while I work. Once again, the Elite is perfect for that. The system is very quite when running things other than games (playing games is another story, that DVD drive is loud when it kicks up to high speed - which is all the time when playing games from it!!).
I ended up using about 50GB total with all the songs and downloads, and I still had a lot of room... I say "still" because a bad thing happened this past weekend. Literally 1 year and 5 days of enjoyable and trouble-free ownership when all of a sudden the HDD starts making a strange clicking sound and the system will not boot with the HDD attached. I got the E68 message every time I tried to start (bad HDD). So I call their support line and after escalating to a supervisor and telling them my story (and they confirm that I've had the system for 370 days), they say I need to buy a new HDD and that my system is out of warranty and they can't do anything... I understand not doing something for a system that's a few months out of warranty, but 5 days?! Wow, that's strict and really reflects no commitment to customer service. I've had much better post warranty service for my car dealers when I'm 10K miles and a year out of warranty than what I got from MS's outsourced support... it probably reflects the mass market consumer focus of these devices. They could have at least offered to sell me a replacement at a reduced cost, but no, they quoted full retail!
In any case, I politely declined their offer and I contacted the company I originally purchased the Elite from. They understand customer service and graciously took it back with a full refund (including shipping!!!). I'm now waiting to buy another Elite from them when they get them back in stock with a good bundle.
Anyway, my point of all this is, based on my experience, I would say that MS has gotten some of the reliability bugs out of the systems (the problems caused by heat management), but there are still issues. In this case, I believe they are using low cost (i.e. low quality) drives. From my personal experience in both the PC support field and from 10 years designing and supporting high end routers that use rotating media, there is a wide range of vendors for drives and the quality between them varies wildly - you have to pay more to get good quality (I personally prefer Seagate for mission critical things now - but there are other reliable vendors too). I suspect that a cost decision influenced Microsoft's designers/product management's choice for this drive, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are more reports in the near future of increasing failure rates of their drives.
I love this game system, and still would recommend it to people over the PS3 because of the broader games catalog and versatility, but would strongly urge anyone buying an XBOX360 of and model/package to get an extended warranty or performance plan to cover the HDD and DVD drives since these seem to be susceptible to early failures.
Complete with a charging cable and rechargeable battery pack, the Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit is all you need to juice up your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller?even in the midst of battle.
J. Du works as described pros: long cable and easy to use. Can also plug into the USB port on the computer and have the drivers downloaded through windows update for charging through the computer.
cons: sometimes doesn't charge because not plugged in properly. removing from the controller requires pulling on the cable; don't know how long this will last.
Nathan M. White Great As Expected This controller is my fourth wireless Xbox 360, and like all my other ones, this performs flawlessly. The wireless connection with the Xbox always works and has never dropped on me once. The battery works well and the charging cord is convenient. I highly recommend this controller. Wireless gaming is amazing, and this controller will give you that.
Long overdue, The Armory, is the first console game controllerrack of its kind! Now you can store your game controllers withoutwrapping up the cords or even disconnecting the controllers fromyour console system! The Armory can be mounted on the wall,in the closet, or even inside an entertainment cabinet.Designed to support up to four standard wired and/or wireless controllers for the:PlayStation 3TM SIXAXISPlayStation 2TM Dual ShockPlayStationTMXBOX 360TM WirelessXBOX 360TM USBXBOXTM S TypeXBOXTM DukeGameCubeTM"The Armory" is a registeredTrademark of ArmoryTech.The Armory is US and ForeignPatent Pending"The Armory" is a registered Trademark of ArmoryTech Incorporated. The Armory is US and Foreign Patent Pending(Some assembly required. Mounting hardware included.)
High-performance wireless gaming is here! Using optimised technology, the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller lets you enjoy a 30-foot range and up to 40 hours of life on the two included AA batteries - and when they run low, you're give ample warning so you can connect a Play & Charge Kit for uninterrupted play. Plug the Xbox 360 Headset into the controller for the full two-way voice communication: a wireless first.
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