So who's got an XBOX "Slim" coming this week?

MOOGLEYS · 20 Jul 2010 at 16:54

Mine went back today.. Now have a nice new lawn-mower as a birthday present instead.... lol..

Just could not justify keeping it really when my Jasper model works perfectly and is quite-ish anyway..

antijoke · 20 Jul 2010 at 17:16

So you bought a new 360s, and have now returned it?

sharingan_sasuk · 20 Jul 2010 at 19:09

Zensuji said:
Does it have DVI? I recently switched from VGA to HDMI on my monitor and the difference was superb.

Yes indeed it does, but the reason I'm still using the same VGA cable from my Core is because my previous PC monitor only had VGA. VGA still looks pretty good on it, on a 19 inch widescreen TFT monitor with a native resolution of 1440x900, but I have to run it on 1280x1024 as that doesn't leave black bars at the top and bottom. I dunno whether it's worth upgrading from VGA to DVI though.

Zensuji · 20 Jul 2010 at 19:13

sharingan_sasuk said:
Yes indeed it does, but the reason I'm still using the same VGA cable from my Core is because my previous PC monitor only had VGA. VGA still looks pretty good on it, on a 19 inch widescreen TFT monitor with a native resolution of 1440x900, but I have to run it on 1280x1024 as that doesn't leave black bars at the top and bottom. I dunno whether it's worth upgrading from VGA to DVI though.

Defo give it a try. On my monitor the difference was massive. Could see people across the other side of the maps on BC2 even though they were just a couple of pixels.

sharingan_sasuk · 20 Jul 2010 at 19:17

Zensuji said:
Defo give it a try. On my monitor the difference was massive. Could see people across the other side of the maps on BC2 even though they were just a couple of pixels.

Are you using a single cable that is 360-to-DVI-D on the monitor? Or are you using a 360-to-VGA cable, and then attaching a VGA-DVI-D adaptor on the end? Because in that case, I think I may have one of them VGA-DVD-D adaptors lying around somewhere...

MOOGLEYS · 20 Jul 2010 at 19:28

anticonscience said:
So you bought a new 360s, and have now returned it?

It was a gift for my birthday.. I explained it to them and they were happy for me to return it and get something else. I have a lovely new mower the lawn has never been so short...

sanofi · 20 Jul 2010 at 22:54

sharingan_sasuk said:
Got mine today at 4:30pm finally after waiting all day! The power brick is definitely smaller but makes more noise than the console itself. The console feels lighter but it doesn't really look smaller.

Is anyone running it on a PC monitor using a VGA cable by the way? I'm using a VGA cable that I bought years ago to use with my Core model, which I imagine should be ok? The PC monitor doesn't have a HDMI or scart socket on it, hence the VGA cable.

I'm using it via an official VGA lead and it's working great at 1680x1050.

TriedandTested · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:17

Another new design/spec - this one in matt black.

The sleek, new Xbox 360 4GB console features a sleek new design, and includes built-in Wi-Fi N, 4GB of internal flash memory, touch-sensitive buttons and a matt black finish

New Xbox 360 features:

4GB internal flash memory
Wi fi built in
Matt black colour
Ready for kinect (no requirement for additional power supply)
Touch sensitive buttons

Margaret · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:17

It looks weird in matte there! I bet it looks nicer in person though.

MOOGLEYS · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:18

WeOwnTheSky said:
Another new design/spec - this one in matt black.

The sleek, new Xbox 360 4GB console features a sleek new design, and includes built-in Wi-Fi N, 4GB of internal flash memory, touch-sensitive buttons and a matt black finish

New Xbox 360 features:

4GB internal flash memory

Wi fi built in

Matt black colour

Ready for kinect (no requirement for additional power supply)

Touch sensitive buttons

That looks a lot nicer than the shiny black dust magnet..

Zensuji · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:24

sharingan_sasuk said:
Are you using a single cable that is 360-to-DVI-D on the monitor? Or are you using a 360-to-VGA cable, and then attaching a VGA-DVI-D adaptor on the end? Because in that case, I think I may have one of them VGA-DVD-D adaptors lying around somewhere...

I'm using a HDMI cable with a DVI adaptor on one end.

EDIT: defo getting one in Matte.

dannyjo22 · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:28

I prefer that matt one, how much and what kinds of HDD can you whack on it? How expensive are they?

TriedandTested · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:30

£149.99 released 20th August.

Can't see if you can add HDD, but surely you can.

Margaret · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:34

You'd have to be an idiot to pay £150 for that when the 250Gb one is £200 |:

and you can add a hard drive to it

TheVoice · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:36

WeOwnTheSky said:
£149.99 released 20th August.

Can't see if you can add HDD, but surely you can.

You can, but no word yet on what the HDDs will cost.

antijoke · 21 Jul 2010 at 09:49

I read on IGN MS have no plans at the moment to sell the 250Gb HDD on its own. And if they did I bet it will be a lot more than £50.

TheVoice · 21 Jul 2010 at 10:05

They always say that though, regardless of their actual intentions. But yes, I can imagine the price being rather ridiculous.

MOOGLEYS · 21 Jul 2010 at 10:06

I read somewhere that you can use the original xbox hard drives with the new xbox if you take them out of the outer casing and plug it into the new xbox as it uses a standard sata interface. Apparantly it works fine...

TheVoice · 21 Jul 2010 at 11:10

MOOGLEYS said:
I read somewhere that you can use the original xbox hard drives with the new xbox if you take them out of the outer casing and plug it into the new xbox as it uses a standard sata interface. Apparantly it works fine...

Yeah, I've also seen that, just means the drive is a bit loose. Shame they didn't decide to just let you use standard drives (ala PS3) and add a 'format for 360' option to the 360 S software, but I imagine they make a decent amount of money from selling £20 HDDs for £60 or more.

In fact, I'd be surprised if Sony didn't go back to having more proprietary stuff next time round. Sadly I think the PS3 will be the last time we see a console come with so much as standard.

TerryWogan · 21 Jul 2010 at 11:30

MOOGLEYS said:
That looks a lot nicer than the shiny black dust magnet..

Damn, why can't we get matte black in 250GB? My PS3 takes enough dusting as it is. The one thing holding me back from getting the Slim is the shiny dust magnet colour.