A Few Xbox 360 Questions

TheBrooder · 21 Jan 2008 at 09:13

Hi

I've suddenly had the urge to buy an xbox and I'm not sure what the differences in the models are.

What can I do on premium that I can't on an arcade model?

Is Premium the same as Pro and "with HDMI" that I've seen?

Do people still play Gears of WAr online or have I missed the party?

Can you improvise in Guitar Hero or do you always have to follow the song?

Cheers

Mr Men · 21 Jan 2008 at 09:19

Hi good choice

Premium has a 20gig hard drive that will let you save games, and download content from the Market Place, such as game demo's and movies, the arcade does come with a 64mb (I think) memory card that you could use for game saves however, but to be honest if you can afford it then better to go with the premium particularly if you are going to be using live.

Not sure about Gears of War, but I imagine you would still be able to find a game full of people easy enough, and no you can't improvise on Guitar Hero 3 sadly.

Andybtsn · 21 Jan 2008 at 09:21

TheBrooder said:
Do people still play Gears of WAr online or have I missed the party?

I went on this the other day and it's quite easy to find games, not as packed as once was but it's quite an old game now.

Wyrdo · 21 Jan 2008 at 10:02

Andybtsn said:
I went on this the other day and it's quite easy to find games, not as packed as once was but it's quite an old game now.

Good to know there are people still playing, I keep meaning to go back to this some more and get some of the online achievements

Kyle009 · 21 Jan 2008 at 10:30

definately go for the pro/premium as the cost difference outweighs the cost of the hard drive.

Caustic · 21 Jan 2008 at 10:37

GoW is still played a lot online. #4 in the most played games list.

(From here: http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/15/live-activity-for-week-of-1-7.aspx)

wedgie · 21 Jan 2008 at 10:40

I would never recommend the Arcade over the Premium. As much as some may feel they won't be using certain features of the 360, I think the chances of never needing the extra space provided by the HDD are pretty slim.

TheBrooder · 21 Jan 2008 at 12:19

So the Pro is the same as the Premium and what about the Xbox 360 with HDMI - are they all the same?

wedgie · 21 Jan 2008 at 12:53

Yes to both.

Surfer · 21 Jan 2008 at 13:42

better picture quality with HDMI over component??

no_1_dave · 21 Jan 2008 at 13:44

da_mic_1530 · 21 Jan 2008 at 13:54

TheBrooder said:
Hi

Can you improvise in Guitar Hero or do you always have to follow the song?

Cheers

sadly it's always the same note's , which to me is annoying as it's just a case of memorising the song notes rather than spur of the moment random generation, there should at least be an option for it

Surfer · 21 Jan 2008 at 14:25

no_1_dave said:
yes

k, cheers.

Caustic · 21 Jan 2008 at 17:21

Surfer said:
better picture quality with HDMI over component??

Nope, not really. People claim there is, (technically HDMI is way better) but the main difference is if your telly is better at accepting signals between the two. You might notice the difference, some say they do.

LLBDTiberio · 21 Jan 2008 at 17:47

Hi, if I was you, i'd go with the premium, did this myself and the only thing you miss out on is a black console with a 120GB Harddrive.
I run my 360 through the VGA cable and to be honest, I can't see the difference between HDMI and VGA on my monitor.

ic1male · 2 Mar 2008 at 02:30

Just to resurrect this thread and continue the discussion - are you guaranteed to get an HDMI Premium model these days from the big online retailers? Obviously, you can't check if you're ordering this way but it's the cheapest at £229.

wedgie · 2 Mar 2008 at 02:32

I would have thought so, or at least it's highly likely.

da_mic_1530 · 2 Mar 2008 at 09:09

ic1male said:
Just to resurrect this thread and continue the discussion - are you guaranteed to get an HDMI Premium model these days from the big online retailers? Obviously, you can't check if you're ordering this way but it's the cheapest at £229.

suppose if push came to shove you could just return it sealed?

NorthstaNder · 2 Mar 2008 at 11:06

to the brooder:- when you get your xbox make sure you take a look at the box first and check out the sticker with the bar code on it. somewhere on there it should say 175w.

if it does, it means that xbox has the new revised motherboard which are more reliable than the older ones.

so 175w = win
no 175w = lose

oh...and get a pro. as well as a harddrive you also get a months free live gold and a headset.

edit...and a component cable

kdd · 2 Mar 2008 at 16:35

Seen the arcade for 209 with assasins creed and dmc 4 so gonna get that, you can get the 20gb hd on fleabay for about 40 quid