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| Xbox 360 Elite System Console Includes 120GB Hard Drive | 
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| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $447.18
Buy New from $447.18
Avg. Customer Rating:  (229 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2628
Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game
Edition: Elite 120 GB
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Graphics RAM: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 17
Dimensions (in): 150 x 134.4 x 81.6
MPN: B4J-00122
Model: 360 Elite System
UPC: 882224390118
EAN: 0882224390118
ASIN: B000OYMSL6
Release Date: April 29, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fantastic July 18, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Ok,When I first even thought about ordering this product,I was a bit skeptical.After I ordered it via USPS 2 Day Shipping,I had received it early on the second day as they had stated.The Xbox 360 Elite is worth every single penny.The graphics are absolutely phenomenal and I haven't even purchased my 1080p HD television yet.The only thing that I don't like is the fact that if you wish to play Xbox live and go online,you must pay $49.99 a year for it and also either buy one of the following.....Xbox 360 Wireless adapter for $99.99,a long ethernet extension cord,or if you are fortunate enough to have the ethernet box in your room by your 360 you will only need the 49.99 Xbox Live 12+1 Month card or any other amount of membership starting at 1 month.Overall The Xbox 360 Elite is an absolutely FABULOUS buy.
My son loves the system July 5, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this system for my son recently. He tells me that it is the best game he has. He has other systems too and now they are collecting dust. He likes to play with people from around the world with the internet connection and headphones. I made one mistake while cleaning and he was playing the game, I picked it up and turned it on its side. Never ever do that while game is in play because it ruins the game disk. I had to shell out more money for a new copy.
 Be careful!! July 2, 2008
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
Yes, the Xbox is great fun and has the most advanced online features if it only works... After only 6 weeks of moderate use I experienced the famous "Red Ring of Death" and with lots of apologies from Microsoft it took 3 weeks to exchange a brand new one and get a "refurbished" one. Unfortunately this refurbished console arrived non-functional (again RROD. So more empathy more apologies, but still I had to send in the console (where MS has a smooth and cost-free system in place, so they must do it quite often) and in an separate shipment at my own cost the power supply (all under warranty). Another 3 weeks and I am still waiting.. So far I paid over a thousand dollar for console and games and it is more time for repair than I ever had for gaming. If you want to risk it, go ahead. It can be lots of fun, but I am done with Microsoft and will get me a Playstation 3.
 Unreliable June 27, 2008
12 out of 22 found this review helpful
When it works, its a great product. But be warned - the red ring of death is still a problem. Buy this product at your own risk. Yes, microsoft will repair the x-box. However, they will no longer send a box (coffin) for your unit. So if you buy an xbox, keep your original packaging for when (not if) the red ring of death hits your unit. They do pay for postage and 1 month of xbox live. Both the Wii and Playstation are much better products in terms of reliability. Microsoft is already losing a lot of money on the repairs. It will be interesting to see if they try to start limiting the warranty period in the future. They claimed at their shareholder meeting the repairs are decreasing. Well, my xbox elite is less than 6 months old and aready needs repairing.
Reliability questions are still out there, but unmatched games! June 26, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
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