Truly 360 Fun - Xbox 360

The gaming bug in me has being awakened by the arrival of Xbox 360, my wife got this
console as a prize from a campaign her team won in the office, always used to skip buying my
favourite games on my !" since the gaming configurations keep going up every time, and
find it useless to keep upgrading my !" ram and processor and graphic card for #ust gaming, so
Xbox 360 came as a blessing for me$
%ox "ontent& Xbox 360 !ro console contains Xbox 360 console, a brick charger, "omponent
'( )* "able, +thernet cable, ) gaming headset, media remote, one wireless controller, ,0 -%
'((, manuals, warranty card, alkaline batteries for remote and wireless controller, also
received two free games along with the console, *iva !inata and .orza /otor racing ,$
"onsole (etails& Xbox 360 pro console is sleek and can be placed horizontally or vertically, its
white in look and has chrome finish on sides, on the front panel you have disc loading tray and
two slots for memory units 0sold separately1, a protected slot having , 23% ports, on the back
you have power connection slot, a +thernet port, extra 23% port, '( )* cable connectivity
port, (igital output port 0used for digital audio cable1$
"onfiguration& have a !hilips 3,T)400 5"( T* which is '( ready, setting up the console is
easy and connected the component '( )* cable to my televisions composite video ports,
connected audio output to my )rtis 36600 6$7 speakers, set my T* display to 7040i setting
078,0 X 7040 resolution 9 ,,0:3,600 pixels1 then set the cable option to '(T* mode 0it has
T* mode as well for playing games on normal televisions1, began my console set up after
powering it on, created my -amer tag 0gaming profile1, the gaming experience was
;)<+3=/+;$
"onsole >avigation& Xbox console has a really cool dashboard which can be customized in
terms of colours and you can even keep your preferred images in the dashboard background$ t
had 6 dashboard blades, /arket place, Xbox 5ive, -ames, /edia and 3ystem these dashboard
options are easy to access, you would not re?uire much effort to navigate through them, you
also have an option for configuring family settings for games in case you have a child at home
and you would not want your child to play certain genre of games$
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"onsole performance& have begun playing all 6 game titles have with me 0 *iva !inata,
.orza /otorsport racing ,, <<+ @)< *s 3mackdown ,004, )rmy of Two, /arvel 2ltimate
)lliance, 'alo 31, game play clarity on '( mode is ;)mazing;, checked the visual ?uality on
normal T* mode, where the video ?uality takes a slight hit, still playable in case one does not
have a '(T* or '( ready T*$ did not experience any game lag during the game play and
graphics delivered by the console are top notch and flawless, playing with wireless controller is
fun, you #ust need to pair the wireless controller once to the console and controller buttons and
#oysticks are easy to use, you wont end up paining your fingers once you are done gaming, with
a great audio and visual clarity the game play becomes immersive, you can also play your own
soundtrack in the background while playing a game, this feature is game based$
%eyond -aming& Xbox 360 pro does not #ust play games, it has windows media center
connectivity option to connect your windows based pc to Xbox, you can dump your existing
(*( player since you can view your favourite movies on Xbox, with the latest software
upgrade for Xbox you can also view (ivX files on Xbox, it allows mp3 playback and movie
playback from 23% devices as well, surprisingly it would not play a *"(, you can connect
your mp3 player, or pod, digital camera to play music or view photographs on Xbox, it also
provides song ripping option in case you want to load tracks to Xbox hard drive from a music
"(, with the media remote you can operate multimedia features easily and even record live T*
in case your !" is e?uipped with T* tuner card is connected to a setAtop box$
Xbox 5ive service& /icrosoft offers free silver membership to online service for Xbox 360
called Xbox 5ive, connected to this service by connecting the console to my laptop by sharing
my wiAfi connection through my router in my other room, got 7 month trial -old membership
of Xbox 5ive service, this feature allows you to watch new game trailers, download game
demos and participate in live gaming events, download Xbox arcade games, you can also share
your gamer achievement score which you keep scoring in different games as you unlock
various challenges in a game$
3upport B <arranty& Xbox 360 console has being criticized to be a noisy console, heating up
fast and the most famous @@o( 0@ed ring of death1 problem most consoles have reported to
Truly 360 Fun - Xbox 360
encounter, but have observed that my console has no problems with regards to overAheating or
being too noisy as have played games at a stretch for CA6 hours, in terms of warranty
/icrosoft offers 3 years warranty against @@o( problem with console replacement and 7 year
warranty for other issues$ Dou can be a part of buzzing Xbox forums on Xbox website which
offer lot;s of tips and tricks to play games from members across the globe, other discussion
topics on Xbox$
<hy Xbox E& ts very difficult to choose between two ma#or gaming consoles Xbox 360 B
!33, >itendo <ii is still not officially released in ndia, its available through grey market, !33
is gaining popularity slowly and has less number of game titles as of now which cost mostly
near 3000 bucks and above, while Xbox 360 has impressive line up of gaming titles with
backward playing compatibility of few Xbox games, apart from that a windows based !" is
bound to connect seamlessly with Xbox compared to a !33, both !33 and Xbox 360 have their
pros and cons, but am happy with the performance of Xbox which combines features of a
gaming and entertainment device$ n ndia Xbox 360 games are available in a range of @s 888
to @s ,670$
<hy gaming consoles& <e all like to play games and spending money on a !" to upgrade
graphic card, memory and storage turns out to be an expensive affair which is not affordable
every time, 3ony !3, is the largest selling console till date and is still alive and kicking with a
huge library of game titles and new games still being churned out for this console, it also
happens to be the largest sold console in ndia, so consoles stand to gain a upper hand due to
extended shelf life they en#oy, the flip side to console gaming is expensive game titles, unlike
cheaper !" games and pirated game "(s available for !"s, 3ony !3, gained popularity in
ndia because !3, has a slew of pirated games and this console has being cracked long back,
whereas Xbox 360 also has being hacked, the hardware has to be modded, but it voids the
warranty, !33 is still not cracked$0 personally would not encourage hacking your console to
play pirated games1, so with gaming consoles extending their capabilities to become a complete
multimedia device, it makes sense to invest in a gaming console$
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Truly 360 Fun - Xbox 360