Elite 360 HDMI is a rather worthless addition.

You still have to buy a separate $200 HD-DVD to watch 1080p movies. And with 360's 5.1 sound capability I think composite cables would suffice. HDMI is really geared towards HD movie playback and HD sound...which elite has neither....what a joke. MS laughs at fools who will buy this.

In the end the $480 tag for elite..and someone owning a premium at $400...there is NO difference at all.

Not true, you can download HD movies off of marketplace.

Not true, you can download HD movies off of marketplace.

TyrantDragon55

I've always wondered if anyone does that

I don't and i've never heard of anyone else doing it

I'm sure some people must though becuase if they werent making any money MS would kill that feature

Not true, you can download HD movies off of marketplace.

TyrantDragon55

not native 1080p movies. 

You still have to buy a separate $200 HD-DVD to watch 1080p movies. And with 360's 5.1 sound capability I think composite cables would suffice. HDMI is really geared towards HD movie playback and HD sound...which elite has neither....what a joke. MS laughs at fools who will buy this.

In the end the $480 tag for elite..and someone owning a premium at $400...there is NO difference at all.

Vicious_T

i wouldn't say no difference

the difference is i don't like knowing that there's a higher model above the one i own!

otherwise i agree, i'm not a big fan of the elite

[QUOTE="TyrantDragon55"]

Not true, you can download HD movies off of marketplace.

Hammerofjustice

not native 1080p movies. 

And? Most T.V.s don't even support 1080p.

[QUOTE="Hammerofjustice"][QUOTE="TyrantDragon55"]

Not true, you can download HD movies off of marketplace.

TyrantDragon55

not native 1080p movies.

And? Most T.V.s don't even support 1080p.

[QUOTE="TyrantDragon55"][QUOTE="Hammerofjustice"][QUOTE="TyrantDragon55"]

Not true, you can download HD movies off of marketplace.

ccgod

not native 1080p movies.

And? Most T.V.s don't even support 1080p.

Well of course, PC monitors support resolutions higher than 1080p.

Worthless to me? Yes. Worthless to Home Theater gurus? No.X360PS3AMD05

With no TruHD sound yes..worthless to Theatre gurus. I can imagine a guru buying 1k HDMI reciever an find out that 360 1.2 hdmi port sucks. 

The elite is all about the hard drive, and not so much HDMI.

a premium360, + the 120gig HD costs more than the elite.  So basically you just have the choice of saving money if you havent already got a 360 and want the bigger HD when it comes out.

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Worthless to me? Yes. Worthless to Home Theater gurus? No.Vicious_T

With no TruHD sound yes..worthless to Theatre gurus. I can imagine a guru buying 1k HDMI reciever an find out that 360 1.2 hdmi port sucks.

You still have to buy a separate $200 HD-DVD to watch 1080p movies. And with 360's 5.1 sound capability I think composite cables would suffice. HDMI is really geared towards HD movie playback and HD sound...which elite has neither....what a joke. MS laughs at fools who will buy this.

In the end the $480 tag for elite..and someone owning a premium at $400...there is NO difference at all.

Vicious_T

COMPONENT not COMPOSITE. Actually, component cables DO NOT provide 5.1 sound, you need to use a TOSLINK optical cable in order to get surround sound to your receiver. 

Not true, you can download HD movies off of marketplace.

TyrantDragon55

and watch that 120gb disapear in a flash

The elite is all about the hard drive, and not so much HDMI.

a premium360, + the 120gig HD costs more than the elite.  So basically you just have the choice of saving money if you havent already got a 360 and want the bigger HD when it comes out.

carl2tan

and its still a tiny hard drive, 120gb was standard in pcs in 2004.  400gb in a pc cost you less