Please, please help

I'm trying to look around and find a 360, and I was wondering if this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8514306&type=product&id=1186006196578would give me a warranty in case I got the RROD, and what is the silver status thing?

It has what I need: A system, a controller, and a game to sell. But what are some drawbacks of this?

• No mic (not a huge deal)
• Small hard drive (still not a really big deal)
• Anyting else?

Thanks for the answers.

It actually has no HD, just built in 256MB of storage... the access to Xbox Live silver means you can download things, maintain friends, but you can't play MP...

It actually has no HD, just built in 256MB of storage... the access to Xbox Live silver means you can download things, maintain friends, but you can't play MP...

Squeets

You can play MP with Gold though, which you can purchase... and when you first make a Live account, you get a free month of Gold... The best suggestion I can give to play MP is to buy the HD Live starter pack... $100 for the 60GB HD, 3 months of Live, a Headset, and an ethernet cable... good deal since everything bought apart is about $150...

And to answer your original question... all new 360s have a 3 year extended RROD warranty by default, so yes, that one does...

I also recommend you get THIS 360... according to a review site I was reading... XGX-00019 360s are most likely Jasper models and therefore less likely to get the RROD...

I'm going to buy 3 months of Live, so that's okay.

And I'm glad I can get the warranty. Thanks for the help

Is the warrenty just for the three red light problem or does it cover all problems ?turbo-20000

New 360s have a 1 year standard warranty... for all other problems... the RROD is the only error covered by the extended 3 year warranty...

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It actually has no HD, just built in 256MB of storage... the access to Xbox Live silver means you can download things, maintain friends, but you can't play MP...

Squeets

You can play MP with Gold though, which you can purchase... and when you first make a Live account, you get a free month of Gold... The best suggestion I can give to play MP is to buy the HD Live starter pack... $100 for the 60GB HD, 3 months of Live, a Headset, and an ethernet cable... good deal since everything bought apart is about $150...

And to answer your original question... all new 360s have a 3 year extended RROD warranty by default, so yes, that one does...

So all of that is only $100? I think I'm misreading...

[QUOTE="Squeets"]

[QUOTE="Squeets"]

It actually has no HD, just built in 256MB of storage... the access to Xbox Live silver means you can download things, maintain friends, but you can't play MP...

UGAfootballfan

You can play MP with Gold though, which you can purchase... and when you first make a Live account, you get a free month of Gold... The best suggestion I can give to play MP is to buy the HD Live starter pack... $100 for the 60GB HD, 3 months of Live, a Headset, and an ethernet cable... good deal since everything bought apart is about $150...

And to answer your original question... all new 360s have a 3 year extended RROD warranty by default, so yes, that one does...

So all of that is only $100? I think I'm misreading...

Microsoft XBOX 360 60GB Hard Drive Live Starter Pack

For $100 you get:

60GB HD

Xbox 360 Headset

3 Month Xbox Live Gold Subscription Card

An Ethernet Cable (I don't know the length, I think it is 6 feet)

[QUOTE="Squeets"]

[QUOTE="Squeets"]

It actually has no HD, just built in 256MB of storage... the access to Xbox Live silver means you can download things, maintain friends, but you can't play MP...

UGAfootballfan

You can play MP with Gold though, which you can purchase... and when you first make a Live account, you get a free month of Gold... The best suggestion I can give to play MP is to buy the HD Live starter pack... $100 for the 60GB HD, 3 months of Live, a Headset, and an ethernet cable... good deal since everything bought apart is about $150...

And to answer your original question... all new 360s have a 3 year extended RROD warranty by default, so yes, that one does...

So all of that is only $100? I think I'm misreading...

Nevermind about that last post. I'm only buying the system and what it comes with for right now, but I'll eventually get all that stuff.

So if I bought the Arcade system it would be $200. It comes with Silver Status, so I can play demos and stuff until I buy the gold.

So if I bought the Arcade system it would be $200. It comes with Silver Status, so I can play demos and stuff until I buy the gold.

UGAfootballfan

Yes... but you get a free month (30 days) of gold when you create your account... so you can play MP for free for the first month... after that, if you haven't bought more time, yes... you can download demos until you do get gold again...

Oh yeah, haha. Thanks a lot for all of the help squeets, I really appreciate it.

Your welcome :)

i dont know if anyone has mentioned this yet but you need a hard drive for Xbox live. You cant just use that 256 mb thing, which is pretty useless since most demos are 300 mb and up. So dont buy an arcade buy a 60gb xbox.

also games are coming out requireing the NXE update and having them on the Disc. (Eg Wanted Waepons of Fate)

updated my brothers arcade which wasnt pugged in with an eithernet chord or nothing, completely offline. Sneaky Sneaky, Hd's better get cheaper if they are pulling this.

took up 2 thirds of the memory

Trust me, if I had the money to get a larger HD, I would.

But that raises the question, is it possible to save any of that stuff on a USB drive? (demos, videos, etc.)

nope the usb slots are read only, no saving. its not ur fault im just saying whoever did that just with WANTED is screwing over arcade owners. Giving ya a heads up, but its the only game i have ever come across with it,

Does the system have a slot for HDMI? I already have the cables...

Does the system have a slot for HDMI? I already have the cables...

UGAfootballfan

Can't you just buy a separate hard drive for the arcade? Correct me if im wrong.PlzDuntBanMe

Is the warrenty just for the three red light problem or does it cover all problems ?turbo-20000

Like others have said, there's an automatic 1 year warranty for most all problems. The only thing to watch out for is how Microsoft handles when the warranty starts. My Xbox's warranty started a good 4 months before I bought it, I'm guessing that's when Bestbuy got it from MS. They let you dispute their records but afaik you need the receipt so make sure you keep a hold of the receipt and don't throw it away.