Xbox 360 Elite, Worth it or not?

The three main features of the 360 elite pertain to the hard drive, casing, and the new NDME supported interface (along with some minor patches to the firmware). To this extent the 360 doesn't show any real change in the market, and provides no real new hype. The fine black exterior is no real news, cases can be bought and easily installed and to a much more variety by third parties. (Such as [H] Console and decal girl). The larger hard drive does suit the players who use what little they have on their 20 gig hard drives (i.e. the hard drives of the platinum 360s who already have space allocated for other such reasons that many aren't aware of [most likely for use of virtual memory]) Although media and other such data can be streamed form the pc without having to specialize a hard drive to meet the 360s standards. And finally the 3rd feature the HDMI interface with an output of 1080p is essentially useless, for the reason of no game ever heard of is compatible with a 1080 progressive scan. So is the elite worth your hundred dollars, for a fan boy it just might be. Although with the updates that just about anyone can make, per their desires, is it worth it for Microsoft to tell you that your 360 platinum or core is obsolete. In my opinion only will a price drop of the 360 be adequate, but with Sony's fake out of the PS3 price drop their will be no such thing for maybe another year or so.

I don't know, man. Future releases may be compatible with the high quality progressive scan. But yeah, the harddrive is pretty useless; I don't need 120GB.

I did get an Elite though, just because I like getting top-of-the-line electronics, and it was only $80 more than the premium package. Plus, it's black and fits nicely into my electronics setup, moreso than white, which would stick out.

But to each his own, I'd say.

I don't know, man. Future releases may be compatible with the high quality progressive scan. But yeah, the harddrive is pretty useless; I don't need 120GB.

I did get an Elite though, just because I like getting top-of-the-line electronics, and it was only $80 more than the premium package. Plus, it's black and fits nicely into my electronics setup, moreso than white, which would stick out.

But to each his own, I'd say.

Koldewyse

Well the elite you have doesn't have the 65nm chip yet, but how is it working out so far for you?

And do you think you'll trade it in once the 65nm elites come out?

you might find this review interesting: http://www.xbox360premiumvselite.blogspot.com.

hope it helps.

I just got one and it's really great. No problems with it. The HDMI looks amazing on my 1080P HDTV. Very happy with it!!