Among the 3 major gaming consoles Play Station , Xbox & Wii . My preferred choice is Xbox .
Details of Xbox :
Xbox 360 console comes with,
- Xbox 360 console
- a brick charger
- Component HD AV Cable
- Ethernet cable
- A gaming headset
- Media remote
- One wireless controller,
- 20 GB HDD
- Manuals & warranty card
- Alkaline batteries for remote and wireless controller
- Two free games along with the console, Viva Pinata and Forza Motor racing 2.
Xbox Characteristics :
- 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
- A protected slot having 2 USB ports,
- On the back have power connection slot, a Ethernet port, extra USB port, HD AV cable connectivity port, Digital output port (used for digital audio cable).
- Xbox Console Navigation is smooth and very simple.
- Xbox has 5 dashboard blades, Market place, Xbox Live, Games, Media and System
- Game play clarity on HD mode is really good, the visual quality on normal TV mode, where the video quality takes a slight hit, still playable in case one does not have a HDTV or HD ready TV.
- Graphics delivered by the console are top notch and flawless, playing with wireless controller is fun, just need to pair the wireless controller once to the console and controller
- Buttons and joysticks are easy to use
- Great audio and visual clarity
- Play your own soundtrack in the background while playing a game, this feature is game based.
- Xbox has windows media center connectivity option to connect windows based pc to Xbox
- One can view favourite DVD movies on Xbox
- With the latest software upgrade for Xbox you can also view DivX files on Xbox
- It allows mp3 playback and movie playback from USB devices as well
- Surprisingly Xbox would not play a VCD
- Connect your mp3 player, or Ipod, digital camera to play music or view photographs on Xbox
- It also provides song ripping option in case one wants to load tracks to Xbox hard drive from a music CD
- With the media remote one can operate multimedia features easily and even record live TV in case one's PC is equipped with TV tuner card & is connected to a set-top box.
- Xbox 360 console has being criticized to be a noisy console, heating up fast and the most famous RRoD (Red Ring of death) problem most consoles have reported to encounter
- Microsoft offers 3 years warranty against RRoD problem with console replacement and 1 year warranty for other issues.
- Its very difficult to choose between two major gaming consoles Xbox 360 & PS3
- Nintendo Wii is still not officially released in India
- PS3 is gaining popularity slowly and has less number of game titles as of now which cost mostly near 2000/3000 bucks and above, while Xbox 360 has impressive line up of gaming titles with backward playing compatibility of few Xbox games
- Windows based PC is bound to connect seamlessly with Xbox compared to a PS3
- Both PS3 and Xbox 360 have their pros and cons
- The performance of Xbox which combines features of a gaming and entertainment device is Superb.
- In India Xbox 360 games are available in a range of Rs 999 to Rs 2510.
