Got my Xbox 360 Premium kit. :)

[falconguard]

hey nets, just send it to my house. you can stop by and pick it up on the way home your parents, and then drop it off again on your way back to school.

 

[Petros]

I played the Best Buy Fight Night Round 3 demo...I want that game so bad now. You should snag Oblivion for sure, though. Congrats on the system!

 

[Techno Child]

that is awesome net!

Costco has a pretty sweet deal on them right now...they had a ton in the store today but I had to resist since I'm probably going to get a car soon...
489.99 Bundle includes:

* Xbox 360™ System ($399.99)
o Xbox 360™ Game Console
o Wireless Controller
o Combination High-Definition Component and Standard A/V Cable
o 20GB Detachable Hard Drive
o Ethernet Cable
o Headset
o Xbox Live™ Silver
o Xbox Live™ Gold 30-Day Trial
* Extra Wireless Controller
* Play & Charge Kit
* Games: Project Gotham Racing® 3

woa, that is a good deal... we spent over 500bucks on our system and all we have is the consol, a wired and a wireless controler, call of duty 2, and a memory card...

 

[kcnychief]

Here is a link to the package on Costco.com for more details...

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11091580&whse=&topnav=&browse=&s=1

Really makes me drool, can't wait for my birthday

 

[Techno Child]

wow... did microsoft ever fix the bugs that were released with the first 360s ?

 

[Kush]

heard they were

 

[kcnychief]

I haven't really followed that too closely, but I think the only "bugs" were related to the Power Adapter's overheating, right? If that's the case, I think it has definitely gotten alot better but I'm not 100% sure

 

[Techno Child]

so it was the power adapter that overheated, not the cpu?!? (i haven't been following it either) .. so if the power adapter overheats, why would that cause the game to freeze?

 

[Kush]

yeah it was the power brick, i mean adaptor

 

[Electronic Punk]

never had a problem with my xbox 360.

 

[Kush]

yeah it wasnt all of them

 

[Techno Child]

WHY am I always the one to get the defective hardware.... LOL... oh well.... now that I switched my laptop cooler to the psu i think it's working better... didn't freeze yet

 

[Grandmaster]

so it was the power adapter that overheated, not the cpu?!? (i haven't been following it either) .. so if the power adapter overheats, why would that cause the game to freeze?

The power adapter was huge, but the heating problems were inside the 360. Overheating = lockups.

 

[kcnychief]

^^^^What did they/have they done to prevent this issue in the future, if anything?

 

[Grandmaster]

It problem didn't affect all units from what I've read, and I'm not sure if they've made changes to the hardware that's currently on the shelves to fix the issue.

 

[kcnychief]

Well regardless, they have a replacement/RMA policy on it I thought anyways?

I searched through here for what I thought was a thread detailing all this stuff pretty good - did it get blown away in the crash?

 

[kcnychief]

Hey Kunal - are you going to be hooking this up to a HD TV?

 

[NetRyder]

...if you want to buy me one.

 

[kcnychief]

No, was just wondering what your take was on the actual difference of playing one on HD vs Normal TV. Does it still look sweet?

 

[NetRyder]

Yeah, it still looks good, although it's definitely a MUCH better experience on a HDTV.