Was just at my local shopping center browsing through the boxing day sales, and though I don't have any gaming systems i thought this looked like quite a bargain (though it might not be, as i know EB games runs on a pretty good profit).
Basically its a pre-owned Xbox for $40. I asked my local store, and they still had several in stock.
You don't need to buy any games/trade anything, and im not sure how useful an xbox is nowadays (as its an old system), but might be worth it for someone for $40?
Not if you wanna play HD stuff. :D But for everything else, XBMC is a great media center.
And +ve vote from me - great price!
http://www.ebgames.com.au/home/product.cfm?ID=116
They're $47 both online and the 3 stores I visited today. Still cheap for anyone wanting one.
One in Westfield Doncaster clearly had the systems for $40 (as of 2pm today), might just be an individual store offer or something.
They have plenty in Sydney Westfield store
There has been no reduction/specials in Pre-owned 360 games.
However there is a pre-owned sale in Jan with 30-40-50% off titles.
XBMC on Xbox is the best Media Center hands on! def worth 40 bucks and the effort getting XBMC on the machine
Hands on??? Or hands down? :D
Just a note that XBMC won't play HD stuff!
It will, but at like 10-20fps (very slow, broken up video).
Or you can 'fiddle around' with it a bit more.
This site has some pretty awesome guides:
http://xbox-scene.com/xbox-tutorials.php?p=191|298|#298
(even one where you can learn how to make your x box silent!)
Yep, out of the box…it won't. Why say it will when it isn't watchable? :D
Oh, I forgot about the CPU/RAM upgrade…or encoding the HD file differently so it will play. But too much mucking around for me.
One other limitation I have found it is suffers when trying to play MP4's even SD, one way to fix this is use tversity. I use it with my xbox, xbox360, psp and PS3. It realtime converts everything down to resolution and bitrate the device can handle.
But for $40 buck its a bargain, whack in a 750Gb IDE and a softmod and you have close to 1000 hours of video on tap, kid/wife friendly, safer than them scratching up your dvd collection.
Went and bought a Crystal xbox plus DVD remote and Splinter Cell Game (softmod) for $60.45. Ordered an USB cable for $10 from ebay.
Looking to add a 1TB SATA drive WD-GP ($165 requires converter ($25) on umart).
Primarily for the wife friendly factor.
Tempted to get another one to install Mac OS-X (Darwin) just for iphone sdk (for me).
Makes a fantastic htpc once you install XBMC on it.