Corby Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Just wondering, can you put in a dvd drive into the xbox 360 arcade , instead of buying the 360 dvd add on?? greetings corby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 All 360's play DVD's. The add-on was only for HD-DVD's which have been discontinued. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corby Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 thanks tempest My first xbox so I haven't given much research on this system, just learning the ropes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 thanks tempest My first xbox so I haven't given much research on this system, just learning the ropes!!! I've only had my Xbox for a few months, so I'm hardly an expert myself. Keep in mind though, the 360's DVD drive is LOUD! So either crank up the volume or get a dedicated DVD player. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Funny, but my new 360 Arcade unit is really quiet compared to my launch era premium 360. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Funny, but my new 360 Arcade unit is really quiet compared to my launch era premium 360. Different drives more than likely. I hear they've gotten a lot better over the years. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Side - question - is there any better quality of anything when you bump up from base to the more premium packages, other than hard disc memory capacity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Side - question - is there any better quality of anything when you bump up from base to the more premium packages, other than hard disc memory capacity? Nope. They're all the same on the inside. Originally there were some differences (HDMI ports for example), but not anymore. Tempes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusc Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Exactly. You can buy an Arcade, wired headset, and the 120 gig HD for thirty dollars less than the Elite, and have/ be able to do everything that the Elite has/does. Except for the black case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Exactly. You can buy an Arcade, wired headset, and the 120 gig HD for thirty dollars less than the Elite, and have/ be able to do everything that the Elite has/does. Except for the black case. After you purchase a network cable and HDMI or Component Cables unless the Arcade units are shipping with those now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilnick Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Exactly. You can buy an Arcade, wired headset, and the 120 gig HD for thirty dollars less than the Elite, and have/ be able to do everything that the Elite has/does. Except for the black case. After you purchase a network cable and HDMI or Component Cables unless the Arcade units are shipping with those now? I recently bought a second Xbox 360 for my recently finished basement TV area. I considered the Elite, but after doing some math decided on the Arcade unit. I paid $200 for the Arcade unit, $135 for the 120gb HDD, and $11 for a HDMI cable, all from Amazon.com. I have plenty of ethernet cable laying around so I just made my own network cable, but I am confident I could have bought a 6-10 foot cable for $10 or so from Amazon as well. Both the Elite and Arcade have 2 games packed in. Lego Indy and Kung Fu Panda were packed in the Elite, and since I already owned Lego Indy, the game choice for me was between Kung Fu Panda or Sonic Tennis and a disc with 6 Live Arcade games. I already owned 3/6 Live Arcade games and did not own Tennis. Another bonus with building my own Elite unit was that the Arcade set has a memory card packed in. I downloaded my Xbox Live gold account to the memory card and just plug it into whatever Xbox I am playing. Plus I could easily transfer game saves between my 2 machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) Another bonus with building my own Elite unit was that the Arcade set has a memory card packed in. Bad news, the newer Arcade units have the memory built in, a step back if you ask me. I have two memory cards one for me and one for my girlfriend. We can swap between 360's easily that way. Also keep in mind you're leaving off the head-set and a months worth of Live Gold. Bottom line, you don't save a whole lot building your own Elite and dang that black case is slick! Edited January 28, 2009 by moycon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) Some DVD's in my X-box sound like their going to take off (off ballance maybe?) But mostly they aren't to bad. The drive in the system plays DVD just fine, it's the HD that needed the external drive. I got one cause I thought it was cool and nobody around here carrys HD dvd's, not even used ones Heh, guess that's what Ebay was invented for Edit Oh yeah, my box is Vertical, don't know if that's relevant to it's noisyness or not, but eh, thought I'd point that out. Edited January 28, 2009 by Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilnick Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Another bonus with building my own Elite unit was that the Arcade set has a memory card packed in. Bad news, the newer Arcade units have the memory built in, a step back if you ask me. I have two memory cards one for me and one for my girlfriend. We can swap between 360's easily that way. Also keep in mind you're leaving off the head-set and a months worth of Live Gold. Bottom line, you don't save a whole lot building your own Elite and dang that black case is slick! I must have received an older unit when I got my Arcade unit. I bought it this month. I am glad though because I would rather have a memory card than built in RAM. I already had a headset so for me a black case was not worth $50. I would rather buy a game than have a black Xbox personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilnick Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) The Dell website is having a sale on Xbox 360 consoles. Elite for $340 Pro 60GB for $255 Arcade for $170 80GB PS3 $340 There did not seem to be any catch like signing up for a dell credit card. I only proceeeded to the point where name, address, and CC info was required. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/categor...ategory_id=6494 Edited January 30, 2009 by Bilnick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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