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Microsoft Xbox 360

Xbox 360

This Xbox 360 was donated to me and is the newest console I have, It is one of the original Xbox 360's with a 60GB hard disc. Unusually it still works, no red ring of death here

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The sides are plain with the XBOX 360 logo stamped on each side

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The front has the disc tray, an infra red port, two memory card slots, a connect button for the controllers, and two USB ports under a flap (which is stuck down on mine)
The rear has the power socket, a multi-av out, HDMI out, a USB, and a Ethernet port

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Here is the 60GB hard disc, which pops off with the press of a button

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Here is the top and bottom of the hard disk

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The bottom just has vents

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Close up of the front USB and memory card slots

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I got one official Microsoft controller, which is a bit temperamental, and it has the wrong battery compartment

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I also got the wifi adaptor

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This is the power supply

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For some reason I got three AV leads, two composite leads...

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And a component lead with optical audio out

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I do have a box, it's the wrong box, but it's somewhere to keep it safe

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This disc was in the tray, it's the only game I have so far. Bit too modern for me

Hardware updates
Original XBOX controller, which works
This came with a rechargeable battery, but I don't have the charging lead

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More hardware updates
At a recent car boot sale I bought a box of Xbox stuff which had these Xbox 360 bits in as well

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An Xbox360 composite video lead and a Kinect

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A Xbox360 power pack

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And whatever this is


More updates

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Another working Xbox 360, this is a later model with a 120GB hard disc and a Gears of War vinyl cover applied to the (white) fascia

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Another PSU

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Another Kinect

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Another Wifi dongle

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Two video leads with RCA to SCART adaptor

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Another controller with rechargeable battery with two USB leads, and the official headset

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Some Disney Infinity "thing" with a Tow Mater "thing" to go on it


Even more updates

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Official DVD remote

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Chat board


Software

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Halo 4

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Army of two

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Battlefield 3

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (MW3)

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FIFA 13

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Call of Juarez Bound in Blood

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Call of Duty Black Ops II


Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player

This was one of those "That can't be right?" moments, this was in the window of a local CEX for only £10, so obviously I immediately bought it

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It looks very much like a shrunken Xbox 360

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However the disc tray and connection ports are not in the same place

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The disc tray and ports would be on the sides of the Xbox 360

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Size comparisons

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Here is the unusually normal power brick with a figure 8 power lead and standard barrel plug

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And a completely normal mini USB lead

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It seems to work, but the Xbox 360 complains it can't read normal DVD's in it, so I wonder if it only plays HD-DVDs?
Apparently you can connect it to a PC and use it as an external DVD player, but you need drivers for HD-DVDs, anyway these are the meta-files each HD-DVD leaves on the unit, the only title is The Jimi Hendrix Experience


Microphones for the Lips game

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I picked these up along with a box load of games, they would have been bundled with the Lips game included in the bundle

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XBOX360 and Microsoft branded with a single power button at the bottom

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The microphone's wind shield unscrews to reveal the battery compartment


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