http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/ Engadget Comments for Xbox 360 sends HDD data to 360 Elite via transfer cable? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 23rd 2007 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 23rd 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Wow searsouly get your heads our your arses people. MS is ripping you off.

While Sony gave you 100 free HDTVs in England if you were there.]]>Mar 24th 2007 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
2) So if I buy a PS3 now, I will get a free HDTV? Wow, I will go out and get one now. What kind of TV was it they gave you when you bought your PS3? And if I do not get a free TV, can I send you the bill for an equivalent they gave out to every single person in the UK? Oh, they did not give one to everybody?]]>Mar 24th 2007 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/USB cable, wouldn't it? Even though these cost ~$20 retail, it's hard to imagine MS just tossing it in, unless they're seriously overcharging for the drive.]]>Mar 24th 2007 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/The Elite is a new Model in the 360 series, now there will be the Core, Premium, and now the Elite.

As I was saying before those who purchased the Premium thinking they were the elite,..well they weren't the Elite. Sorry i couldn't help my self on that one. hehe.]]>Mar 25th 2007 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
just about every console gets a cchange during its lifespan, why are people so shocked its happening to the 360?]]>Mar 24th 2007 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
just about every console gets a cchange during its lifespan, why are people so shocked its happening to the 360?"

Because this is completely different from PlayStation hardware revisions. The PSone and PlayStation 2 SCPH-70000 series were intended to be low-end revivions for people who weren't hardcore gamers. The specifications for them were virtually identical to those of their respective predecessors. The Xbox 360 Elite on the other hand is ripping off people who bought the Xbox 360 Premium configuration because most of them thought they were getting the high-end model when they bought it, but now, if they want the best Xbox 360, they'll need the Elite. On the other hand, SCEI has never done this kind of stuff. In fact, the original PlayStation 2 is arguably better than the SCPH-70000 series because you can have an internal HDD and it uses a motorized disc drive, as opposed to the top-loading disc tray of the SCPH-70000 series.

The only ball licker here is you. I don't hate Microsoft, but you're just player-hating on SCEI.]]>Mar 24th 2007 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
I amagine my suprise when only a week later I read that Microsoft was releasing the system with a 120 GB HDD and a Black case? I had heard Microsoft was changing the chipset to make it slightly more energy efficient and run cooler on WIKIPEDIA but the ELITE system was a suprise to me. I probably wouldn't have sprung the extra $75 for it anyway.

After owning the system for a week, I am very impressed with the focus Microsoft has placed in the system's XBOX LIVE / gamer experience.

The wireless controller is great and the system is fantastic but I'm dissapointed the PRO BUNDLE didn't come with the DVD remote (like it did at launch) and that the wireless LAN adapter costs a RIDICULOUS $100.

Microsoft should have installed a wireless LAN adapter, HDMI connection and an HD DVD drive in the ELITE and sold it for an even $500 (which would place it above the PS3 20GB - with the exception of PS3's internet capabilities)]]>Mar 24th 2007 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
Now, less than 2 years after its launch, for MS to be releasing a system with HDMI and a HDD bigger than the PS3's is like MS saying:
"ALL YOU EARLY ADOPTERS GOT SCREWED "]]>Mar 24th 2007 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
Can you hear the sarcasism?]]>Mar 24th 2007 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 28th 2007 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
Just like "no one" said I have to upgrade to Vista to get DX10. Like "no one" said I'd have to upgrade to XP to install DirectX9 Dec 2005 update / __insert Microsoft Game Studios XP Only game name here__. "No one" said I'd have to buy a hard drive to play this game? "No one" said I'd have to buy Microsoft Word to open this document? (Ok, that's reaching, but come on..open format please!) "No one" said I'd have to...

No, I take that back. Microsoft said... not so directly, but limiting installs to one build/product is how "they say you have to buy it".

BTW, in case your wondering... you CAN install everything on 2000 that works on XP without failure (since it's the same freakin' OS with a different skin!), but you have to bypass the MS installer flag that says it's only an XP product. I'm sure the XBox Elite is a little more locked down than a simple Orca edit.]]>Mar 24th 2007 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
The folks that already have a 360 will decide if this is worth it for them, and the people that don't have one will decide if now is the time to get one. The new machine will NOT have games that won't run on the original, so who cares?]]>Mar 24th 2007 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 28th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
Microsoft sold them a half baked console, a year later offer them a upgrade to the proepr one, at full price, and then make them buy a cable to transfer they stuff...

LOL, Microsoft must be sat back in their chairs laughing their heads off at how they have pulled this stunt, and their programmed drones still love them...]]>Mar 24th 2007 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
For me personally, I might consider gettting an Elite to replace my Premium. Especially if this latest Hypervisor exploit gets sorted out fully (and works on the latest kernels).

It's a bit annoying that they didnt have the foresight to include HDMI in the Premium, the larger HDD is just a matter of course, memory cards get bigger etc as time goes on, its not the end of the world. I dont really use that much space on my 20GB but that might change when the VoD stuff goes live.]]>Mar 24th 2007 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=275561

It already works 'seamlessly' with transferring data from a xp to vista machine so it seems obvious that the spring dashboard update will allow support for this cable to be the only thing you need to move those old games onto the new box.]]>Mar 24th 2007 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/So, think about this....I have a TV with HDMI support, I want the larger HDD, I have a Premium 360. Do you honestly think that I cannot get AT LEAST $279 for my current Premium? I'll buy the new one, transfer the data, sell the old one and in the end, spend the same if not less than I would to just pick up the 120GB HDD.]]>Mar 24th 2007 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/spend the same if not less than I would to just pick up the 120GB HDD.


the logic itself is flawed, considering you would NEVER spend 200 dollars on 120GB harddrive in the first place.

mark my word, Microsoft will soon come up with another model with Wifi built-in (or possibly HD-DVD drive) so people will then get another one. If people are stupid enough to keep on switching, why should they stop?]]>Mar 24th 2007 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
Funny because I remember early on Microsoft and my friends with 360s screaming at me that these are just gimmicks and aren't really that important to the whole experience.

Buying the PS3 wasn't a bad idea after all. Oh! and I get wireless, Memory-Card access and Glorious Bluray to watch all my HD Movies on.



]]>Mar 24th 2007 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
Again, the Elite is a PS3 wannabee,,, Just go and buy a PS3 and be done with it, no messing with kernel exploits to get Linux to boot on PS3, it just installs....]]>Mar 24th 2007 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
With all previous consoles, if they released a "slightly better" version you could just go out and buy it, and everything would be okay.

This is NOT true for the X360. Rememeber that all Downloaded Content will only work with the gamer tag that bought it, or the console it was originally downloaded on. So if I decide to go out and buy a new X360, *I* will be the only person able to use my downloaded content. None of the other people who use my X360 will be able to use it without a new purchase. This is the part that really gets me. They need to setup a method to transfer all downloaded content to a different box.]]>Mar 24th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
And you have to remember that its also been said this cable will come with the 120GB HDD in its own package. What about people who just upgrade from a 20GB to a 120GB?

Its definitely going to be like a USB 2.0 to 360HDD connector. ]]>Mar 24th 2007 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
M$! Please if anybody hears me over there!!

Please please please include at least one port HDMI hub into Xbox - so that it would be possible to hook into system it transparently. (Turn on Xbox - TV shows Xbox, turn off Xbox - TV shows cable.)

I'm planning to buy Xbox in fall, but I already run out of HDMI ports on my TV (cable + computer). And at moment HDMI switches costs (at least here in EU) a premium: e.g. ~50€ for 2 port mechanical one.]]>Mar 24th 2007 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
#1 Even if you have a wired home (I have a wireless gateway with 4 port router) having to run all those cables can be a hassle and an eye sore.

#2 If you want to take your system from one place to another ( for a LAN party), having Wifi and Ethernet as an option increases your ability to connect.

]]>Mar 24th 2007 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
On your second issue, why would you want anyone else to have access to your content? You paid for it, only you should have access to it. If I sell my 360 I don't want someone else getting all *my* content for free, they should have to buy it fair and square like I did. I'm not big on freeloaders.

]]>Mar 24th 2007 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
If they do, I really don't see a problem with it. They always said they would release an hdmi solution it the market called for it, and a larger hard drive would satisfy those clamoring for more space. Personally, I don't want HDMI, and I'm pretty sure the 120GB hard drive is going to take the place of the 20GB currently being sold to retain the $100 retail price and avoid oversaturating their accessory market.

Games will still play the same either way and it'll still be cheaper than a PS3 if true.

Win/Win in my book.

By the way, I bought my 360 at launch, and no, I don't feel ripped off.]]>Mar 24th 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/On your second issue, why would you want anyone else to have access to your content?

of course, if I downloaded TV shows I payed on my harddrive, I want to be able to bring the harddrive to my friend's home an play it on their xboxs.

Why would I have to bring my whole machine? talk about DRMed to the extreme .]]>Mar 24th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
#1 Actually I have ethernet in the walls, so there is just a nice ethernet port next to my power outlet and surround speaker jacks in the wall right behind my TV. No messy cables.

Even if I didn't have that I also have a Sonos ZonePlayer, which has built-in wifi and a 4-port hub in the back, so I can always use the Sonos wireless and then ethernet into the back of the 360.

#2 Agreed, it would probably be really nice to have built-in wifi for going to LAN parties but then again I bet less than 10% of 360 users actually cart their consoles from house to house. It doesn't make much sense to make people pay for something that only a small minority of people will actually use.

Of course, if they found a way to include wifi for free, sure, I'd love it, but I highly doubt they'd just "throw it in" out of the kindness of their hearts. I want the price of the top-end 360 to go *down*, not stay the same as they keep adding more and more things to it.

I'm sure *some* version of the XBox will in time have built-in WiFi, I'm just glad I didn't have to pay for it at launch. The price difference between the 360 and PS3 is still one of the reasons I went with the 360.]]>Mar 24th 2007 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
And if you don't see many people carting their systems around, you've never lived on a college campus, in the hood or in suburbia.]]>Mar 25th 2007 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/Mar 24th 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/You are able to bring the harddrive to your friends home and play it on their Xboxs. ]]>Mar 25th 2007 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/xbox-360-sends-hdd-data-to-360-elite-via-transfer-cable/
"theres a difference between revising the PS2 to a slimmer version, and revising the DS to a slimmer version, to coming out with a new model in the current gen series a year later."

On the DS, battery life and the screen was improved. On the ps2, there'd been an earlier revision that bundled ethernet & removed firewire... the slim redesign put ethernet on the console & wasn't compatible with the multitap from older ps2s. This redesign of the 360 adds a new video connector and presumably will improve reliability. ]]>Mar 25th 2007 11:33AM