XBOX 360 - €179 [Dunnes Stores]

Blazer

Mr E wrote: »

Be nice, neveah...

Called up to the local Dunnes in Limerick, and no sign of xboxes anywhere....

Saw them in Dunnes on Childer's road.
They were the Arcade version and being advertised for €180 (50% off).
Was sorely tempted to nab a manager there and give them a bollicking for false advertising.

Mr E

Ah fair enough. I looked in the Parkway... so close!
I already have an xbox, but I was curious to see if it was just in the OP's Dunnes.

fran426ft

Anyone an idea of what the trade in value of a non HDMI 360 is? I already have a launch day 360 but saw this offer in my local Dunnes and am tempted to upgrade :P . €179 for priemum with HDMI, Froza and Viva Piñata is a great deal even if the games aren't to my choice.

muppetkiller

I think it's 150 ?

fatjose101

has anyone seen this offer in the tralee or killarney stores?

Epic Tissue

which is your local dunnes? haha

fran426ft

Wasn't going to post it but why not. I think i've spent too much this month on gadgets and stuff anyway . Dunnes in Longford had 3 left Monday evening if people wanted to make the trip to pick up the bargain. Can't say if any are still left by now.

the corpo

my bro picked this up on my recommendation, and i'm disappointed to see it hasn't got hdmi out. he's got a nice big 42" 1080p tv, *but* it can only accept full HD over hdmi, not component or vga, which sucks. on such a big screen it seems a shame to only be running at 1368 x 720 or whatever it is.

are there any options? vga to hdmi converter?
or who's doing a decent upgrade deal?

mickoneill30

the corpo wrote: »

which sucks. on such a big screen it seems a shame to only be running at 1368 x 720 or whatever it is.

1080i & 1080p have the same resolution. The i just means interlaced.

Have a look here. http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6361600-1.html
It's an old article but the specs haven't changed.

I've a reasonable size TV too and I can't notice any difference between the HDMI and component inputs.

WellyJ

the corpo wrote: »

my bro picked this up on my recommendation, and i'm disappointed to see it hasn't got hdmi out. he's got a nice big 42" 1080p tv, *but* it can only accept full HD over hdmi, not component or vga, which sucks. on such a big screen it seems a shame to only be running at 1368 x 720 or whatever it is.

are there any options? vga to hdmi converter?
or who's doing a decent upgrade deal?

http://www.madcatz.com/Default.asp?Page=411

Expensive, but lets the older 360s output through HDMI and supports 1080p,

Though it is worth noting that there are very few 360 games that actually use 1080p so don't expect much difference.

Its worth it for 1080p HD-WMV files though. They can look amazing.

Rsaeire

If the HTDV has a decent scaler then you probably wouldn't notice the difference between the TV deinterlacing the 1080i signal to 1080p compared to an actual 1080p signal over HDMI.

The MadCatz solution seems ideal, unfortunately the price is not. I would also question its ability to convert the analogue signal to digital over a HTDV's.

the corpo

ah, i have an elite, and noticed a pretty stark difference between component and hdmi, the hdmi being way more vibrant

Rsaeire

There are a lot of different reasons why you would be able see a difference between the two, but using a 3rd party solution to enable HDMI out is not the same as having a native HDMI out as per the Elite model.

Riesen_Meal

the corpo wrote: »

ah, i have an elite, and noticed a pretty stark difference between component and hdmi, the hdmi being way more vibrant

Ive noticed it a lot myself in 1080p, the HDMI is way more vibrant as you say!

Rsaeire

Has anyone made a comparison between HDMI and VGA as the two are supposed to be very similar in image quality?

the corpo

am i right in thinking that some of these had hdmi, and some didn't? did most people get hdmi ones? my brothers one wasn't but a mate got one and it was. irritating!

Rsaeire

the corpo wrote: »

am i right in thinking that some of these had hdmi, and some didn't? did most people get hdmi ones? my brothers one wasn't but a mate got one and it was. irritating!

I bought one without HDMI.