xbox elite 99.99 in tesco

barrybones_wx

Ridiculously good deal...

Seems to be at least 8 in Tesco Wexford town...
Good hunting!

B.A._Baracus

Interesting...

Would love to know if any Tesco store in Dublin has the same deal going.

vicwatson

barrybones_wx wrote: »

Ridiculously good deal...

Seems to be at least 8 in Tesco Wexford town...
Good hunting!

What GB?

The_B_Man

vicwatson wrote: »

What GB?

Newb question, but if it turns out to be the lowest hard drive size, can it be easily upgraded later?

vicwatson

The_B_Man wrote: »

Newb question, but if it turns out to be the lowest hard drive size, can it be easily upgraded later?

Don't know but it seems cheap even if it's 120gb ( I think thats the smallest)

barrybones_wx

Does 120gb sound right? I have a pic on my phone that ill load when I get home.
Fairly sure its 120... Sorry, turned 30 recently, memory isnt as good as it used to be.
Seems like a great deal tho, I paid 199 for my 4gb one only 18 months ago!

Edit: looks like 120 then... Posted this at the same as vicwatson

vicwatson

barrybones_wx wrote: »

Does 120gb sound right? I have a pic on my phone that ill load when I get home.
Fairly sure its 120... Sorry, turned 30 recently, memory isnt as good as it used to be.
Seems like a great deal tho, I paid 199 for my 4gb one only 18 months ago!

Edit: looks like 120 then... Posted this at the same as vicwatson

A pic would be great, don't know if 120gb is good, but 100 bills sounds good for this.

barrybones_wx

photo as requested

Fuh Q

barrybones_wx wrote: »

photo as requested

Looks like a 120 alright ..

jayteecork

Might get this for my nephew Adam he broke his xbox

vicwatson

barrybones_wx wrote: »

photo as requested

Cheers where were they instore? get me mate to take a goo

Soap MacTavish

what does this model normally run at in terms of price anyhow?

The_B_Man

Looks like in the pic it says €250 euro.

Why, you thinking of getting it for some CoD, Soap???

heathersonline

I'm just in from tesco Wex, they also have the PSP go for €99 which looks like a quality deal also

vicwatson

heathersonline wrote: »

I'm just in from tesco Wex, they also have the PSP go for €99 which looks like a quality deal also

Are they at the electrical counter or....?

Rowley Birkin QC

Any ideas if this is across all Tesco shops?

heathersonline

vicwatson wrote: »

Are they at the electrical counter or....?

No theres a big display as you walk into the main shopping area. 5 or 6 of each on display

freebee23

Hi All,
Anyone bought this??
Just wondering what accessories come with the xbox elite.

vicwatson

Had they many do you know, mate cant get over till the a.m.

heathersonline

vicwatson wrote: »

Had they many do you know, mate cant get over till the a.m.

Around 5 or 6 of each in the display cabinet but there may be more. It's 24 hour so maybe someone could get in late tonight?

vicwatson

heathersonline wrote: »

Around 5 or 6 of each in the display cabinet but there may be more. It's 24 hour so maybe someone could get in late tonight?

Cheers I'll kick butt !

living

Can you see HD movies with a XBOX?

fl4pj4ck

nope. unless you mean streaming from the pc

Captain Chaos

living wrote: »

Can you see HD movies with a XBOX?

With a Netflix account yes. It will also upscale standard DVDs to almost HD quality and you can watch HD movies on an external hard drive with it.

Deisler

Any in Clarehall?

OneWayBet

Very good price, guess they got a job lot on old stock. Anyone with an Elite know if it is much quieter than the earlier Core/Premium models? The noise of mine (Premium) really puts me off using it.

freebee23

Deisler wrote: »

Any in Clarehall?

Any in Dublin????

Kevvv

OneWayBet wrote: »

Very good price, guess they got a job lot on old stock. Anyone with an Elite know if it is much quieter than the earlier Core/Premium models? The noise of mine (Premium) really puts me off using it.

No noise difference at all in my experience. Personally I'd rather buy a second hand slim xbox over one of these, but its still a great price.

Slim ones are selling for around 160 new at the minute and have the added features of wireless internet and stuff..

OneWayBet

barrybones_wx wrote: »

Seems like a great deal tho, I paid 199 for my 4gb one only 18 months ago!

Actually as far as I can figure this model was discontinued in 2010 and was replaced by the 4GB and 250GB models http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360#History. It is a good deal for a "new" console but for anyone thinking about an impulse purchase just make sure you know what you are buying. I may be wrong but it seems to me that this is 2007 technology. The newer models (250GB and 4GB) use 45nm technology meaning it uses about 60% less power and is a lot quieter (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p80cEZ4ZujA)

If you use it a lot this older box might end costing you more on electricity than paying more for a newer one! I would consider buying it if it was significantly quieter than the older boxes but this doesn't seem to be the case. I am open to corrections on this btw as I'm not an expert.

Gran Hermano

Whilst they are not the recent slim model, if they are the last version of the original design and a jasper they are a lot quieter than the launch models.
Power consumption differs greatly between the original launch and current, but again difference between jasper and current is not as great.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_hardware#List_of_revisions

I've had the launch version, a jasper and the current slim. The 120 gig elite with a jasper is a fine console, much quieter than the launch. Install the game onto the HDD and noise isn't a problem.

RobbingBandit

If I am not mistaken Clearwater did have some of these last week, pity they are closed until 6am,I think I will head over there then, OP did you happen to see any Wii or DS consoles on sale? I will post an update of stock levels as soon as I can.

living

Captain Chaos wrote: »

With a Netflix account yes. It will also upscale standard DVDs to almost HD quality and you can watch HD movies on an external hard drive with it.

So if I connect an external hard drive I can see any downloaded movie?. I am currently using an old laptop to watch movies, the problem is that the graphic card is crap so I cannot see any HD movie fluently

neacy69

living wrote: »

So if I connect an external hard drive I can see any downloaded movie?. I am currently using an old laptop to watch movies, the problem is that the graphic card is crap so I cannot see any HD movie fluently

xbox only supports AVI/MP4 file formats...


MKV does not work

maximoose

neacy69 wrote: »

xbox only supports AVI/MP4 file formats...


MKV does not work

Not ideal, but Tversity is your friend if you need to play MKVs

barrybones_wx

RobbingBandit wrote: »

If I am not mistaken Clearwater did have some of these last week, pity they are closed until 6am,I think I will head over there then, OP did you happen to see any Wii or DS consoles on sale? I will post an update of stock levels as soon as I can.

Nope, im afraid not; just the xboxs and a couple of PSPs as mentioned by heathersonline.

RobbingBandit

I won't be getting near Tesco this morning after all, happy hunting to those that do.

Soap MacTavish

The_B_Man wrote: »

Looks like in the pic it says €250 euro.

Why, you thinking of getting it for some CoD, Soap???

yeah definetly lol, nah have a ps3 already, was just thinking about it for games like halo and mass effect
also is it just wexford selling these?

living

neacy69 wrote: »

xbox only supports AVI/MP4 file formats...


MKV does not work

Thanks

the groutch

no 360s at all in Stillorgan or Dun Laoghaire, think they've all been sent to the one store to clear them out.

Bel2210

would love to pick one of these up for ds for xmas. Letterkenny store have none either but they had a look and found an xbox crystal for €99. From a quick google this looks like a very old model. I have no idea about xbox's at all so just wondering if anyone could help out. Would this console be any good? it would be for our 5 year old to start getting used to playing games. Don't want to buy this if newer games won't work on it, but don't want to spend alot on an xbox for the kids to probably trash either!

kendragon

Bel2210 wrote: »

would love to pick one of these up for ds for xmas. Letterkenny store have none either but they had a look and found an xbox crystal for €99. From a quick google this looks like a very old model. I have no idea about xbox's at all so just wondering if anyone could help out. Would this console be any good? it would be for our 5 year old to start getting used to playing games. Don't want to buy this if newer games won't work on it, but don't want to spend alot on an xbox for the kids to probably trash either!

No, the xbox crystal is a gimickey version of the original xbox console. A predecessor to the more modern xbox 360 (I can see how it would be confusing). Finding games for it would probably be a hassle as it wasn't around for very long before it was decommissioned. Maybe a nintendo Wii would suit them better? There are some deals on those at the moment as far as I know. Alternatively you could look for a second hand Playstation 2. Still an older console but should be plenty of second hand games around for it and shouldnt break the bank.

Doodah7

Bel2210 wrote: »

would love to pick one of these up for ds for xmas. Letterkenny store have none either but they had a look and found an xbox crystal for €99. From a quick google this looks like a very old model. I have no idea about xbox's at all so just wondering if anyone could help out. Would this console be any good? it would be for our 5 year old to start getting used to playing games. Don't want to buy this if newer games won't work on it, but don't want to spend alot on an xbox for the kids to probably trash either!

IMO a five-year old will get little value out of an XBox as it is too advanced. Far better to get a Wii which are already discounted and may be even further at the end of the year if the new version of the console comes out.

Bel2210

Thank you very much for your replies.... think we will have another look at the wii and go for that instead!

bytesize

Anyone buy one yet? Any idea what firmware version its on?

fisherking

Your hard drive also has to be fat32 and not ntfs
Crapola.....

living wrote: »

neacy69 wrote: »

xbox only supports AVI/MP4 file formats...


MKV does not work

Thanks

The_B_Man

I rang Tesco in The Square and Dundrum. Neither are doing this deal.

quiggs1000

Picked one up in tesco Clearwater about an hour ago. None on display bit asked at the Electrical counter. Think they had one more left.

stacexD

Douglas had these earlier along with the €99 psp's and €50 nintendo ds+ game, also €50 off wii's (don't remember the price)

RobbingBandit

stacexD wrote: »

Douglas had these earlier along with the €99 psp's and €50 nintendo ds+ game, also €50 off wii's (don't remember the price)

What DS was €50?

TheReverend

RobbingBandit wrote: »

What DS was €50?

Probably slim

mp3ireland2

living wrote: »

So if I connect an external hard drive I can see any downloaded movie?. I am currently using an old laptop to watch movies, the problem is that the graphic card is crap so I cannot see any HD movie fluently

Have a look at a raspberry pi if you just want to play movies! about 1/3 the price and a lot more compact! (obviously if you want to play xbox games it won't be any use to you, it can play nintendo and megadrive games though with the correct software!)