More than Games
With Xbox 360™, feast your eyes upon high-definition games with lifelike graphics and delight your ears with surround-sound audio. But the entertainment doesn't stop there. Go online and interact with millions of fellow gamers, enjoy hi-tech multimedia experiences, and communicate with friends and family. Enjoy all that Xbox 360 has to offer; with Xbox Live®, chat with your friends while watching DVD movies or listening to music.
- Games: Play cutting-edge Xbox 360 games in high-definition, including an array of top-selling original Xbox® games (hard drive required).
- Xbox Live: Get on Xbox Live -- the world's premier online gaming and entertainment service with more than two million members worldwide.
- Multimedia: Watch DVDs (no remote required); rip music albums and create custom soundtracks (HDD recommended); connect to a Windows® Media Center Edition 2005-based PC and stream movies and recorded content to your Xbox 360; view and share digital pictures; stream videos straight from your digital camera; even stream music from your MP3 player.
- Communication: Chat with your friends via Xbox Live while playing games, enjoying your favorite entertainment, or just hanging out. In the future you'll also get to see who you're talking to with video chat (coming in 2006).
Xbox 360 is the perfect centerpiece for your hi-tech living room.
Experience the Game
Xbox 360 is the ultimate focus of your home entertainment setup. It's available in two configurations that give consumers a choice. Those wanting the complete entertainment experience need look no further than the Xbox 360.
Play exciting games like Gears of War.
Xbox Live
Chat with your friends, compete in online tournaments, and game together over the world's premier online entertainment network. With Xbox Live, all these things are possible. With an Xbox Live Silver membership, instantly connect to the world's premier online service free.
With Xbox 360, your entertainment choices are nearly limitless.
Shop in Xbox Live Marketplace, download additional game content, watch preview videos, and more. Xbox Live Gold Membership gives you access to all of the free Silver member privileges, plus online multiplayer, TrueSkill™ matchmaking, video chat (coming 2006) and much, much more.
If you enjoy the lighter side of gaming, you're sure to want to visit Xbox Live Arcade for some coin-op nostalgia and great casual games.
Watch movies, videos, and pictures on Xbox 360.
Multimedia
Xbox 360 is the perfect centerpiece for your hi-tech living room. Watch your DVD movies in glorious 480p from the get go. Use the wireless (or wired) Xbox 360 controller to navigate the onscreen menus, or use the Media Center Remote (sold separately) for point-and-click simplicity.
Xbox 360 shares photos, video files, and music with a Windows® Media Center PC. Additionally, you can view photos and music with a standard Windows XP computer. With Xbox 360, your entertainment choices are nearly limitless. Not only can you play music CDs, but you can rip them to your Xbox 360 Hard Drive (20GB) or Xbox 360 Memory Unit (64MB) and pump your tunes in-game.
As an added bonus, Xbox 360 connects to an online music database and automatically identifies and titles your music, so there's no need to type in each song manually. You can also hook any compatible MP3 player to Xbox 360 and stream your tunes without manually transferring all that data.
Your digital photos and home movies? Simply connect the device via USB cable and view your vacation photos at the touch of a button.
Go online and talk with your friends.
Communication
If you've got broadband Internet, you're ready to chat with everyone in the Xbox Live community. As an Xbox Live member you have the ability to chat with other members via the Xbox 360 Headset (included in the Xbox 360 package).
Whether you're planning your teamwork strategy or simply catching up with an old friend, Xbox Live lets you talk for free while you're watching a movie, playing a game, or just hanging out and listening to music.
It doesn't matter if your friend is across the street, in another state, or on the other side of the world. With Xbox 360, you stay connected.
Article by Jim W. Gettys
