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Yes, I am a little bit late to the party on this one. This is almost a retro

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unboxing at this point, but big thanks to Microsoft Hardware for making this

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particular unboxing possible. And I will be unboxing the Xbox 360 special

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edition, which comes with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction, a couple

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controllers, and a 250 gig hard drive.

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So, the first thing we're going to do is figure out how the box opens. There

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appears to be a seal here. All right.

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I'm just going to go ahead and find a screwdriver. I lost my unboxing knife

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again. So, there we are. Jump in. Well,

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I'll do just that. Actually, you know what? Let's have a look at the outside of the box and see if Microsoft has to

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say anything for themselves about this particular piece of kit. Although, I

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think everyone pretty much knows what an Xbox 360 is all about at this point in

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time. Contents: 250 gig hard drive, two wireless controllers, full version of

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the game, black headset, composite AV cable, standard definition, and an

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Ethernet cable. Okay,

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there's a quick start guide. Says start here. Shows you how to plug the Xbox 360

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in. Shows you how to put batteries in the controllers.

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Okay. Shows you how to put a game disc in. Very nice.

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Opening it up further, we see the Xbox

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360 itself, including a little ad for Xbox Live.

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Xbox Lives bring more brings more of the entertainment you love right to your

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living room with thousands of HD movies, TV episodes, free game demos, and game

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add-ons like songs, characters, and levels. Plus, you can connect and play with friends wherever they happen to be.

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The fun never ends. Connect today. It's free. The Xbox Live Gold membership,

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however, does cost money. Okay, it also has a little ad for the

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wireless dong dongle that allows you to

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use your Xbox 360 wirelessly rather than

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using Ethernet. So, here's the unit itself, which we will look at in a

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moment. All right, explore your Xbox 360 manual and then care for your Xbox 360

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warranty. Okay, documentation. Very fun stuff. And

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let's Oops. Interesting. Oh, there's the

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game. So, there's a copy of Splinter Cell Conviction here

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and some accessories. So, the first thing we see here is a

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power brick. Very large power brick, but

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that's to be expected. It's a very powerful piece of hardware. It's got

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some cooling vents on it. Very shiny plastic. There's power plug for the

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wall, power plug for the back of the Xbox 360.

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All right. And then we have the power plug that goes in to the back of that

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power brick.

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There you go. Just like that. Next, we have an Xbox 360 controller.

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And it comes with batteries. Look at that. Duracell batteries even.

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Like, who does that? Who includes high quality batteries with battery operated

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hardware these days? Nobody. That's who. Check that out. I'm half expecting them

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to be like expired or something. Hold on. Let's see.

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Oh, they are 2009 11. So, okay. Well,

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they tried. Um, next we've got

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a H. What is this? Next, we've got Oh,

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okay. So, there's the AV cable. So, that goes into the back of the Xbox. You can

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see there's only a couple pins actually being used by this particular one. And I

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would definitely recommend with a high def console like this using a proper

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highdefin cable. I mean, they're not expensive.

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You can buy them on NCIX for just a couple bucks for an HDMI cable. So, I

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wouldn't worry too much about it. Let's see if our next set of batteries here is

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expired. Yeah, these were at the same time. You know what? Expired batteries will probably still work. It's not like

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they're going to blow up. They just probably won't last as long. Although

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what I really recommend for control basically anything that takes doubleA's

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is getting yourself some Sano analoop batteries. They're really not expensive

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when you add up how many times they recharge, how long the battery life

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lasts, and how many disposable batteries you don't have to buy when you go with

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the Sanua Loops. Comes with a pretty quality looking Ethernet cable with

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gold-plated connectors. Looks like about a 6 ft cable. All right. And next we've

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got the headset that is included.

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So it's got one ear here. You got your microphone there. And then you have a

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connector that plugs into the bottom of your

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controller. Okay. Two wireless

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controllers included with this one. That's pretty handy because a console is

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not nearly as much fun if you can't play headto-head with your friends. And let's

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have a look at the unit itself. So on the side here we have our ventilation

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holes which are going to allow natural convection to cool the unit. So you can

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see air will be just drawn by the heat

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rising through the unit through these bottom holes and then it will be

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expelled out the top out the other more different top and finally out the third

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top of the console. At the back here you

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can see our output options and input. So we have one USB cable here. We have our

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Ethernet here. We've got HDMI out here. That is definitely the one I would

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recommend using. And finally, we have our AV out right here. We've got a

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couple of cooling fans at the back. So, those are for your less natural convection, and those are going to be

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allowing you to pull air into all of those perforations and blow them out the

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back of the unit. Finally, we have the power supply that plugs in right here.

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So, that's going to distribute power to all the various parts, including the CPU

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and the GPU, that are going to power your favorite games. Here we have slots

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for memory cards. We have an infrared receiver. And we have the

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Here we go. Optical drive, which is where you put your games, including, if

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I can get it. Yeah, there we go. An eject button right there. Power buttons

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here. And last but not least, we've got a couple USB ports in the front. So,

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thank you for checking out my unboxing. And really, actually, it's my first

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close look at an Xbox 360. I'm not much of a console guy normally, so I'm

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usually gaming on my PC. But now that I've got my hands on this guy, I'll have

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to give it a shot. Let you guys know how it goes. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech for more unboxings, reviews,

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