random x box 360 question

[etuna]

going to buy one this afternoon on a whim

the main difference as i see it is size of hard drive - what is the benefit of the larger hd and can I use an external one?

[DanAbnormal]

Hey, I assume you are going for the 120Gb HDD then. Benefits are that you'll have more space to download games, movies and content. I would go for it. I filled up the 20Gb drive in weeks.

[etuna]

no i was going to get cheapest and use an external harddrive if possible?

[Alpinestarhero]

I dont think you can use an external hard drive, although I'm not certain on this. It would have to be formated to work with the Xbox file system no? I dunno

I have 20 Gb HDD, its fine. But then i dont download much

[G]

I have a 20gig its comes with about 9gig already full with microsoft stuff.

I'm still no where near filling it though, I dont download much.

[Alpinestarhero]

I have a 20gig its comes with about 9gig already full with microsoft stuff.

I'm still no where near filling it though, I dont download much.

i think all that crap is mostly the operating system? or not?

[Xan173]

You can't use an external HDD.

Using the online service "xboxlive" it is possible to download content to the HDD. Some of it is free, like some video clips and game demos, and a lot of it you have to pay for - like full movies and games.

On Nov 19th MS will push out a new dashboard upgrade for the 360. One of the new features this will offer will be a much extended movie library via NetFlix. Basically it's another pay-per-view type proposition.

If you expect to want to make use of this, then you'll probably benefit from the larger HDD. If you'll be using it primarily as a games machine, then the 20Gb drive will be all you need to stores gamesaves and updates.

Hope that helps.

[sandman]

Get the bigger HD if you are going online
i filled mine up in days with demo's and stuff
Or alternatively get the PS3 with a 80gb drive (much better machine)
This will also take external drives. Aslo i am upgrading my internal drive on this next week to 500mg

[BBadger]

Cant you connect it up to your pc via windows media stuff, and then use for pc to record stuff ??

[xXBADGERXx]

Cant you connect it up to your pc via windows media stuff, and then use for pc to record stuff ??

You can stream Music and Movies to a 360 over a network .

If you aren`t that fussed about movies then just get the 20 gig version . I have the Elite and nowhere near using the capacity of the drive .

[BBadger]

ahh ....sounds to much effort to set up.
ive got 20g and im no where near using it all up

[xXBADGERXx]

Takes minutes to setup , load up windows media player and allow the 360 permission to use the library under the sharing tab , and then set it up in the media section of the 360 . The two should talk together and hey presto , watching downloaded fims on your TV for a change instead of a PC screen :D

[pookie]

also seen some info about upgrading the hard drive yourself using specific western digital drives, if you are feeling brave.

[Xan173]

Or alternatively get the PS3 with a 80gb drive (much better machine)


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