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New Xbox 360 250GB
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 Xbox 360 250GB |  Xbox 360 Elite |  Xbox 360 Arcade |
| Price | $299.99 | $249.99 (while supplies last) | $149.99 (while supplies last) |
| Color | Glossy black | Matte black | Matte white |
| HDD | Proprietary 250GB SATA | Proprietary 120GB SATA | None (256-512MB flash) |
| Dimensions | 10.6 x 2.95 x 10.39 in. | 12 x 3 x 10 in. | 11.5 x 3 x 10 in. |
| Weight | 6.3 lb. | 7.7 lb. | 7 lb. (approx) |
| Power | 135W | 175W (Falcon), 150W (Jasper) | 175W (Falcon), 150W (Jasper) |
| Wireless | 802.11n | Optional adapter | Optional adapter |
| Ports | HDMI, combo A/V, S/PDIF, LAN, Kinect, USB x5 | HDMI, combo A/V, LAN, USB x3, HDD x1, MU x2 | HDMI, combo A/V, LAN, USB x3, HDD x1, MU x2 |
| Bundle | Wireless controller, composite A/V cable, headset | Wireless controller, composite A/V cable, ethernet cable, headset | Wireless controller, composite A/V cable |
Though the new unit and all its accessories are technically labeled "Xbox 360 S," you'll never hear Microsoft marketers call it a Slim, and it turns out there's a pretty good reason for that. While the new Xbox 360 is 18 percent lighter, it's only a quarter-inch slimmer than its predecessor at the waist, and is practically the same width as the old unit measured at its widest point. Even as its stature has decreased 12 percent, the new Xbox 360 is deeper than the Elite. See the gallery below for comparison shots, but you can basically think about it this way -- Microsoft's taken its rectangular console and molded it into a square.
On the bottom of the system you'll find a removable panel housing the unit's hard drive. As before, the embedded 2.5-inch SATA unit isn't user replaceable, but this time we rather admire its plastic shell -- it's a handsome cartridge that slots neatly inside the system, surrounded by a fully cushioned cage that both silences and protects the hard drive. Capacitive touch buttons aren't everyone's cup of tea, and it seems odd to see them here after Sony finally phased them out, but Microsoft's implementation removes the uncertainty usually associated with touch by immediately responding to input. Both power and eject buttons play a chime as soon as your finger connects, and the DVD tray slides out far quicker than in Sony's slot-loading system. Just in case you're wondering, the new disc drive does not protect discs from nasty scratches this go around -- dropping a Savage Garden album in the tray and letting the console flop to one side (on a carpeted surface, no less) our album was truly, madly and deeply cut.
Heat, Noise, Power
| Current (ampere) | Power (watt) | Temperature (farenheit) | Noise (decibel) | |||||
| Elite | 250GB | Elite | 250GB | Elite | 250GB | Elite | 250GB | |
| Plugged in / power off | 0.06 | 0.03 | 2.7 | 0.5 | Room temperature | Reference | ||
| Idling at Dashboard | 1.34 | 0.9 | 93 | 73 | 113 | 108 | +5.5 | +1 |
| Playing Bayonetta (DVD) | 1.75 | 1.15 | 135 | 94 | 116 | 140 | +18.5 | +10 |
| Installing Bayonetta | 1.4 | 1 | 111 | 82 | 114 | 126 | +15.5 | +9 |
| Playing Bayonetta (HDD) | 1.54 | 1.1 | 121 | 88 | 116 | 140 | +14.5 | +2.5 |
| Watching a DVD movie | 1.09 | 0.77 | 88 | 62 | 112 | 119 | +7.5 | +2 |
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Brite-View launches CinemaGo BV-5005HD Mini CG HD media player
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Brite-View's CinemaTube may have sufficed just fine for your home entertainment needs last year, but there's nothing like a little "Special Edition" to really get the gears turning in 2010. Launched today, the CinemaGo BV-5005HD Mini CG is mostly a revamped version of the CinemaTube BV-5005HD, boasting an eSATA interface, USB 2.0 socket, inbuilt WiFi, a BitTorrent manager and access to MUZEE internet radio channels. As you'd expect, the box is built to handle 1080p output and a cornucopia of file formats including MOV, WMV, MKV, AVI, VOB, DIVX, FLV and RMVB, and content can be delivered via locally attached hard drives or a home network / web connection. Best of all, the $149.99 MSRP is being trumped by a $109.99 pre-order price if you get in now, so really, you should probably get in now. Unless you hate saving money.
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HTC EVO 4G is highest selling Sprint device on launch day
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HTC EVO 4G that went on sale last Friday shifted a record number of units for Sprint, making it the best phone to be sold on a single day in Sprint’s history. EVO 4G is USA’s first 3G/4G phone and it broke the record of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre. In fact, Sprint sold as much as three times on launch day as compared to Instinct’s and Pre’s sales in their first three days combined.
EVO 4G does pack some powerful features like a 4.3-inch display, 8MP rear camera with 720p video recording, 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 1.3MP front facing camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM Radio, 3.5mm audio jack, microSD card slot and comes with an app to share its 4G connection over Wi-Fi with 8 different devices.
Considering the lackluster career that Palm's inaugural webOS duo ultimately endured on Sprint, it's wild to think back to those heady days when the Pre was the carrier's best launch day performer in history -- but alas, no longer. As you might've expected, the mighty EVO 4G has shown the Pre the door to take its own place in the record books, a mark we're not surprised to see considering the activation issues many customers saw on Friday as Sprint's systems buckled under the load. Sprint isn't quoting figures, but it proudly boasts of "temporary shortages of the device at some of the 22,000 sales locations across the United States" that are in the process of being replenished with daily deliveries. Now, the next hurdle is to see whether Sprint's shared WiMAX infrastructure can stand up to the load of its first wildly-successful 4G consumer product, eh? Follow the break for the carrier's press release.
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