Elite Hotness
It's sadly a camera phone picture, but it isn't bad. I love that I have a job where I can have a Xbox in my office. 
Sadly, I had to pay an Amazon affiliate a premium to get it, but I got it on time and as promised!
So first the obvious, the HDMI connection and the 120gb harddisk are great upgrades (after upgrading several Apple TVs to 160gb drives, I am now tempted to do the same here ). I love the new black look, but it does clash with the five I have - yes, 5, more on that in another blog. I've been livin' the Media Center dream since Vista RTMed back in November, with two PC's recording TV and the Xbox 360's as Extenders/DVD players/HD DVD players.
What I love best about the Xbox 360 Elite is that you get everything you need - an HDMI cable, component cables, a connector for audio out if you have digital audio or are doing HDMI to DVI and need audio, a network cable, a headset, a wireless controller. Contrast this with my Playstation 3 (cheapest BluRay player on the market ), where they make a big stink about HDMI and 1080p and hi-def and then give you stinkin' RCA jack connectors. Yeesh. And don't even get me started about PS3 being bluetooth and so you can't just open your DVD remote (sold separately) and use it - you have to follow a whole page of instructions on how to connect it. Bah! This wasn't supposed to be a PS3 rant, so I'll stop now. Except to say that Virtua Fighter 5 is cool (I've had a soft spot for Virtua Fighter since they ported to DirectX back in 1995/1996).
Anyway, the Elite is pretty hot - I dig it. Back to more Project Gotham Racer research .
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