New Xbox 360 Black

Live pictures of the new Xbox 360 and the Kinect (ouch!) are up at Engadget, and as you can see the new Xbox 360 black unit is a lot smaller than the original Xbox 360. Not only have that, but they even squeezed in the power supply into the chassis, which means all the twinkie parts have shrink a lot. The new blackbox360 is very sleek, with glossy black finishes. Somehow it looked better than the old ones.




The new blackbox360 is already available at Amazon, Newegg, and GameStop for $299. Kinect will be shipping at $149 for standalone unit on 4th November. With the new Xbox360 coming, the old arcade has been given a slash in price too, by $50.

The new black and sexy chassis seemed to have a lot of air vent, which shows that Microsoft has been keen in improving the air ventilation over the old unit, hopefully eliminating the RRoD issue. Let’s check out the new features of the blackbox.

Form Factor: Sleek, lean and gloss black finish with chrome accents. Place vertically or horizontally in any living room entertainment center.
Touch Sensitive Buttons: Turn the Xbox 360 video game system on/off and eject a disc with the swipe of a finger.
Whisper Quiet: Whether you’re playing a DVD disc or from the hard drive, or navigating the dashboard, with the all-new and much quieter Xbox 360, the only noise you’ll hear is your own laughing, cheering and playing.
Wi-Fi: Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi for fast, easy connection to your friends and entertainment on Xbox LIVE.
Hard Drive: 250GB internal, swappable hard drive for even more storage. To access, remove the bottom panel by pushing the small tab toward the front of the console.
Kinect-Ready: Custom Kinect port on the back of the console that directly hooks up to the Kinect sensor for controller-free fun.
USB Slots: Five USB ports; three in the back of the console and two in the front for easy plug and play.
AV Connections:
AV Cable included for standard definition TV connection.
HDMI port for high definition TV connection.
Optical Audio: out port integrated on back of console for AV system connection.
Power Supply: Smaller and more efficient. Xbox 360 250GB and Xbox 360 Original power supplies are not interchangeable.
Wireless Controller: The award-winning Xbox 360 Wireless Controller matches the console in all black with color-matched thumbsticks and directional pad with a touch of gloss and chrome to complete the look.
Backwards Compatible: Your favorite accessories and games will work with Xbox 360 250GB. (Xbox 360 External Hard Drives and Memory Units are not compatible.)
Accessories: Customize your Xbox 360 250GB with matching black accessories, including favorites such as Controllers, Wireless Headset, Chatpad, Quick Charge and Play & Charge Kits and more. Get a look at a few of these today.
Key Internal Components Changes:
Fan: Moved from two small fans to one larger fan for improved acoustics.
Chipset: 45 nanometer and integrated CPU and GPU.
Wi-Fi: Integrated wireless capability.

Microsoft stated that the Kinect will work with every Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 Origin owners will have to connect a USB and separate power cord for the Kinect unit. The new black Xbox 360 has a special ExtUSB-ish port marked with “Aux”, a special Kinect port that handles both data and power for the new motion control system, eliminating the need for 2 cables to power up the Kinect system.

[via Engadget]