Connect to the world of gaming with the Microsoft XBOX 360 4 GB Kinect Console HV that comes with the built in Wi-Fi. Get an enriched controller-free experience and play your favourite game. You can also download games from the Xbox LIVE that is compatible with most networks. With its 4GB hard drive capacity, you can store and play a wide range of games. This XBOX 360 is a perfect entertainment for you and your family.
The new Xbox 360 4GB Console. Here today, ready for tomorrow with a brand new, leaner machine. Wi-Fi is built in for easier connection to the world of entertainment on Xbox LIVE. It’s ready for the controller-free experiences of Kinect-you don’t just play the game, you are the game. Xbox 360 is more games, entertainment, and fun.
- Built-in Wi-Fi: The new Xbox 360 is the only console with 802.11n Wi-Fi built-in for a faster and easier connection to Xbox LIVE. Download games from Xbox LIVE in 1080p and 5.1 surround sound from anywhere in the house. Compatible with b/g/n networks.
- Xbox LIVE: Xbox LIVE brings a world of entertainment to you. Download game add-ons like new levels, characters, maps, and songs. Easily jump right into online multiplayer fun and play along with friends around the world. Plus, connect with friends on Facebook and post tweets on Twitter. Xbox LIVE is your connection to more games, entertainment, and fun.
- Kinect ready: Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways-no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect gets everyone off the couch moving, laughing, and cheering. See a ball? Kick it. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. Featuring a dedicated, specialized port, the Xbox 360 4GB is built to connect seamlessly with the Kinect Sensor.
- Xbox 360 wireless controller (black): This award-winning high performance wireless controller features a range of up to 30 feet and a battery life of 30 hours on two AA batteries.
- More ports: Connect more accessories and storage solutions with added USB ports. Now with a total of five (three back/two front), you’ll find more places to plug and play. Plus, in addition to the standard Ethernet port and HDMI output, we’ve added an integrated optical audio out port for an easier connection to the booming sound of your A/V receiver.
Aidan –
This comes with everything you need to get started, the new Xbox 360 slim, kinect, controller, and just enough memory for all your game saves, apps, and maybe even a few demos and it also comes with a free one month trial of xbox live gold and contrary to popular belief, XBOX LIVE SILVER IS FREE; You just have to pay if you want to upgrade to gold which gives you more perks and exclusives and is required for a lot of apps like NET FLIX or YouTube. The slim model has a whole new design with touch sensitive buttons as apposed to the regular ones and other features like built in wifi and STREAMING CONTENT AND EVEN INTERNET FROM A PC (*WHICH YOU DON’T NEED GOLD TO DO*). IT ALSO LOOSES THE MEMORY CARD SLOTS BUT GAINS A LOT OF USB SLOTS and it allows you to use usb flash drives as an actual memory device if you run out of space but YOU CAN JUST AS EASILY INSTALL A SLIM HARD DRIVE OR EVEN AN OLD XBOX 36O HARD DRIVE AFTER TAKING IT OUT OF IT’S ENCLOSURE,so the 4GB’S OF MEMORY CAN BE EXPANDED, you’re not stuck with it.I ALSO NOTICED THAT GAMES LOAD FASTER than the old consoles and The GRAPHICS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE BETTER THAN PS3’S which I’m not sure of because they haven’t really come out with a game to showcase how much more improved they are but I am certain that THEY HAVE ATLEAST CAUGHT UP WITH PS3’S GRAPHICS. It comes with Kinect Adventures which of course SUCKS and gets boring after 5-10 minutes but the Kinect itself is awsome. It allows you to TALK TO THE SYSTEM and INTERACT WITH IT BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF GAMES. You can use it to NAVIGATE THROUGH THE XBOX DASHBOARD and the VOICE CONTROL COMES IN HANDY WHILE WATCHING A MOVIE OR LISTENING TO MUSIC. Kinect is utilized in hardcore games as well as casual games like Dance Central. Kinect USES EVERYTHING,YOUR WHOLE BODY. YOU ARE TRULY THE CONTROLLER AND IT GIVES YOU AN EXPERIENCE THAT NO OTHER PLATFORM CAN OFFER. One thing is for certain…it beats the hell out of the PS MOVE. I still have a lot more to learn about this system but I love it already. The only thing that I think could have made it better would have been 3D or blu-ray but I don’t buy blu ray movies or movies in general anymore anyways and REAL 3D gaming is just a dream for now but overall it’s a great product and a great bundle, I paid $200 for it here on Amazon. -TheQueenE.
Jrock –
Everiting in the box for a good time
Digennaro –
Starting off with a tip – if this is delivered, and has been sitting outside in cooler/colder weather, I would recommend holding off plugging it in right away. Give it a chance to ‘warm’ up to the room.
I followed the quick start guide, skipped the network config, and I was playing within 15 minutes – including unboxing! While I was following the above tip, I cleared all furniture and removed the dog toys from the area in front of the Kinect. After that – everything went super fast (I did wait 2 hours for everything to get to warm up just to be safe). I was rafting and having a great time.
No lag. None. Nada.
Game play – totally blew me away. I ran through several levels of about 5 of the adventure games. CAUTION – you may find that you are having so much fun you get winded!
I have not played multiplayer yet, but the dog has tried to help a few times.
The interface took me about 10 minutes to get use to, and I still fumble around a bit, but it is easy to use.
I do have a good amount of space – probably 8 to 9 feet from the front of the Kinect, and it is located about 3 feet off the ground – dead center in front of the TV. It does a good job of alerting you if you are too close or too far from the sensor. Also – watch the ceiling and be REALLY carful if you have a ceiling fan.
Comment on the dog (or cat) – If they walk in the frame, strange things happen. Just expect it. Walk out of the frame and back in from the same side, and it seems to reset.
Time to set up the wireless, download required content, set up media player from my PC, and fix an issue with Xbox live – about 45 minutes. Probably would have been faster if my PC was in the same room.
I did have an issue with connecting to Xbox live – possibly because I did not connect to the network right away. I went out to the forum and found some tips.
To recap – Have enough space. Move furniture and clutter off the floor before you start.
Be prepared to have a fantastic time.
***** Update *****
Still a lot of fun. I have tried the Joy Ride, Your Shape, and Dance Central demos – all cool.
The game does a very good job of letting you know when you are outside the play area.
Regarding lighting, I have experimented playing during the day with the blinds open (lots of sunlight) and no artificial light source, with lots of overhead lights, low level over headlight, table lamps, and no light except from the TV. The only issue I can see is with good overhead lighting, the pictures from adventures seem to look less blurred.
warren –
Fantastic. I was so impressed with this purchase. The xbox was so well protected in bubble wrap along with everything else. Everything looked brand new when I unwrapped them. I hooked everything up and it works great. I have not had a chance to use the Kinect yet but I can always do an update later. I recommend this seller for sure.
Austin capps –
This 4GB Kinect XBox 360 arrived as expected, on time. The box it came in was extremely battered, but the contents great. It took us quite a while to instal due to our inability to follow instructions. We’ve been using it regularly, and providing ourselves plenty of laughter in the process. Would highly recommend.
Loyle –
Very dissatisfied, Kinect Camera will not move and Adventures Game is scratched all the way around the disc and will not read/play 😑 even after proper and gentle cleaning 🙄. Had to search online for another Camera and Game now, feel taken.
Brely –
so, so, so Very Happy, with my decision!
Packed well, arrived very fast via UPS, they claim used/refurbished? However except for a vac sealed box. The Unit is pristine, and I get to retro game for awhile, already had a couple sleepless nights of Fable II…
Flipping Vintage is a great seller. I was contacting with random questions, they were prompt, kind, and excited for me, which was very encouraging, glad I went this way… NFS HP thinks so too! oh I think there was an included game to ensure the kinect funciona bien, not my thing, a younger, more limber, youth…
Flipping Vintage-Thank you, I purchased an orignal Pomya Xbox360 320GB slimHD, arrived this morning, everything is working GREAT!!!
Mercury Frost –
I’ve been an xbox 360 user since 2007 and have been happy with it (as a “hardcore” gamer). This purchase was for my parents in their living room to use netflix and video chat with family hundreds of miles away. Here are my pros and cons for the console itself, then kinect:
PROS of the xbox 360 Console
+ Easy setup, take it out of the box, plug in the power, the hdmi and pop the batteries in the controller (I setup kinect after the 360).
+ 1 month free xbox live (bought a 12 month as well so 13 months).
+ Easy wifi-N setup!
+ The xbox itself has great wifi, I was worried about streaming netflix in HD but so far it’s worked flawlessly, after the initial buffer, movies play perfectly from start to end. Also, streaming video files (like xvid and divx) on a home network wirelessly to the 360 works perfectly as well, in the midst of properly renaming my backed up tv shows and movies (no mkv support of course :/)
+ With windows 7, setting up a shared folder for the xbox to find and use for video playback was pretty easy.
+ Touch sensitive buttons for power and dvd eject is pretty cool, makes the unit feel a bit more high tech.
+ Smaller size of the 360 (while not much smaller) is noticeable and looks very pleasing to the eye
+ Adding 8gb of extra hdd space with a thumb drive is pretty sweet, later (if they need it the space) I’ll buy a used hard drive.
CONS of the xbox 360 Console
– Unit gets pretty warm, DO NOT block the heat vent or keep the 360 in an enclosed space, you will find it a grave xbox.
– While initial setup of the 360 was easy for me (a gamer) it is still confusing and not as easy as it should be for casual gamers
– Not being able to plug thumb drives into the back of the console (via usb) is a drag, in a dark room my sandisk cruzer’s orange glow is a bit distracting when watching a movie.
*Note – none of these cons are serious problems/deal breakers, just things to note
PROS of Kinect:
+ Setup is pretty simple, nothing too difficult to figure out.
+ With the new xbox 360, you don’t need an additional power adapter (cord) for kinect.
+ Awesome, NEW experience, completely new way to interact with games (everyone who has used it in the house has loved it or has been amazed by how well the technology works).
+ Kinect video chat is great, the automatic tracking is just sick, person on the other end (my friend on a laptop) could hear me just fine and I was speaking normally in the livingroom.
+ Love the hand gesture based gui navigation, just cool to wave your hand or say “xbox” and then say a command (I currently have a cold and my voice is garbled but it still recognizes my voice commands)!
+ The price of the xbox/kinect bundle plus amazon’s $40 game credit really made this deal worth it (also no tax and free 2 day shipping!).
CONS of Kinect:
– This is brand new technology, that being said you must be prepared for it to not work 100% of the time or exactly how you want (games and navigation).
– Menu navigation for the dashboard is limited (for now), this includes Zune (which won’t recognize my hand gestures now) and Last.FM isn’t 100% kinect, you still need the controller to setup new stations (which I understand).
– Some games work better than others. Kinect adventures is a fun package of mini games (and really, thats all it is, which is ok if you know that ahead of time) and tracks fairly well, sometimes my legs go crazy even though I repositioned kinect to clearly see the floor an my feet. Then Your Shape Fitness is about as precise as this tech can get (blew me away).
– NETFLIX.. where are you?! I really wanted to try kinect with netflix, I tried out a zune video (when it let me navigate with my hands) and it was very cool. The hand navigation is pretty intuitive and just fun to use! Really want to have this experience with netflix!
– YOU need a good amount of room! Do not blow this off, this is the most important thing you need to take into consideration. I measured it out and for my living room setup for kinect to work well I was 7 feet away from kinect and for most games needed 7 feet left and right. I thought kinect would readjust its space requirements around me, but thats not true it has a “sweet spot” depending on where it is placed and thats it. So, please measure your space first (or have a good idea of space).
*Note – Although there are some hiccups with kinect, I’m so glad I bought this, its a completely new way to experience gaming. I’ve had an xbox for 3+ years now and I’m confident Microsoft will keep releasing updates and fixes as time goes by, giving us more features and apps than what we started with. This technology is truly innovative, first time I used it I was blown away.
**Bonus Mini Game Reviews**
Kinect Adventures – This is the game that comes with Kinect. Its touted as a “full game” but really its a collection of some mini games. The games are fun for the moment (and actually some give a really good workout!) but they’re still mini games. I played them a few times but I don’t see myself going back and playing them alone, in a party atmosphere, why not. Overall, the tracking is done quite well and its easy to pop in and play, there is some depth to each game type and achievements etc so there is stuff there to keep you in it.. if you like the mini games. For kids, they’ll love it.
Your Shape Fitness Evolved – Excellent game! For best tracking and menu system, in a dead heat tie between Your Shape and Dance Central! It has a collection of gym games which get your heart pumping and jump in and go type of cardio classes. These classes are quick and don’t have a lot of help (like a break it down, slow mode) but considering what they are (cardio classes), in a real class you’d just jump in and try and learn as the class goes on. I haven’t tried the actual personal trainer classes (which look very cool, slower and a complete workout – warm up, cardio, cool down) so I may edit this once I get around to that section. I didn’t picture myself really out of shape but by the end of about 20 minutes of playing I was drenched in sweat and sore the next morning! Overall, I’m impressed by the flow of the game and how well they made it easy to use and yet challenging and fun. I look forward to my friends getting this game and smashing their records!
Dance Central – Awesome game! This is my favorite game of the 3 we have right now! Its slick, the menu navigation is the best of any game (or xbox dash for that matter) and needs to be copied by the industry! I’m not a dancer and actually can’t remember the last time I danced in public but my sister really wanted to try this out so we got it. I played the first song, lady gaga: poker face and went to break it down mode. What a great mode, this slows everything down and gives you a real shot at learning every move. Its deep and very intuitive. For instance: in break it down, you start with a new move, if you nail it flawlessly the first time you move on to the next move, if you don’t you have to do the move 3 times in a row successfully (with a 3 second break in between). Then you move on to the next, you can slow it down any time and speed it back up when you’ve got it. I really believe the tracking system is monitoring me and giving me excellent feedback (I can also see my body outline as further proof). After dancing to the first song 2 times I was sweating pretty well but I actually felt like I was learning how to dance. Maybe not in a pro way but I felt more comfortable with certain moves, became more familiar, which I was surprised by, actually dancing and having fun! Add in leaderboards and dance offs and now you’re dancing to win! They hit one out of the park with this game! Also, anyone who can beat multiple songs 1 after another on hard mode has my respect as a gamer because I cant!
Overall, the xbox 360 + kinect bundle is a great product for the price. We’re having a ton of fun with this and the technology is still hard to understand.. how does it work this well?! The video chat and hopefully addition of netflix (in the future) will make this a must own product. As I was playing these games with kinect I kept thinking in my head “if I was 8-12 years old my head would have exploded playing this…” Its a strange idea to think there will be kids out there thinking kinect is a standard in gaming, that this is where they started with gaming and technology.
One last tip, while trying to navigate menus leaning back in my recliner I realized kinect needs to see my face, not just my hand to recognize a user and allow me to navigate menus. So if it doesn’t recognize you waving at it, make sure your face is noticeable (not leaned back cloaked in a recliner).
Hope this helps! Kinect is really a lot of fun!