ngp

Hello,

My nephew's had an older, modded Xbox 360 with a 20GB HD for about 1 year and its had the RRoD on and off over the past few months. We've had it fixed by a local guy and it worked fine for some time but it just recently started freezing in games and then ultimately RRoD appeared.

I was thinking of just getting him an Arcade version of the Xbox 360 for Xmas as they are down to $199 now and hopefully some more deals to come between now and the end of the year. We're probably going to get the new Xbox modded as well.

I have a few questions for the experts out here...

1. Would the HDMI Arcade version also be able to output component video? He doesn't have a HDTV to hook up to.

2. Can he still use the 20GB HD that he has from the old system?

3. I saw the large sticky thread for the Xbox 360 and there were a lot of people saying their Elites are RRoD'ing. Am I taking another major risk with buying an Xbox Arcade?

Answers, Opinions, Suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Michael Corvin

Yes, Yes & Yes.

*edit - actually missed the modded part, which may affect answer #2.

chuckd21

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Modding your system prevents you from taking advantage of the warranty if and when you get the RROD, so yes, that's a huge risk.

ngp

Thanks gang!

RubenR

Another noob ? .... How do you burn music onto your 20gig hd?

Thx,
Rub

dvdsteve2000

Put in a CD and select the songs you want to 'rip'...done. Easy as pie.