| What is Xbox 360? | | | | the Xbox 360 Dashboard; a tabbed interface that |
| The Xbox 360 is the second video game console | | | | featured five "Blades" and was designed by AKQA. It |
| produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the | | | | could be launched automatically when the console |
| Xbox. It competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and | | | | booted without a disc in it, or when the disc tray was |
| Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of | | | | ejected, but the user had the option to select what the |
| video game consoles. | | | | console does if a game is in the tray on start up, or if |
| Some major features of the console includes its | | | | inserted when already on. A simplified version of it |
| integrated Xbox Live service that allows players to | | | | was also accessible at any time via the Xbox Guide |
| compete online, download arcade games, game | | | | button on the gamepad. This simplified version showed |
| demos, trailers,TV shows and movies and its | | | | the user's gamercard, Xbox Live messages and |
| Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities. | | | | friends list. It also allowed for personal and music |
| The Xbox 360 is currently available in two | | | | settings, in addition to voice or video chats, or returning |
| configurations-the "Arcade" and the "Elite". | | | | to the Xbox Dashboard from the game. |
| <b><u>Part of Xbox 360. </b> </u> | | | | On November 19, 2008, the Xbox 360's dashboard |
| The main unit of the Xbox itself has slight double | | | | was changed from the "Blade" interface, to a |
| concavity in matte white or black. The official color of | | | | dashboard reminiscent of that present on the Zune |
| the white model is Arctic Chill. It features a port on the | | | | and Windows Media Center, known as the "New |
| top when vertical (left side when horizontal) to which a | | | | Xbox Experience" or NXE. |
| custom-housed hard drive unit can be attached in | | | | Since the console's release, Microsoft has released |
| sizes of either 20, 60 or 120 GB. Inside, the xbox 360 | | | | several updates for the Dashboard software. These |
| uses the triple-core IBM designed Xenon as its CPU. | | | | updates have included adding new features to the |
| Graphics processing is handled by the ATI Xenos, | | | | console, enhancing Xbox Live functionality and |
| which has 10 MB of eDRAM. Its main memory pool is | | | | multimedia playback capabilities, adding compatibility for |
| 512 MB in size. | | | | new accessories, and fixing bugs in the software. The |
| <b> <u>Multimedia Support </b> </u> | | | | latest Dashboard update was made available on |
| The Xbox 360 supports videos in Windows Media | | | | November 17, 2009. |
| Video (WMV) format (including high-definition and | | | | <b> <u>Technical Problems </b> </u> |
| PlaysForSure videos), as well as H.264 and MPEG-4 | | | | The Xbox video game console is subject to a number |
| media. The December 2007 dashboard update added | | | | of technical problems that can render it unusable. Many |
| support for the playback of MPEG-4 ASP format | | | | of the issues can be identified by a series of red lights |
| videos. | | | | flashing on the face of the console nicknamed the |
| <b> <u> Dashboard </b> </u> | | | | "Red Ring of Death". |
| The Xbox 360's original graphical user interface was | | | | What is Red Ring of Death? |