Xbox360

With the release of Xbox 360, Microsoft makes good on its promise to provide an integrated entertainment system for your living room. Xbox 360 allows you to play the most compelling games, watch DVD movies, and enjoy digital music, photos, and videos with the console. Xbox 360 also opens the door to incredible new high-definition (HD) entertainment. Experience Xbox 360 games in HD and stream HD television and movies straight from your Windows Media Center Edition PC to your Xbox 360. Here's the goods, at a glance:

Systems: The IBM CPU consists of three 3.2GHz cores and a 20GB hard drive
Graphics: A custom ATI graphics chip drives ultrarealistic HD entertainment
Wireless: Up to four bi-directional wireless controllers means no more cords
Plug and play: Standard USB ports let you plug in your digital entertainment devices or controllers

Movies: Progressive-scan DVD playback is standard with every unit
Music: Play CDs, MP3s, and VMA files and rip CDs directly to the hard drive to create custom soundtracks
Community: Connect to your PC to share pictures and audio, and plug in the 360 camera for real-time video chat
Memory units: Plug, copy, go -- take your gamertag, your saved games and your content with you
Faces and "Ring of Light": Customizable faceplates for the console and "skins" for the interface screen

Want more? Here's details and additional features of this robust release:

Hardware, Software and Services
Xbox 360 represents a dramatic leap forward in high-definition gaming and entertainment experiences. Fusing powerful hardware, software, and services, Xbox 360 fully engages you in a gaming experience that is more expansive, dramatic, and lifelike, where the possibilities are limitless and your imagination knows no boundaries.

Industrial Design
A merger of form and function, Xbox 360 wraps powerful technology in a sophisticated exterior. Two of the most innovative design firms in the world came together to craft a sleek, stylish system that conveys the very essence of Xbox 360.

Xbox Gamer Guide
The Xbox Gamer Guide is an entertainment gateway that instantly connects you to your games, friends, music, movies, and downloadable content. Available at a touch of the Xbox Guide Button, the Xbox Gamer Guide gives you instant access to the experiences and content you want, from the gamer card of the player that just invited you to play online to new downloadable content for the game currently running.

Personalized Interface
Xbox 360 lets you create your own unique system and experience. With interchangeable Xbox 360 Faces, it's easy and fun to change the appearance of your console. Switch on your system and customize the look and feel of the Xbox Gamer Guide and Xbox System Guide with unique "skins." From sleek and sophisticated to fun and funky, pick the Faces and skins that show your personality.

Xbox Live
Xbox Live is where games and entertainment come alive, the only unified place where you can play with anyone, anytime, anywhere. And the best just got better. Connect your Xbox 360 to your broadband connection and get instant access to Xbox Live Silver. Express your digital identity through your Gamertag and gamer card, talk with others using voice chat, and access Xbox Live Marketplace--all right out of the box, at no extra cost. Upgrade to Xbox Live Gold and enter the exciting world of multiplayer online gaming. With intelligent matchmaking, access to all your achievements and statistics, video chat and video messaging, and an enormous selection of games, Xbox Live Gold delivers your competition, on your terms.

Xbox Live Marketplace
Keep your favorite games fresh with instant access to new content. Xbox Live Marketplace is a one-stop shop to download new game trailers, demos, and episodic content, plus new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, and more. Accessible to everyone who establishes a broadband connection with their Xbox 360, Xbox Live Marketplace lets you personalize and extend your experience, on demand.

Games
Xbox 360 redefines what games look like, sound like, feel like, and play like to engage you like never before. With Xbox 360, epic worlds are alive with detail, from thunderous skies rumbling over a mountain range to tiny blades of grass rustling together in the breeze. Vibrant characters display depth of emotion to evoke more dramatic responses, immersing you in the experience like never before. You'll see all Xbox 360 titles at 720p resolution in 16:9 widescreen, with anti-aliasing for smooth, movie-like graphics and multi-channel surround sound.

Digital Entertainment
Amplify your music, photos, video, and TV. Watch progressive-scan DVD movies right out of the box. Rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive and share your latest digital pictures with friends. Make the connection, and Xbox 360 instantly streams the digital media stored on your MP3 player, digital camera, Media Center PC, or any Microsoft Windows XP-based PC.