Xbox 360 Slim Review

The Xbox360 slim is a gaming console manufactured by Microsoft. It has a Kinect gaming features, which is an advance feature, by which motion gaming is possible. Furthermore, it has all new design with glossy finished exterior body. The 250GB hard disc drive is inbuilt in the console so that one can store number of games in its memory.

Look and Feel
The Xbox360 slim is stylish looking gaming console. The glossy exterior in black and white gives it a subtle look. The dimension of the console is 10.6×10.4×3 inches and weighs 6.4 pounds. There is a touch sensitive start-up button with concave indentions. The buttons of the Xbox360 slim can be operated just by touching it and no physical press is required. The beep sound is heard when the button is pressed to confirm that the desired operation is selected. The tray which was present at the side of the pervious console has now been shifted on top for this console. It also has a new design for hard drive located inside the console.

The control of the console is also in same color as of device. It has X button at the center to ON/OFF. The D-pad and joy stick are placed below X button for controlling the game. There are some buttons like x, b, c and d for giving you a better control of the game. The USB ports for connecting RJ$5 cables and HDMI cables are placed at the backside of the console. The cooling system used in the console is efficient, compact and makes low noise.

Features
This gaming console has number of features to entrain a gamer. Let us discuss them one by one.

• Netflix and Xbox LIVE Gold
  The Netflix and Xbox LIVE Gold is used to download movies, advertisements, demo games and TV episodes. You get game demo free for few days and when you like it you can download it on your console.

• Zune Market Place
  The Zune Market place is a movie library. By Zune you can watch movies in a group. Seven other Xbox users can watch movie through the interactive party mode.

• Kinect
  It is a motion gaming feature. The Kinect console is separate or can be included with the console while buying. It has a web camera, which will catch all the gestures of the hand, legs and face and play the games. So now the video games are no more a lazy game. The gamer has to move from his place to play the game.

• Video
  The video resolution you get by slim is 1920 x 1080 pixels. The high definition video can be seen on the TV screen or PC screen by this console.

• Audio
  There is surround sound facility that gives user a 3D sound effect. You will be astonished by the sound quality of the Xbox 360.

• Connectivity
  You can invite friends by connecting your console to the internet. The access to the internet is done via Wi-Fi. You can even include players who are sitting in room in your games via Bluetooth connectivity.

• Memory
  A 250GB hard disc drive will let you store more number of games, video and music files. The DVD_ROM is also present that can also store data for the user.

Verdict
The Xbox 360 slim is a sleek, slim and elegant gaming console. It has an astonishing features and number of the facilities that will entertain you all the time. This gaming console is available in market at 249 USD.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3/5