DISQUS

Get the extended warranty. I'll say it again...get the extended warranty!
With the warranty you return the console back to the store if there are problems.

1 out of 3 Xbox 360 machines will have hardware failure due to overheating. They use a 90nm chip that gets very hot. The X brace supporting the chip will not allow for expansion and the board cracks.

I sent my brand new console back to Microsoft and they sent me a refurbished machine which is going through the same problems the original machine had. Screen freeze ups, disconnects from on-line play and disc error readings. I have a 6" diameter fan blowing on it while playing games.

Wait for the new machines with the 60nm chip.

Go to xbox.com to read the posts from angry gamers.

These are my standard head phones. Good quality sound when used in the normal way. I reverse them for talk radio (left phone on my right ear etc). I do this to prevent the headphone from protruding into the ear canal. Goofy I know but it works for me.

My only complaint with this head set and any other headset really is at the weakest point...the cord directly at the jack. The wiring always (after a time) becomes frade inside the rubber cord and I always loose a connection in one of the phones. You would think that the designers would double up the rubber at the jack. All in all I give them an 8 out of 10 for sound quality and the ability for the phones to re reversed...lol