Xbox 360 Fanboy

That HDMI cable is easily worth $50. It's a Monster cable. :-D

I wish someone would explain to me the difference in HDMI cables. There's definitely a question of quality when you are passing analog signals, but digital? The HDMI cables I got from monoprice for $5 are working great.

@Vidguy

I too bought from there and have loved my $0.97 HDMI cable. The quality is great. They are the latest revision and all, so there is not quality difference except the quality of life since you saved yourself 49.03 and can now buy something worth that money rather than flushing it down the toilet right into the big yellow price tag store's wallet.

I bought my HDMIs from cablesforless. Not $0.97, but still a lot cheaper ~5$.

Digital signal means 0s and 1s.
So the signal either gets transmitted or nor, there's really no quality differences between brands.
Why the hell would anyone buy an overpriced MONSTER cable is beyond me.
I'd like to think the people read X3F is a little more savvy than that.
Seriously, cheap ass HDMI cable FOR THE WIN.

It really depends on what form factor you are buying. Thumb drives (flash) can be $13/GB, while a 3.5" terrabyte drive can be $0.20/GB. Also remember that as time goes on the average price will go down, too. But the 360 drives can't really be compared to standard harddrives prices because they are proprietary.

Yeah like he said, it varies, mth to mth, year to year.. I remember when you got a good deal at $1 per Mb.. So yeah, Its really hard to base it anymore, esp, now with the SSD drives..

im pretty sure they should have told you to remove your hard drive before shipping your 360 for repairs.. i just shipped a second 360 back to m$ and both times they told me to remove the hard drive and they weren't responsible for it if i didnt..

plus the 'coffin' my last 360 was returned in doesnt leave room for the hard drive in the packaging.. either way, im not saying it doesnt suck that its gone, but im pretty sure they warned you..

I understand what you're saying - the lady I talked to didn't say that, and if she did I couldn't understand her because her english wasn't very good. I heard her say controllers and power cables, but nothing about a hard drive.

Even if I did send it in, one xbox support person told me that the technicians are supposed to send it back right away if they find one. My issue is that they're saying I didn't send it, I say I did and now I'm screwed.

Not to sound like Im attacking you but, where have you been.. You do read this site, yes.. You cant tell us you havent heard a horror story like yours b4.. And, no, MS doesnt have to do anything for you either.. If you look at fine print, Im sure I can find it on their website, they are not responsible for lost data, & unreturned items other than the Box itself.. Same goes for any RMA.. Ive RMA'd many computer parts and its been the same their, I even had a motherboard returned with out the CMOS battery cuz I didnt think they meant to send ONLY the motherboard.. Yeah I had to buy one.. So even thou I feel your pain, I dont at the same time..

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Great it cut the last line in my post.. Guess I shouldnt use ">" & "

Grrrrr.. Last post, now I look like a Troll..


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There, I will never, never use Greater/Less than in a post here ever again.. I know its the whole Code thing.. HTML or whatever, but Im rusty on that stuff.. GRRR

You're not too bright if you send your hard drive to them. You never stopped to think that all that precious data may never return? Regardless of what customer support said, if you don't have an issue with the hard drive, you should have never sent it to them. I wouldn't send my 360 if there was an issue with the power adapter, would i?

Sure, but my point was that the hard drive you get online for cheap isn't going to do you any good without the proprietary casing and connection. And if the 360 harddrive is anything like the XBOX drive, the drive has a special XBOX file system that you wouldn't get from a Western Digital drive, too.