Is there anything stopping me (short of voiding the warranty) from replacing the XBox 360's built-in DVD unit with the HD-DVD unit sold separately from the system? Has anybody tried this yet? I'd much ...

In light of recent Xbox 360 hardware news, like pictures revealing an alleged Xbox 360 Slim motherboard and documentation of USB storage in a future update, we decided to see if the two stories tied ...

The DVD drive in my new Xbox 360 makes a loud high pitched whining noise when a disc is spinning in the drive. I've got a few game saves and a couple of games I've downloaded from Xbox Live on the ...

It may not have a new name, but the Xbox 360 certainly has received quite a facelift on this the fifth anniversary of its unveiling. The new Xbox 360 (aka the "Xbox 360 250GB") makes up for its ...

LOS ANGELES--Microsoft on Monday offered the first glimpse of the external HD-DVD drive built for the Xbox 360 game console. Kevin Collins, senior program manager at Microsoft, demonstrated the HD-DVD ...

Microsoft’s surprise E3 reveal–a slimmed up Xbox 360–looks smaller, sleeker, and comes packing serious feature punch, but what don’t we know about it that might surprise us? Is the DVD drive tray- or ...

With the arrival of the new Xbox 360 Slim for $299, Sony and Microsoft's gaming consoles look a lot alike in terms of specs--except the PS3 Slim has a Blu-ray player and the new 360 doesn't. David ...

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An odd way to remove the hard drive that could potentially cause problems No HD connectivity without additional purchase No Blu-ray player The fancy shine is easily smudged with fingerprints “Why you ...