Over on the DVD Forums, someones posted that argos are flogging original xbox for Ã,£49.99 with 4 games for free Forza, Halo 2, Project Gotham Racing 2 & Fable.

I have been mulling over buying an Xbox360 for a few weeks, but I doubt am going to get one any time soon as it costs too much, and Ive never had a console before so am unsure if theyre for me.  So this has peaked my interest just a bit.  Especially with the ability to Mod the xbox and use xbmc, something thats interested me for a while.  Games should be very cheap for it as well so thats good.

Anyone got any thoughts on this?  Good idea yes or no?

seems cheap enough TBH.  Cant see a downside really if you just want something to chill out with.

Put the money in the Wiimote kitty tbh  

I think I am going to get one, why not its only Ã,£50 and should come in useful.

Wiis look interesting, but am waiting to see what people make of them over the coming few weeks, want to see if they are just a gimmick or if theyre something a whole lot more.

Ã,£50 is a good price for 4 games even without the console. If you dont mind playing with older tech then go for it

I saw one of these today, and it just trumps everything, tbh.

Quote from: maximusotterI saw one of these today, and it just trumps everything, tbh.

Brits generally dont have palatial houses built out of wood and gloop to provide storage space for that though

Hmm well quite annoyingly when I went to reserve it through the argos site it said that there was no stock yet there was earlier last night.  Bugger thats what I get for not being more impulsive, could have had it today.  Am sure someone on the dvd forums was saying other places are doing a similar deal, so I shall investigate, and if not wel the home delivery service was showing stock lol.

Get it!! I keep putting off getting a 360 because I have so many games on Xbox (plus its chipped to use as a media center) and I still love it to death after 4 years. BTE playing Fable at the moment and its great!

Theyre in stock at my local

Well I managed to get one, my parents were going to Hexham, so with nowt better to do I went with them, but just before I went I managed to reserve one at the Hexham Argos so picked one up there.

Had a quick play with PGR2 and Halo 2 and it seemed good, just gonna take a bit of practice to get used to the control system, wheres a keyboard and mouse when you need one lol.

hope you enjoy it mate. the original xbox still has alot to offer. PGR is awesome and if you havent played halo yet you are seriously missing out! I would play halo 1 before you play 2 though.

if you get on Xbox Live ill give you a race somtime.

Got mine today.

I bought one today. I dont usually bother with consoles but for Ã,£50....

Anyone know where or if I can get a VGA cable for it? Ive got it going in by the composite input on my monitor atm but its as fuzzy as hell.

Quote from: NorphyI bought one today. I dont usually bother with consoles but for Ã,£50....

Anyone know where or if I can get a VGA cable for it? Ive got it going in by the composite input on my monitor atm but its as fuzzy as hell.

hmmm thats a whole world of pain! Check out www.x2vga.com but theyre hard has hell to come by and plus youd need to chip your xbox and have it output ntsc to work.  I had one for awhile but it didnt work with my lcd monitor. I just use a high res VGA box @ 1440x900 and it looks great.