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Xbox Features

Get to the action quickly: A front-loading DVD tray makes it easy to get your games started.

Hook up is a breeze: A multisignal audio-video connector allows for easy hookup to televisions and home theater systems.

Play anyone, anywhere with Xbox Live™: An Ethernet port provides rich, fast-action online gaming via a broadband connection (Xbox Live kit and subscription required). Through Xbox Live™, compete with gamers across the globe, download new content, and chat strategy with friends and teammates.

Eye-popping images: An NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) delivers superior graphic performance.

No memory card necessary: An internal hard drive, a first in the console gaming industry, means you don't need a memory card to save your game.

Your own movie theater: Plug in the DVD Movie Playback Kit (sold separately) to turn your Xbox into a home theater hub. We even have details on the most amazing gaming setups!

Huge game library: There's currently over 450 games available for the Xbox... and that list grows every week! Xbox exclusives: Only Xbox lets you play Halo 2, Full Spectrum Warrior and Fable (just to name a few). (All games sold separately).

Fun for the whole family: Xbox is the only gaming system with built-in parental controls. You can limit the types of games your kids play, and with titles like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™, Scooby-Doo!™ Night of 100 Frights, Shrek 2™, and many more, there's plenty to keep the younger crowd entertained. (Games sold separately).

Xbox® takes you way beyond ordinary entertainment. Are you ready to redefine the way you play? Games, movies, music, and more … Xbox lets you share good times with friends and take on competition from around the world.  
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
CPU   733 MHz Intel Custom Pentium III
     
Front Side Bus   133 MHz - 1.0 GB/sec
     
RAM   Micron 64 MB DDR SDRAM
   
Memory Bandwidth   6.4 GB/sec bus
   
Storage Medium   8 GB Hard Disk (Western Digital, 5400 RPM)
   
Graphics Processor Unit   250 MHz Custom-Designed NV2X
   
Max Polygon Performance   125 M/sec
   
I/O (Input / Output)   w-5x DVD-ROM
  Type 9 DVD - 8.5 GB single sided
  4x Proprietary USB Game Ports (12 Mbps)
  Broadband Ethernet Connection (100 Mbps)
  Proprietary Audio/Video Connector
     
Simultaneous Textures   4.8 G/Sec
   
Pixel Fill Rate   12w
   
Compressed Textures   Yes (6:1)
   
Maximum resolution   1920 x 1080 (HDTV Required)
   
MPEG 2 Support   Yes (Standard DVD)
   
HDTV Game Support   Yes (HDTV Cable Required)
   
DVD Movie Playback   Yes (DVD Remote Control Required)
   
Peripheral Bus (MCP BUS)   400 MB/s (Full Duplex)
   
Broadband Enabled   Yes (10/100 Mbps / TCP/IP / WinSock)
   
Audio Channels   256
   
Media Comm. Processor   200 MHz Processor Custom
  Designed By NVIDIA
  Controls Hard Disk & DVD
  Controls High-Speed Ethernet
  Controls Proprietary USB Game Ports
  Controls Advanced Audio which uses: licensed technology from UK's Sensaura 3D.
   
3D Audio Support   Yes (64 3D channels)
   
V-CHIP   Parental control on DVD's with ESRB ratings
   
Operating System   Windows 2000 Core OS
  DirectX 8.0a (Drivers)
  Part 1 of the OS is on the hard disk < 1 MB
  Part 2 of the OS can be DVD disc < 500 K
  (Part 1 includes the core OS, DirectX, DVD playback, some drivers and 3D user interface)
  (Part 2 includes things like libraries, other drivers and other features needed by the developer)
  OS takes less then 3 MB in RAM
  The OS has a 3D user interface when no games are inserted to play music CDs, run DVD movies etc.
  The games run in ring 0, known as kernel mode which is the fastest mode possible.
   
Total Internal Components   800
   
Size   Width: ~31cm
    Depth: ~27cm
    Height: ~10cm