--- product_id: 31440440 title: "Xbox One S 2TB Console - Launch Edition [Discontinued]" price: "SAR 3563" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/31440440-xbox-one-s-2tb-console-launch-edition-discontinued store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Bluetooth wireless controller 2TB massive storage 4K UHD + HDR visuals Xbox One S 2TB Console - Launch Edition [Discontinued] **Price:** SAR 3563 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎮 Level up your game and your living room with Xbox One S 2TB — where power meets style. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Xbox One S 2TB Console - Launch Edition [Discontinued] - **How much does it cost?** SAR 3563 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/31440440-xbox-one-s-2tb-console-launch-edition-discontinued) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Store More, Play More:** Massive 2TB internal hard drive means your entire game library is always ready—no compromises. - • **Quiet Power, No Clutter:** Integrated power supply eliminates bulky bricks, while quieter operation keeps you immersed in the moment. - • **Sleek & Space-Smart Design:** 40% smaller footprint with a vertical stand option to elevate your setup and free up your entertainment space. - • **Stunning 4K & HDR Experience:** Dive into ultra-realistic visuals with 4K UHD Blu-ray playback and HDR for richer colors and deeper contrasts. - • **Next-Level Controller Comfort:** Enhanced Xbox Wireless Controller with textured grip and Bluetooth lets you game seamlessly across devices. ## Overview The Xbox One S 2TB Launch Edition is a sleek, 40% smaller console featuring a massive 2TB hard drive, 4K UHD Blu-ray playback, and HDR support for stunning visuals. It includes an enhanced wireless controller with Bluetooth connectivity and a vertical stand for flexible setup. Designed to run quieter with an integrated power supply, it offers a premium gaming and entertainment experience tailored for 4K TV owners seeking both performance and style. ## Description Introducing the new Xbox One S. Play the greatest games lineup, including Xbox 360 classics, on a 40% smaller console with High Dynamic Range. Store more games than ever with a massive 2TB hard drive. Stream 4K video on Netflix and desertcart Video, and watch UHD Blu-ray movies in stunning visual fidelity. Then experience the enhanced comfort and feel of the new Xbox Wireless Controller, featuring textured grip and Bluetooth technology. Now includes a vertical stand for the perfect setup and fit. With all the biggest blockbusters this year, everything you love about Xbox 360 is even better on Xbox One. *4K streaming with select apps, see xbox.com. Some apps require app provider-specific subscriptions and/or other requirements. See xbox.com/live. HDR functionality available with supported games and TVs. Xbox One Backward Compatibility feature works with select Xbox 360 games. Xbox Live and broadband internet required for initial download of game to console. Review: A Worthy Successor to the Xbox One only if you need 4k support. - Xbox One S Review from my YouTube channel MiscTech Let's talk about the first two things that immediately stand out - Size and Color. Thew New XBOX One S is about 40% smaller than the original XBOX One and I'd say about 10% smaller than the PS4 overall. It has a much more sleek appearance and some great visual changes including the nice matte white color which I think looks great and is no longer a fingerprint magnet. I've seen a lot of rumblings across the inter-webs about having no black option and definitely can understand not wanting to have something to stick out in your media room; however, I think the white paint is a welcome change and tribute to the original XBOX 360. In addition to the color change, we also now have a vertical stand option which works great and definitely frees up some space. It also seems to run even quieter than the first generation XBOX One and definitely quieter than the PS4, which is important during quiet cut-scenes. Another huge change is the internal power supply, which means no more giant, ugly power brick! While we are talking about power, we can't forget to mention that the power button has changed from a capacitive touch to a physical push button, which is a much appreciated improvement as I can't count the number of times my dogs have turned off my Xbox during a gaming session. The USB port is no longer awkwardly recessed and placed on the side, but has been moved conveniently to the front of the console. We have also lost an dedicated Kinect Port and now have to use a special kinect to usb converter with one of the USB ports on the back of the console. For any of you that are using multiple external drives or usb devices like a steering wheel or rocksmith interface, keep this in mind if you are using Kinect. The new converter will be available September 7th for $39.99 or if you already own the One S & Original XBOX with Kinect, you can register on Microsofts website and get one for free for a limited time. Although, I didn't find myself using kinect much for games, I immediately missed having "Xbox On" and "Cortana, Open Netflix" functionality. If you used the voice navigation functions of Kinect, you will definitely want to pick up a converter. I do want to mention that there is an integrated IR blaster on the front, which will still allow the Xbox to turn on your av components. Lets move on to hardware improvements. The big upgrade to the XBOX One S is the 4K support including HDR, HDMI 2.0 and 12bit color. Apparently, there has also been a slight bump in GPU and CPU power. 4k capability will mainly be reserved for 4k Bluray and 4K streaming playback such as Netflix or hulu. It does have the capability of upscaling older 1080p games to a full 4k, which is a plus. Based on GPU speed, most future games probably won't run at 4k; however, they can be upscaled to 4k and we might find many of the new games running at 1440p. HDMI 2.0a, which enables HDR or High Dynamic Range capability will allow for deeper blacks, brighter whites and more natural colors. This is a nice addition if your TV and A/V receiver support it. Additionally, HDMI 2.0a supports 4k at 60Hz. How does it sound? It has some minor sound improvements and if your AV reciever supports it, it will pass-through Dolby Atmos at the native rate. The launch edition includes a 2TB drive for $399; however, a 500GB and 1TB models will be available later this year. With that in mind, I probably wouldn't go smaller than a 1TB drive as even with the free games included with your gold membership, your drive will fill up quickly. I wish the had a hybrid or full SSD option to further improve performance, or had a drive bay that was easily accessible for upgrades. We may see an upgraded "Elite S" console with a hybrid later this year. The new controller is also in matte white, matching the console but improves upon its design by adding a textured grip to the back as well as much welcomed Bluetooth functionality. This allows you to connect the controller to your PC, Mac or compatible android device for use of the best gaming controller out there. Overall, I would compare the XBOX One S to an iPhone S model. It has some great new features (smaller footprint, 4k/HDR and a new Bluetooth controller), but nothing earth shattering. If you need a solid 4k Blueray player and already have a 4k TV and AV receiver, then the Xbox One S is a worthy upgrade; however, if you don't have any of this, I think you will be disappointed and better served by waiting for Project Scorpio in 2017 and upgrading your AV equipment along with it at that time. Review: Microsoft does 4K for the Xbox One and perhaps double dips at your expense, but should you go for it? - For the TL;DR crowd - I like the Xbox One S 2TB system, but wish that it had been less spendy and/or included some sort of credits towards a game or movies to enjoy. Otherwise, it is quite nice. With the Xbox One S, Microsoft is now taking a bit of a page out of the Movie studio's playbook - release a slightly different version of something that your customers had already (in most cases) bought with slightly upgraded features and charge a premium to get it, leaving those that already had paid their own hard earned disposable income to perhaps whine a bit (as I may here if you all bear with me) about having to pay for the same thing twice. But is this really the same thing? Yes, it is still an Xbox One, albeit with a larger hard drive (for the Launch Edition 2TB system), but is it just the same as before, or are there enough improvements to justify the potential repurchase. For those that don't already have an Xbox One, the decision to purchase either the new Xbox One S line or one of the original Xbox One systems is a little easier - if you don't have a 4K TV and aren't rushed to get one, then the recent price drops make the original Xbox One systems a relative bargain. Actually that price drop is part of what rubs a little salt in the wound for someone such as myself when it comes to my purchase of the Xbox One S 2TB launch console. Buyers that buy one of the original consoles typically get a bundle that includes a game and they get it at a much lower price point compared to this relatively spendy console. The launch edition 2TB Xbox One S was a whopping $399 (which is pretty much exactly where the original Xbox One Console systems were back when the box was original released). The original consoles certainly don't have 4K support and can't do 4K Blu-ray playback, which is something that I was buying this console for (though, ironically, I just recently got a 4K Blu-ray player (this Philips BDP7501 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Player with bonus 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc (Creed) ) and with it, I have less "need" of a 4K Blu-ray player than I once would have). It would have been nice to have had 4K support on the original Xbox One consoles, but the competition between Microsoft and Sony, and the age of the Xbox 360 (and relative slowdown in sales of same) pretty much pushed Microsoft into rushing the Xbox One to market. Sony has a very similar issue now with the PlayStation 4 as it too lacks 4K support and would need to play some catch-up to Microsoft if Sony wishes to keep their competitor from gaining any traction against them. If you have a 4K TV set and haven't already plunked down over 3 Hondo's to get yourself a 4K Blu-ray player, than an Xbox One S is a good choice for you. It offers gaming and 4K Blu-ray playback in the same box. A slightly slender box compared to the predecessor in the line, but still a bit of a brick on your media center nonetheless. On the plus side, the Xbox One S doesn't require the bulky external power brick that was required for the original Xbox One consoles. That saves space back behind your media center/TV shelving. It also runs cooler and seems to be a lot better ventilated. Basically Microsoft took many lessons learned from the Xbox 360 and the original Xbox One consoles and applied them to come out with this much improved system. It also allows them to sell both the original Xbox One consoles and the new slim boxes to satisfy several different price points at the same time. My own biggest complaint with this 2TB Launch Edition console is that Microsoft seems to have been incredibly stingy on giveaways to their buyers. It would have been quite nice to have been given a little credit to spend in the Xbox Store. Perhaps on a movie (hey, one in 4K to show off the boxes abilities would have been forward thinking), perhaps on a game, or even better a combination. Maybe a $10 movie credit and a $20 gaming credit combined. Something that would have left buyers feeling that they didn't just rip themselves off just to say they got one of the Launch Edition Xbox One S consoles and got *nothing* with it. Would I recommend purchase of an Xbox One S, especially the 2TB version? I think you could tell above that my answer was yes, but just to be clear - yes, yes I would. If you have a 4K TV, then by all means. Even if you don't, this console will work with a non-4K TV and it easily sets up and asks simple to understand questions that will help you turn on 4K support if you can (and if you can, then you obviously should). I give this system 4 solid stars, mostly lowered for the thought that Microsoft really should have tossed a bone (bonus) of some sort back to people that had locked in orders of these boxes only to find the prices on the original consoles dropped mightily once they did. Early adopters, like me, somewhat gambled and lost that there'd be something else for us. That is what we bargained for when we hit the pre-order buttons. We did or will certainly benefit from the greatly expanded storage that is available with this console. While it was fairly easy to expand the storage on the original Xbox One consoles (just plug in an external USB drive and answer the prompts to use that storage for games), that came at added cost. I know, as I did do just that since the original capacity was not sufficient for my tastes. For those that wish to save some currency along the way, you could certainly order a smaller storage sized system and use it with or without adding external storage. That would leave some funds for you to buy more games to play, or some movies, or whatever you wished. One final comment here - the white versus black thing. The original Xbox One consoles were black, while the Slim versions are currently white. I don't have a problem with it, but some people will inevitably complain about the color scheme being "off" for their media center area. I really don't know what made Microsoft change up the color schemes. I suppose it came from focus groups and customer feedback. Whatever the case, I like the new not-so-slick texture on the face of the box, and the white color doesn't really bother me. The texture is much better about not getting fingerprinted up, and the white doesn't look bad. For me it's a non-issue as my S box lives behind a sliding door in my TV stand ( Sauder Soft Modern High Boy TV Stand Fine, Walnut Finish ) so I don't see it until I'm ready to play on it. At that point, the white color is actually easier to see and find the disc slot on. ## Features - Includes: 2TB Internal Hard Drive Xbox One S Console, 1 Xbox Wireless Controller (with 3.5mm headset jack), 1 Console Stand (for vertical orientation), HDMI cable (4K Capable), AC Power cable, and a 14-day Xbox Live Gold Trial - Play over 100 console exclusive and a growing library of Xbox 360 games on the 40% smaller newly designed Xbox One S - Watch Ultra HD (UHD) 4K Blu-ray movies on your 4K TV and stream 4K video on Netflix (available now) and desertcart Video (coming soon) - Experience richer, more luminous colors in games and video with High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology - Experience the enhanced comfort of the new Xbox Wireless Controller, featuring textured grip and Bluetooth technology ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B01GW3GM7I | | Best Sellers Rank | #80,998 in Video Games ( See Top 100 in Video Games ) #177 in Xbox One Consoles | | Brand Name | Microsoft | | Color | White | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (792) | | Input Device | Gamepad | | Item Weight | 2.27 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | Microsoft | | Manufacturer Part Number | 2DZ-00001 | | Memory Storage Capacity | 2 TB | | Model Name | Xbox One S | | Model Number | 6430277 | | Platform | Xbox One | | Resolution | 4K | | UPC | 889842098167 | | Wireless Communication Technology | Bluetooth | ## Images ![Xbox One S 2TB Console - Launch Edition [Discontinued] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/816oYiP9srL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Will this support external harddrive support for more storage** A: Yes, it will and you "NEED" to upgrade, the 2TB hard drive they put in these = the cheapest junk you can make work, e.g. 5400rpm probly 10ms lol, I use a usb 3.0 adapter and then on the end of that a 1TB samsung ssd (forget the model but its the fastest they make for gaming) and I only put 1-3 games on that external the rest I run internally, only about 15% used, that with antec heat exchanger on the outside and it runs "awesome" just make sure you dont get some cheap "hybrid" or fake junk solid state drive, stick with PNY, Crucial, Samsung because you do get what you pay for when it comes to buying a SSD, if you find one is $100 more expensive for the same amount, odds are it's faster in some way do you're research it'll be worth it...Cheers! q= **Q: It said 299 on E3 why is it 399 here?** A: 500 Gig featured at E3 $299 1TB $349 2TB $399 or just buy a 500 gig an a 3TB hard drive an swap them out **Q: Can I still play with Xbox one games and with the older Xbox one?** A: Yes. This is still an Xbox one. The difference is Xbox one S will upscale ALL your current and future games to 4k or the best resolution possible, with hdr and hdmi 2.0 frame rates! **Q: Does this xbox need a 4k tv?** A: No, Does not need a 4k tv, I have a very expensive TV that is not 4k, only reason im buying this newer Xbox One S console, is so I dont get frame rate drop like crazy all the time, the Xbox One S = what xbox one should have been, in the first place...if you're on 1080P expect 10-15% better FPS/looking graphics etc...and no huge power brick = win, I just hope we can develop for xbox one S like the Xbox One original..on a side note: i'd be afraid to run 4k on a xbox that can barely run 1080P @ 60fps...just me :p and no playstation is not better. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Worthy Successor to the Xbox One only if you need 4k support. *by Z***K on August 8, 2016* Xbox One S Review from my YouTube channel MiscTech Let's talk about the first two things that immediately stand out - Size and Color. Thew New XBOX One S is about 40% smaller than the original XBOX One and I'd say about 10% smaller than the PS4 overall. It has a much more sleek appearance and some great visual changes including the nice matte white color which I think looks great and is no longer a fingerprint magnet. I've seen a lot of rumblings across the inter-webs about having no black option and definitely can understand not wanting to have something to stick out in your media room; however, I think the white paint is a welcome change and tribute to the original XBOX 360. In addition to the color change, we also now have a vertical stand option which works great and definitely frees up some space. It also seems to run even quieter than the first generation XBOX One and definitely quieter than the PS4, which is important during quiet cut-scenes. Another huge change is the internal power supply, which means no more giant, ugly power brick! While we are talking about power, we can't forget to mention that the power button has changed from a capacitive touch to a physical push button, which is a much appreciated improvement as I can't count the number of times my dogs have turned off my Xbox during a gaming session. The USB port is no longer awkwardly recessed and placed on the side, but has been moved conveniently to the front of the console. We have also lost an dedicated Kinect Port and now have to use a special kinect to usb converter with one of the USB ports on the back of the console. For any of you that are using multiple external drives or usb devices like a steering wheel or rocksmith interface, keep this in mind if you are using Kinect. The new converter will be available September 7th for $39.99 or if you already own the One S & Original XBOX with Kinect, you can register on Microsofts website and get one for free for a limited time. Although, I didn't find myself using kinect much for games, I immediately missed having "Xbox On" and "Cortana, Open Netflix" functionality. If you used the voice navigation functions of Kinect, you will definitely want to pick up a converter. I do want to mention that there is an integrated IR blaster on the front, which will still allow the Xbox to turn on your av components. Lets move on to hardware improvements. The big upgrade to the XBOX One S is the 4K support including HDR, HDMI 2.0 and 12bit color. Apparently, there has also been a slight bump in GPU and CPU power. 4k capability will mainly be reserved for 4k Bluray and 4K streaming playback such as Netflix or hulu. It does have the capability of upscaling older 1080p games to a full 4k, which is a plus. Based on GPU speed, most future games probably won't run at 4k; however, they can be upscaled to 4k and we might find many of the new games running at 1440p. HDMI 2.0a, which enables HDR or High Dynamic Range capability will allow for deeper blacks, brighter whites and more natural colors. This is a nice addition if your TV and A/V receiver support it. Additionally, HDMI 2.0a supports 4k at 60Hz. How does it sound? It has some minor sound improvements and if your AV reciever supports it, it will pass-through Dolby Atmos at the native rate. The launch edition includes a 2TB drive for $399; however, a 500GB and 1TB models will be available later this year. With that in mind, I probably wouldn't go smaller than a 1TB drive as even with the free games included with your gold membership, your drive will fill up quickly. I wish the had a hybrid or full SSD option to further improve performance, or had a drive bay that was easily accessible for upgrades. We may see an upgraded "Elite S" console with a hybrid later this year. The new controller is also in matte white, matching the console but improves upon its design by adding a textured grip to the back as well as much welcomed Bluetooth functionality. This allows you to connect the controller to your PC, Mac or compatible android device for use of the best gaming controller out there. Overall, I would compare the XBOX One S to an iPhone S model. It has some great new features (smaller footprint, 4k/HDR and a new Bluetooth controller), but nothing earth shattering. If you need a solid 4k Blueray player and already have a 4k TV and AV receiver, then the Xbox One S is a worthy upgrade; however, if you don't have any of this, I think you will be disappointed and better served by waiting for Project Scorpio in 2017 and upgrading your AV equipment along with it at that time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Microsoft does 4K for the Xbox One and perhaps double dips at your expense, but should you go for it? *by T***0 on August 2, 2016* For the TL;DR crowd - I like the Xbox One S 2TB system, but wish that it had been less spendy and/or included some sort of credits towards a game or movies to enjoy. Otherwise, it is quite nice. With the Xbox One S, Microsoft is now taking a bit of a page out of the Movie studio's playbook - release a slightly different version of something that your customers had already (in most cases) bought with slightly upgraded features and charge a premium to get it, leaving those that already had paid their own hard earned disposable income to perhaps whine a bit (as I may here if you all bear with me) about having to pay for the same thing twice. But is this really the same thing? Yes, it is still an Xbox One, albeit with a larger hard drive (for the Launch Edition 2TB system), but is it just the same as before, or are there enough improvements to justify the potential repurchase. For those that don't already have an Xbox One, the decision to purchase either the new Xbox One S line or one of the original Xbox One systems is a little easier - if you don't have a 4K TV and aren't rushed to get one, then the recent price drops make the original Xbox One systems a relative bargain. Actually that price drop is part of what rubs a little salt in the wound for someone such as myself when it comes to my purchase of the Xbox One S 2TB launch console. Buyers that buy one of the original consoles typically get a bundle that includes a game and they get it at a much lower price point compared to this relatively spendy console. The launch edition 2TB Xbox One S was a whopping $399 (which is pretty much exactly where the original Xbox One Console systems were back when the box was original released). The original consoles certainly don't have 4K support and can't do 4K Blu-ray playback, which is something that I was buying this console for (though, ironically, I just recently got a 4K Blu-ray player (this Philips BDP7501 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Player with bonus 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc (Creed) ) and with it, I have less "need" of a 4K Blu-ray player than I once would have). It would have been nice to have had 4K support on the original Xbox One consoles, but the competition between Microsoft and Sony, and the age of the Xbox 360 (and relative slowdown in sales of same) pretty much pushed Microsoft into rushing the Xbox One to market. Sony has a very similar issue now with the PlayStation 4 as it too lacks 4K support and would need to play some catch-up to Microsoft if Sony wishes to keep their competitor from gaining any traction against them. If you have a 4K TV set and haven't already plunked down over 3 Hondo's to get yourself a 4K Blu-ray player, than an Xbox One S is a good choice for you. It offers gaming and 4K Blu-ray playback in the same box. A slightly slender box compared to the predecessor in the line, but still a bit of a brick on your media center nonetheless. On the plus side, the Xbox One S doesn't require the bulky external power brick that was required for the original Xbox One consoles. That saves space back behind your media center/TV shelving. It also runs cooler and seems to be a lot better ventilated. Basically Microsoft took many lessons learned from the Xbox 360 and the original Xbox One consoles and applied them to come out with this much improved system. It also allows them to sell both the original Xbox One consoles and the new slim boxes to satisfy several different price points at the same time. My own biggest complaint with this 2TB Launch Edition console is that Microsoft seems to have been incredibly stingy on giveaways to their buyers. It would have been quite nice to have been given a little credit to spend in the Xbox Store. Perhaps on a movie (hey, one in 4K to show off the boxes abilities would have been forward thinking), perhaps on a game, or even better a combination. Maybe a $10 movie credit and a $20 gaming credit combined. Something that would have left buyers feeling that they didn't just rip themselves off just to say they got one of the Launch Edition Xbox One S consoles and got *nothing* with it. Would I recommend purchase of an Xbox One S, especially the 2TB version? I think you could tell above that my answer was yes, but just to be clear - yes, yes I would. If you have a 4K TV, then by all means. Even if you don't, this console will work with a non-4K TV and it easily sets up and asks simple to understand questions that will help you turn on 4K support if you can (and if you can, then you obviously should). I give this system 4 solid stars, mostly lowered for the thought that Microsoft really should have tossed a bone (bonus) of some sort back to people that had locked in orders of these boxes only to find the prices on the original consoles dropped mightily once they did. Early adopters, like me, somewhat gambled and lost that there'd be something else for us. That is what we bargained for when we hit the pre-order buttons. We did or will certainly benefit from the greatly expanded storage that is available with this console. While it was fairly easy to expand the storage on the original Xbox One consoles (just plug in an external USB drive and answer the prompts to use that storage for games), that came at added cost. I know, as I did do just that since the original capacity was not sufficient for my tastes. For those that wish to save some currency along the way, you could certainly order a smaller storage sized system and use it with or without adding external storage. That would leave some funds for you to buy more games to play, or some movies, or whatever you wished. One final comment here - the white versus black thing. The original Xbox One consoles were black, while the Slim versions are currently white. I don't have a problem with it, but some people will inevitably complain about the color scheme being "off" for their media center area. I really don't know what made Microsoft change up the color schemes. I suppose it came from focus groups and customer feedback. Whatever the case, I like the new not-so-slick texture on the face of the box, and the white color doesn't really bother me. The texture is much better about not getting fingerprinted up, and the white doesn't look bad. For me it's a non-issue as my S box lives behind a sliding door in my TV stand ( Sauder Soft Modern High Boy TV Stand Fine, Walnut Finish ) so I don't see it until I'm ready to play on it. At that point, the white color is actually easier to see and find the disc slot on. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you have a 4k this is a must. If you are thinking of buying a UHD Bluray player buy this instead. No 4K? Get the cheap One *by B***Z on August 2, 2016* First off, if you have an Xbox One, and don't have a 4K TV don't upgrade. Secondly, if you have a 4K TV, and don't have a UHD BluRay Player, OR a TV that has Netflix with 4K built in, this is a spectacular buy. On to the review. This is an Xbox One. It does all the Xbox One things that all the other Xbox One's do, but it doesn't come with a Kinect, and it comes with a new controller that is not the Elite Controller, but is better than the stock controller from the previous version. Gone is the power brick so this takes up a lot less space. You could reasonably mount this in your car under the seat. (I did this with the 360). I wouldn't, but you could because it is smaller, and doesn't have that annoying brick. It is quieter. Not by much but some. It has a 2TB hard drive so you don't need an external drive if you want to have like 40 games installed. Soon there will be smaller sizes of drive, but the 2TB is nice. (See the comments I talk about actually testing this) It's white, and that doesn't go with my home theater, or likely yours. It also shows the dust more, but fingerprints less. I'll post pictures and such, in addition to the "what's in the box" video later, but the long and the short of it is that the reason for this as an upgrade is you want to watch movies in 4k. Games too. And HDR does make some of the games better. It makes some of them worse. But most of them better. There is not supposed to be any CPU / GPU gains in this version, but there are. Hawken that crawls sometimes plays smooth on this. Play back on Hulu is not any better from a bitstream standpoint, unlike NetFlix which has 4K, but Hulu "tears" less. This is when you see a line about half to a third of the way up where part of the frame is ahead of the rest of the image. Not noticeable on small screens, but on my projector it is, and this doesn't have it any more so things look better. HDR is supported at 1080p so if you have a HDR 1080p Display, (like a really good computer monitor) you can get some benefit without a 4k display. Finally if you are debating between this and the $250 Xbox One and you don't have a 4k. Get the cheaper one and the Elite Controller, or 3 games, you will be happier. If you are thinking of buying a UHD BluRay player, buy this instead, it is a better player than the one or two on the market right now, and Microsoft will keep the software up to date. There are some comments about Dolby Atmos. It will pass bitstream Atmos to your receiver it will not upconvert, or side convert to Atmos. You wouldn't want this anyway it is better to take the audio that the sound guy mixed for 5.1 or 7.1 and use that then it is to fold 7.1.4 down using an algorithm. Hints: You may want a USB Stick for moving your games and such. I found that while cloud storage works, for things like my Forza replays it was going to take days to move. A 128 Gig USB stick made short work of this. You can also use a USB Hard Disk. The Controller is Bluetooth in addition to the proprietary Xbox wireless protocol. This is cool because you can pair it with your laptop if it had bluetooth, or your Android device. I don't have one to try, but I believe this means that it would work with some of the inexpensive Android Game Consoles. On my Laptop it worked flawlessly. The vertical stand seems like a good idea. The temp of the air coming off of the Xbox is pretty warm, and it is a good sized opening I worry that on a dark shelf it would fill with dust and burn up. This is not substantiated, only an inference. If you are upgrading get the Kinect connector for free. xbox.com/XboxOne/KinectAdapter you have to register both Xbox, and even if you don't use the Kinect much you don't want to wish you were going to have a Dance Party and not have it. That's all for now, will do more update after I have had more time to play with it. Comments regarding HDMI, Dolby Vision, HDR10, and 12bit: (If you don't know what this is you won't miss it, and if you do you still won't miss it.) Xbox doesn't support Dolby Vision. This is not likely an issue for a number of reasons that follow. If DolbyVision does become the dominant way of encoding for HDMI Microsoft could ad it since Dolby Vision doesn't require any additional hardware. The HDMI Signal Path is the same but a header is added that specifies the range for the given content. In theory this allows for 10bits of color but allows for a custom curve for the color, and for the Min-Max-Median values to be set differently. The Xbox supports 12 bit color at 4k, and that allows for 10bit plus the gamut adjustment found in Dolby Vision. But enabling this requires a license. Because Xbox supports 12 bit, a movie is encoded for DolbyVision, unless you have an extremely high end system the decode should allow playback with no loss of clarity if your TV supports 12bit. I don't know of a TV that supports Dolby vision that doesn't support 12bit, and many 1080p systems support 12bit but don't recognize the "HDR" flag, but will give HDR results if they are better than the standard and return the proper HDMI handshakes for describing their capabilities. To enable this you may need to Force the Xbox to HDMI PC Mode rather than TV and Autodetect. This is generally a good thing to do unless you move your Xbox a lot as it also enables you to set 24hz, and a few other options which are often not always available. Things that make me sad: Xbox Video Market doesn't include 4k Version of Movies. It would be nice if I could Rent/Buy 4K on demand. I don't use Kinect much, but I notice that I miss voice controls for movies. I wish they had included a mic so that it did the "Alexa thing". 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