Xbox 360 UK?

[d wade]

is there a difference between Xbox360 in the US and the UK. i found a relatively cheap one on ebay but it says UK.

now, i already have a 360, but i bought it here in the US. im looking to give this as a gift. is there any differences? i want it to be the exact same as the one i own.

 

[Piarco]

One major obvious difference - region locking of disks. You'll only be able to play UK games and Region 2 DVD's.
And wouldn't this be better off in the Game sub-forum?

 

[risc]

The UK model uses the PAL colour scheme not NTSC. PAL by default runs at a higher standard definition resolution 576 lines versus 480, but also by default it runs at 50 Hz, although all good PAL TVs support PAL60 which is 576 lines @ 60 Hz. The UK model would also run on 230 volts not 120.

 

[FleurDuMal]

The UK model uses the PAL colour scheme not NTSC. PAL by default runs at a higher standard definition resolution 576 lines versus 480, but also by default it runs at 50 Hz, although all good PAL TVs support PAL60 which is 576 lines @ 60 Hz. The UK model would also run on 230 volts not 120.

Is this still relevant for HD gaming? Or have the formats been standardised?

 

[risc]

By default the PAL 360 will display 720p/1080i @ 50 Hz. You actually need to restart the console back in standard definition and change the PAL settings from PAL to PAL60 to get 720p/1080i @ 60 Hz.

 

[Piarco]

A region specific PSU takes care of the power requirements - or so I thought - as its one way of removing costs in producing two different consoles.

Can't the video output be changed in the settings blade? I know it can for PAL50/60 (although that isn't straight forward. Having to change back to PAL 50 for Halo 2 is just a pain) so I imagine it coudl be changed to NTSC? Most 360 games can either run on PAL50 or 60, but some definitely only run on PAL60.

 

[risc]

PAL 360s only support PAL, PAL60, and 60 Hz VGA they don't do NTSC.

 

[d wade]

thanks guy. good thing i didnt bid.

 

[d wade]

And wouldn't this be better off in the Game sub-forum?

my bad. i didnt even realize there was one. i just found it. i figured this was like the 'off-topic' section, where anything would be ok.