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Xbox One X. Sections. Page 1 Xbox One X Page 2 Performance and 4K gaming. Gorgeous 4K visuals Quiet running Improves performance in some games. Quality of graphics enhancements vary by game Small and slow hard disk Relatively high price. Key Features. Review Price: £450 Xbox One ecosystem Native 4K gaming and HDR Dolby Atmos support 4k Blu-ray drive 3x USB ports, 1x gigabit Ethernet, 1x HDMI 2.0 out, 1x HDMI 1.4b in, optical audio. What is the Xbox One X? The Xbox One X is the most powerful games console on the market today. It represents a major performance boost over the Xbox One S and is geared towards people who want to see their games at the best quality possible on a console. 4K is the name of the game, and this machine does a sterling job of serving up games at the fabled 3840 x 2160-pixel resolution. But it’s not quite that simple. While the number of Xbox One X games is increasing by the day, there are still many which won’t offer bespoke advantages on the new hardware. In addition, not every game you played on the original Xbox One or Xbox One S will look better, or even play better, on the One X; it’s entirely on a game-by-game basis. Aside from muddying the waters, there’s no disputing that the Xbox One X is a seriously impressive piece of hardware that takes console performance to new heights. But does that make it a must-buy? Xbox One X – Design and connectivity. The One X is a nice, but not lovely, piece of kit. Smaller in (almost) every way than the Xbox One S, it’s practically pint-sized compared to the first version launched in 2013. However, don’t imagine it’ll slot into your media centre like a normal Xbox – instead of an exhaust fan on the top, there’s now a wide exhaust at the rear of the console. This is great for those who want to stack other AV kit on top of the Xbox One X, but it does mean you’ll want to give a bit more room around back to accommodate the new cooling system. In terms of ports, the setup is exactly the same as the Xbox One S, with most sitting around the back. Easy peasy. In fact, the only thing that’s changed is the placement of the IR receiver and front-facing USB port, which have swapped sides. There’s Wi-Fi, as always, along with a wireless receiver for controllers as well as a 4K Blu-ray player that functions identically to the one in the S. In terms of build, it’s standard Xbox fare, with a matte black plastic housing. Even after a week of abuse (dropping controllers and power adapters onto it and constant HDMI cable swaps and power cable pulls) it looks as pristine as the day it arrived. I personally prefer the white Xbox One S, but each to their own. In the box you get the figure-eight power adapter, a HDMI 2.0-certified cable and a standard Xbox One controller with non-rechargeable AAA batteries. Sign up for the newsletter. Get news, competitions and special offers direct to your inbox. Xbox One X – Specs and technology. Yes, I know you want to find out how this console plays and what the games look like. But in order to understand what the One X is capable of, we need to understand what’s under the bonnet. I’ll keep it brief, I promise. But if you must skip ahead, head to page two of this review where I’ll dive headlong into graphics analysis. There are a fair few elements that contribute to the One X’s improved performance and graphical prowess. The first is simple, and that’s fidelity. Previous Xbox consoles have produced Full HD (1920 x 1080-pixel) images, with the Xbox One S using a technique called ‘upscaling’ to output 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160-pixel) resolution. The One X is different. Instead, it produces Ultra HD images from the off. This means the graphics hardware (GPU) has to work four times as hard to produce each frame – something it has to do up to 60 times every second to keep up with a TV. The expected result? A much, much sharper image that makes proper use of all those pixels in your fancy 4K TV. That’d be impressive enough, but in order to make those super-sharp images look the bee’s knees, the Xbox has to work even harder. It’s no use having a super-sharp image if it looks a bit naff elsewhere. That’s where the second upgrade comes in, and that’s what I like to call graphical eye-candy. Eye-candy is the sort of stuff you’ll notice when playing an immersive story-driven game like Gears of War 4 or Rise of the Tomb Raider . You’ll see light rays filtering through trees, shadows that more accurately reflect what’s going on in the world, higher-quality reflections, the ability to see further and in more detail, and much more. Some games will even support wide colour gamut HDR, which means you’ll see more and brighter colours than ever before. Some games on the Xbox One S already supported this, but in conjunction with Ultra HD and the other graphical enhancements, it should look more spectacular here than ever before. But it’s not as simple as firing up your favourite game and enjoying the new graphics. Each developer for every game has to go out of its way to update a game in order for it to take advantage of the One X’s new hardware. Look out for the ‘One X Enhanced’ label on game marketing to see whether the title you’re most excited about will look any better. All of this is possible because the One X is, according to Microsoft, almost four times more powerful than the Xbox One S. There’s an eight-core AMD processor running at 2.3GHz, and a much-improved AMD graphics chip with 40 Compute Units (versus 12 on the older models). There’s 12GB of high-speed memory for the console to use, with around 9GB set aside for games and graphics. The whole lot is cooled by a vapour chamber that channels heat to the rear of the console via a state-changing liquid/gas copper heat pipe, to be deposited in a heatsink and cooled by fans. This is why the One X is able to be so powerful, yet so small. That, and a load of electrical wizardry that makes each individual component substantially more efficient. This is a little box of big tricks. Speaking of little boxes, the 1TB hard disk is laughably small in an age where 4K games weigh in at over 100GB. You’re going to want to invest in an external USB hard disk if you don’t want to have to keep deleting games to make space for others. Fortunately, Xbox One consoles do at least let you run games from an external disk, so you don’t have to worry about moving them back and forth. Now, let’s take a look at the performance of the machine. xbox one s 1tb idealo. Microsoft Xbox One S ab 199,99 - IDEALO. 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Microsoft has released a new Xbox, although it’s not exactly a new console. The Xbox One S is a subtle upgrade to the existing Xbox One, rather than a proper successor. Don’t be fooled, though, because it has more than a few surprises in store. While the Xbox One S is deep down the same console Microsoft released in 2013, there have been significant changes. It’s far slicker and prettier, fixing many of the original console’s aesthetic issues. It also adds 4K and high dynamic range (HDR), which means your games and videos can make the most of the latest TVs. It doesn’t offer the big graphical bump of the PS4 Pro. Nor does it benefit from the major horsepower boost of the next-generation Xbox One X. But what it does have may make it the best-selling console of 2016: it’s the most affordable UHD Blu-ray player on the market. The Xbox One S is the only console to play 4K Blu-rays. This could make the Xbox One S a surprise hit with movie fans on a budget, who are looking for an inexpensive way to enjoy 4K content. It could help rocket 4K Blu-ray sales too, in the same way the Sony PS3 did with standard Blu-rays. What’s more, it’s actually a decent UHD Blu-ray player. Xbox One S – Design and Controller. The Xbox One has had a total makeover, and it’s a huge improvement. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed what the “S” stands for, but we’re taking a guess at “slim”. The case is 40% smaller, which makes the Xbox One S only a little bigger than a PlayStation 4, and smaller than the dinkiest of mini-ITX PCs. This is particularly impressive given that the power supply is now integrated. No longer will you need to find extra space to squeeze in a massive power brick on the side. It’s also possible that S is for “sexy”. Suddenly an Xbox is the most attractive thing in my AV rack, and that’s not something I ever expected to write. The chunky air conditioner-style grilles have been replaced with a subtle pinhole design. The original’s glossy black plastic, which was a dust magnet and suffered scratches way too easily, has also been ditched. The Xbox One S is matte all over, and has a Stormtrooper chic thanks to its white with black accents. I like it, but some may find a bright white box too conspicuous. I’m sure it won’t be long before other colours appear; there’s already a limited edition blood red Gears of War 4-themed version on the way. Sign up for the newsletter. Get news, competitions and special offers direct to your inbox. There are plenty of less obvious tweaks too, but they’re welcome nonetheless. The power switch is now a physical button, which is a lot less susceptible to accidental activation than the Xbox One’s touch-sensitive offering. There is a USB port and a controller-pairing button at the front, where before they were hidden away at the side. Can the new Xbox One please stand up? Yes it can. The old Xbox One could only be placed flat, but the One S can be flipped over onto its side. You’ll need a plastic base to hold it up for ventilation purposes. This comes bundled with the 2TB edition, but otherwise it’s sold for an extra £20. The controller has been tweaked, too. It feels half way between the basic Xbox One pad and the super-expensive Xbox One Elite Controller. It retains the ergonomic shape of the previous model, but the rear now benefits from a more grippy texture. Apparently, exchangeable colour covers are an option too. I’m not particularly bothered about pimping up my controller, but I’m a fan of the added traction. I played Star Wars: Battlefront plenty during testing, and I found the controller upped my game. The finish made it a little easier to maintain a stable grip while fighting rebel scum, and my accuracy improved. I died less in manic moments, where a quick combat roll can make all the difference. The thumb sticks are made of a new material, supposedly more capable of withstanding punishment. Only time (and abuse) will tell how tough it is, but I didn’t feel any difference in use. As for power, the pad works on AA batteries. They last a good while, so I don’t mind them. Some people prefer the Sony PS4 controller’s built-in battery approach. It may be more environmentally friendly, but the battery has proved to be poor and I’m forever having to plug it in. I wish Microsoft would ship controllers with its “Play and Charge” kits – it would be a good compromise. Thankfully, Microsoft has finally added Bluetooth functionality to the controller. This won’t be a big deal to Xbox users, but will be a godsend for PC gamers looking for a decent gaming pad. Now PC gamers can use Xbox controllers without shelling out for an Xbox USB Wireless Controller Adapter. Xbox One S review: Great console and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player, what else? Price when reviewed: £349 (2TB tested), £299 (1TB), £249 (500GB) Quick verdict. Microsoft has not only improved its current gen console, it has created something more relevant for today's market. With 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Netflix support, it is the cheapest, most capable deck out there, as well as being a fantastic games machine. It could happily sit proud as the centre of the family's entertainment. Read full verdict. A slimmer Smarter version of the Xbox One Capable of playing 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays with HDR Has 4K Netflix support HDR gaming Upscales all output to 2160p Great new wireless controller No power brick. Gaming is not improved by much so few reasons to upgrade bar 4K video Needs extra 4K app support from the likes of Amazon No native Kinect port. It's somewhat strange that, in just three years, what were described as the "next generation" are now considered standard and commonplace, while a new generation of games consoles is already starting to emerge. Next year we will get Microsoft's new jewel in the crown, the Project Scorpio, with its 4K gaming and uber-powerful innards. Sony too plans to shake up its console line-up with the PlayStation Neo, also thought to be a 4K machine. The Xbox One S is neither of those, but it is an evolutionary step towards them. It bridges the gap between the old and the new, and while it is hard to make a case for an upgrade for existing Xbox One owners, it has become the best console on the market on the build up to Christmas 2016. Coming in three flavours, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB, which relate to the amount of storage on offer, the Xbox One S (or just "Xbox One" as it says on the box) is an excellent console that also echoes statements made by the manufacturer before the original launched. It is a bone fide, all-in-one media machine, and we feel that is its attractive selling point. Not only does it game as well as, and slightly better than, the current Xbox One, it has a HDMI 2.0 output with HDCP 2.2 copy protection support. And thanks to upgraded processing and graphics chips, it is capable of playing native 4K video. That includes 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray playback. Some might not care about that, especially those in the gaming sector who don't have plans to upgrade their TVs until next year, but for the AV industry that's a big deal. Not least because the Xbox One S has hit the market as the cheapest 4K Blu-ray deck out there. A 500GB Xbox One S will cost just £249 when it comes later this year. The 1TB model will be just £299. We review the 2TB version, at £349.99, and even that is on a par with Samsung's current UHD spinner, which is remarkable when you consider everything else it does. Xbox One S review: Design. It's also a pretty beast. The new, white box is approximately 40 per cent smaller than the standard model – a remarkable feat considering the power supply is now inside the unit. Gone is the enormous power brick. You just get a figure of eight lead in the box (along with an HDMI cable), making for a much simpler solution. The new version can be sat upright too, with a stand included with the 2TB version (it's only an optional extra for the others). It looks neat but we're AV cabinet kind of people so are happy to report that it tucks away nicely too. The drive tray is more elegant than before, with a tiny white-on-white disc eject button almost hidden away. And the power button this time around is a physical clicker rather than touch. There are three USB 3.0 ports on the console and one of them is now tucked away on the front of the box, rather than the side. This makes it much easier to access when in a cabinet, for example. The gamepad pairing button has also made its way around the front. An IR blaster has appeared on the machine, so you can have it control other consumer electronics devices without having to use HDMI CEC connectivity. However, we still find that to be a simpler option and more consistent. On the rear, there is a full line-up of connections with one glaring omission. You get two HDMI ports, one to input TV video, one output. There are the additional USB 3.0 ports, an IR output if you want to add an external IR blaster instead of use the front-facing integrated one, optical audio and Ethernet ports too. However, there is no socket for an external Kinect, which shows that Microsoft is finally acknowledging that it didn't take off. We actually find the latter's absence to be annoying. Like many, we suspect, we use the Kinect on a daily basis – not for motion gaming or controls, but as a microphone for voice commands. These days that's through Cortana, but we find it handy to change a TV channel or even just switch the box on and off. The only other way you can bark at your Xbox is through a mic-enabled headset, and we're hardly likely to do that regularly. Luckily, for those, like us, that upgrade from a standard Xbox, Microsoft is offering free Kinect adapters. The device will still take up one of your USB ports, which is not ideal, but at least you don't have to chuck it away or cough up extra wedge. There are plenty of gamers who don't really care, of course, and will happily live with, even favour, a Kinect-free device. Xbox One S review: New controller. Microsoft has slightly redesigned its controller too. The new model is a little sleeker and sexier. It feels similar in the hand to the tried and tested Xbox One Wireless Controllers, but has grippier surface than the one that came with the original. It also adds Bluetooth support, although only for Windows 10 devices with the latest Xbox apps, and greater distance for a stable wireless connection. You get one in the box and another can be bought for around £50. You can also use the older, existing Xbox One controllers, just by pairing them via the button on the front of the console, which is great news for hardcore players with expensive Elite Controllers, who don't want to switch. Setting up the box is easy but a bit slow considering you need to perform a day one update before you start. That could take quite a while if you have slow broadband. Even with a 200Mbps connection it took us around 15 minutes to complete (including installation time). However, once it's done and you've signed into your Microsoft account, you'll soon find everything else to be swift. Very swift indeed. As well as improved resolution – the Xbox One S will upscale all non-4K video to 2160p if you have a compatible UHD TV – the new processing chip ensures that the menu systems run faster and smoother. Apps and games also seem to get to their loading screens more quickly although we're not sure the actual loading process is any different to before. Still, by speeding up the general accessibility of the dashboard experience, Microsoft has made it more friendly and less frustrating. Xbox One S review: User experience. The dashboard itself can be described similarly these days. There is plenty tucked in every nook and cranny for the communal gamer but it's clean and well presented. There are plenty of customisation options to get to in time, but from the off your games and apps can be accessed immediately from the front page, and it is quick to get to downloadable content in the store. Like with the original, you can also plug through a Virgin Media or Sky set-top-box (although not Sky Q as yet). When you do so, you can use the Xbox One S to control channel selection and get a richly detailed OneGuide presentation of all the current and future programming. We're not yet sure if the loop-through is 4K capable as there's nothing to feed it in that respect, but we'll find out in time – especially if Sky makes the Sky Q Silver box compatible in the near future. Xbox One S review: 4K video performance. What is 4K enabled from the off is Netflix. If you have a top level Netflix account, you can now watch Ultra HD streams through the Xbox One S. The latest app puts 4K content front-and-centre in your recommendations if you subscribe to the Premium service, for £8.99 a month, you get the 4K series and movies at the top of the home page. These are mainly Netflix Originals, including the new, excellent Stranger Things, but we suspect more will pop up in time. As we've previously mentioned, you can also play 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays on the Xbox One S. Pop one into the front slot for the first time and it will prompt you to download the latest version of the Blu-ray app. That will then start your movie. We tried playback of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray versions of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Kingsman: The Secret Service and X-Men: Days of Future Past and all three played as if they were regular Blu-rays or DVDs. The one issue we found was with Batman vs Superman. The menu screen kept showing blocky, odd artefacts the first time we loaded it. However, the film was fine. After we switched the Xbox off and on again even those oddities were gone, so don't panic if you get them too. Picture quality with 4K Blu-rays is excellent and easily on a par with other dedicated UHD machines we've seen in the past. We have to admit that we only had an older 4K TV to hand, one without HDR, so couldn't reliably tell you how the movies would look with the higher dynamic range colour and contrast, but for crispness and detail there is no parallel. We have played a couple of games in HDR though, which is also one of the new talents of this upgraded machine. Both Forza Horizon 3 and Gears of War 4 were running with upscaled HDR graphics on compatible TVs at E3 in June and you do get a better sense of depth with the visuals. They'll just as capably play on the existing Xbox One, but the graphical oomph is definitely more pronounced with HDR in action. One area that we struggled to understand was with YouTube. We suspect the app isn't 4K-enabled yet, even though some videos were listed as 4K in icon form. With the video information set to display on screen, even 4K labelled content would only output in 1080p. It could be the TV, but we had no such problems with an Nvidia Shield Android TV box. That played 4K videos happily, through exactly the same cables and set-up. Maybe the YouTube app will update. Sadly, the Amazon Video app is not capable of 4K in the UK yet. Xbox One S: Alternatives to consider. PlayStation 4 Pro. More powerful than the Xbox One S, Sony's 2016 powerhouse is a great route into 4K HDR gaming without a top-end PC price tag. Sony hasn't been smart enough to include a UHD Blu-ray optical drive here, but if you've already got the Xbox One S then that won't matter. Besides, Sony's gaming lineup makes it a worthy addition to any gamer's arsenal. Or, if you're a staunch Microsoft fan, then wait out for Project Scorpio at the end of 2017. £349 (2TB tested), £299 (1TB), £249 (500GB) There's no doubt in our minds that the Xbox One S is a much more capable machine than its predecessor. It is physically more attractive, comes jam packed with new features and offers a smoother, more responsive experience. However, whether that will convince existing Xbox One owners to upgrade is debatable. It really depends on whether you have cash burning a hole in your pocket and you're ready to jump on board the 4K video bandwagon. Even the version tested, at almost £350, is well worth considering if you are looking for something to spin Ultra HD Blu-rays. The £250 model, when it releases in a month or so, is a no brainer. We'd even consider buying one for the living room and shifting our existing Xbox One into the bedroom, just because of its media talents. It still needs additional 4K app support, from YouTube and Amazon Video, so we can completely ditch our other streaming boxes, but we're very happy with its 4K playback from Netflix and off disc. And let's not forget that, for newcomers, it is an excellent games machine, capable of playing future titles with a wider colour gamut and better contrast than any existing console, be that Microsoft's own or the PS4. There is the spectre of Project Scorpio looming over it, which will prompt some to hold off an extra year or at least until more details of the beast emerge. But for now, the Xbox One S is the best console on the market bar none. It is also one of the best 4K Ultra HD media players, and that should be more than enough for most. Xbox One S review. Great console, bad timing. By Dieter Bohn on August 2, 2016 09:00 am @backlon 209. There’s no way to talk about the Xbox One S without talking about the console it’s replacing, the Xbox One. So I will just start by saying the really obvious thing: the Xbox One S is what the original Xbox One should have been. That assessment is both totally fair and wildly unfair. It’s unfair because it’s been three years since Microsoft first announced the original Xbox One — and so the relentless progress of technology means that it can be made smaller, faster, and better. We usually see these mid-cycle game console refreshes do that, and the Xbox One S does it really well. But it’s also fair: the original Xbox One came out with big, crazy dreams to take over your living room. It wanted to be more than a games console, it wanted to be the thing that handled everything connected to your television: Cable TV, streaming video, sports, and games. From its announcement, it felt as if games truly were last on Microsoft’s list — the Xbox One hasn’t fared so well because of it. It didn’t help that the original hardware looked like a VCR from 1987 and kicked out heat like a diesel truck from the same era. Or that it came with Kinect. While Microsoft still wants the Xbox to be the first thing you turn on in your living room, it’s simplified and reprioritized that list. It’s working on getting more and better games. It’s cleaned up the software interface with a new update that applies to all Xbox Ones. And it’s released this new, smaller Xbox One S to essentially replace the big, old one — without Kinect. The Xbox One S is available this month for $299, $349, or $399 — depending on your storage preference. It adds support for HDR, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, and 4K streaming video. It’s actually svelte and good-looking. Which leads me to say the other obvious thing: the Xbox One S is a stupendous console and stupendously little. The only question is whether it’s too little, too late. Microsoft says the Xbox One S is 40 percent smaller than the original, and it shows. Instead of a hulking monster of a machine squatting under your TV, you have this slim, white box. I really like the clean, squarish look of the thing, a matte white block on a black base. Microsoft calls the color "Robot White," because no consumer electronics device is allowed to have an unbranded Pantone. But the 40 percent size difference doesn’t capture how much more comfortably this One S fits in a living room, because it integrates the power supply right into the console itself. The old Xbox needed a power adapter that so closely approximated the size and heft of a literal brick that I half-thought that was the design inspiration. No more: a simple cable is all it takes to power this new box. It supports 4K video, but not 4K games. The old Xbox required a copious amount of space to ensure it could stay well-ventilated. The One S also seems to kick off a noticeable amount of heat (don’t set anything on top of it, that’s where the fan exhaust goes), but since the case is so much smaller I feel better about enclosing it in the cabinet underneath my TV. The One S can also be stood up vertically on a simple stand that clicks in a satisfying, sturdy way. The stand comes gratis in the 2TB model, but costs $20 extra for the 1TB or 500GB models. It plays all the same games and does all the same things as the original Xbox One and — importantly — vice versa. Microsoft isn’t breaking any compatibility, which is an important calculus for current owners. If you have an Xbox One now, you won’t need to upgrade to get access to new games coming out in the next year. So for current owners, the decision to upgrade comes down to other factors: the look, and support for better video quality. Yes, the Xbox One S will support High Dynamic Range and 4K video. Note that we’re talking about 4K video here, not games. Support for 4K games (and virtual reality) will come with next year’s Xbox, currently known by the codename "Project Scorpio." Chalk another point up to the "don’t upgrade if you have an Xbox One" column, because something much better is coming along in 2017. There will be games for the Xbox One S that will support HDR, though I wasn’t able to test any. Why not? Well — for whatever reason, none of them are available for the launch of the console. That’s kind of a miss. The other reason is that Microsoft opted for the HDR 10 standard, and my TV (a Vizio P-Series) doesn’t support it quite yet. More and more TVs will support it soon, but if you’re going out and making a purchase, double check that your TV will work with this version of HDR and not just Dolby Vision (hooray for format wars :/ ). Even though I wasn’t able to get HDR going on my set, I did enjoy watching 4K video both on Blu-ray and in Netflix. The difference from 1080p is noticeable, but as you’ve no doubt heard by now it’s not the eye-opening revelation that HD was when it first came out. Still, perhaps the best thing the Xbox One S has going for it is that it’s an affordable 4K video box, something that’s actually rarer than you might expect right now. The Xbox One S is one of the cheapest Blu-ray players to support 4K UHD discs, making the console a sort of generation hop — not quite a full leap. Quite a few PlayStation 2s were sold thanks to its support for DVDs back in the day, and no doubt Microsoft is hoping that the same could happen with the Xbox One S in the 4K UHD Blu-ray era — but somehow I don’t think people are as eager to upgrade to 4K Blu-rays as they were to DVDs back in the day. Especially when 4K streaming boxes can be purchased for much less. I should make it very clear that in a few days of testing, the One S didn’t feel significantly faster than my old Xbox. The hard drive isn’t an SSD, so load times can vary from acceptable to interminable. If, like me, you die a lot in games like Mirror’s Edge , don’t think that the One S is going to magically make things load faster. Technically, as our friends at Polygon note, the One S is more powerful than the older Xbox One. That won’t mean massive improvements, but Gears of War may have an easier time maintaining frame rate during intense parts of the game. One of the reasons the Xbox One S is able to hit the prices it’s selling at is that Microsoft isn’t including the Kinect sensor. Most people, myself included, won’t miss it. The number of games that actually use Kinect is tiny. If you do love Kinect, you can buy an adapter (or order one for free, if you’re a current Xbox One owner) that will allow it to work with the One S. Fair warning: it’s a hilarious set of an adapter box and a power box, which means having four more cables snaking around behind your entertainment setup. If there’s any downside to losing the Kinect, it’s that you won’t be able to holler commands at your Xbox. That’s no great loss to me, and it’s mitigated by the fact that the new controller comes with a standard 3.5mm jack at the bottom, so you can still ask Cortana to do things for you if you have a headset plugged in there. Yes, you say "Hey Cortana" instead of "Xbox" now; it is part of the "summer update" going out to all Xbox Ones. To my mind, the update puts the focus on the things that a games console like the Xbox is good at: easily finding games and streaming video. I’m not going to delve too deeply into the software here other than to say that it’s an improvement overall and I’ll be curious to see how much effort Microsoft continues to put into getting Windows 10 apps running on the Xbox. I briefly mentioned the controller above but we should get into it: it’s really good. Besides the headset jack (which we’ve seen on previous controllers), the other notable feature is that it supports Bluetooth. That gives the controller better range, Microsoft says. I didn’t notice a huge difference, but then again I’m not often using a games controller from the other room. Bluetooth is more important because it lets you pair this controller directly to a PC without needing an adapter — and so the Xbox Anywhere games that let you play directly on your PC will be easier to play. The controller is the same "Robot White" as the Xbox One S and there’s a slightly tweaked finish to the plastic to help make it a little grippier. Otherwise it’s the classic Xbox One shape and size you’re already used to — one I still prefer to the PlayStation controller (but not so strongly that I want to start a fight about it in the comments, please). The Xbox One S scraps nearly everything I hated about the original Xbox. It’s good-looking, reasonably sized, and also reasonably priced. You can still use it as the center of your home entertainment universe if you really want to — there is an IR blaster right on the console if that’s your jam. But it doesn’t feel like Microsoft is trying to force that issue anymore; the Xbox One’s audacious plan to control your cable box is now essentially a buried option for AV junkies who want to try to figure it out. Instead, the One S is simply a very, very good console that works like a modern streaming and gaming box should: you can stream video from a multitude of apps and play high-quality games. But despite that, I don’t know who should buy it. Every time I try to come to a final conclusion about the One S, I end up in a logic loop: For people who just can’t wait. One : If you already have an Xbox One, I doubt there’s enough here to justify the upgrade. You can probably just hang on to your current big, black box until at least next year because. Two: Microsoft is releasing another Xbox next year that will be way more powerful. Project Scorpio will support 4K gaming and virtual reality. Whether you have an Xbox One or not, you probably can stand to wait until that comes out. Three: Let’s say you don’t have an Xbox One (the sales numbers imply you probably don’t). The thing to think about is the reason you'd buy any console: games. How much do you love Halo , Gears of War , and Forza ? If your answer is "a lot ," well, it's obvious you should get this Xbox One S instead of the original, no matter how marked down the old one is. But if you love those games, you probably already have an Xbox, so… go back to step one. There’s only one thing that breaks this logic loop: this is a console for people who just can’t wait. Maybe you just can’t wait for 4K Blu-ray. Or maybe your new HDR-ready TV won’t feel worthwhile until it’s playing HDR games. Or maybe you just can’t wait to get rid of that ugly black box under your TV. If you can wait, do. If you can’t, well, I think you’ll be happy with the Xbox One S. Engadget. Humble is selling Rockstar Games on the cheap to save the rainforest. Alexa can send SMS messages using your voice. EA delays ‘Anthem’ until 2019. Latest in Gear. Samsung made a special chip for mining cryptocurrency. Mercedes drove around the globe to train its autonomous cars. Curiosity's sweeping Mars panorama shows how far it's come. The Morning After: Super Moon Xtreme Championship Edition. Xbox One S review: a worthy successor -- to the Xbox 360. XBox One S. Get more info. Critic 10 Reviews. Key Specs. Game format Optical, Downloadable Drive capacity 5001 Controller type Wired, Wireless Motion controls Yes Video outputs HDMI Backward compatible Yes. Microsoft is making a lot of assumptions with the Xbox One S. It's a 40 percent smaller and 100 percent whiter version of the Xbox One that launched nearly three years ago, albeit with a few key differences. First is the built-in 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player and compatibility with high-dynamic-range video for increased contrast and a wider color gamut. Then there's support for Ultra HD streaming from apps like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. As for the rest of the system? For better and worse, it's basically the same. Gallery: Xbox One S review | 36 Photos. Engadget Score. The only game console with a UHD Blu-ray drive for 4K movie playback Refined design Very quiet and very small Excellent pack-in gamepad. 4K streaming apps and 4K Blu-ray playback don't work out of the box HDR video for gaming won't be available until this fall No reason to buy unless you own a 4K TV. Thanks to new software, more compact hardware and an excellent pack-in controller, the Xbox One S feels like a worthy successor to the older Xbox 360. If you already have an Xbox One, however, there's little reason to upgrade unless you're also planning on buying a 4K TV (or already own one). The benefits of upgrading from 2005's brand-new Xbox 360 to 2010's Xbox 360 S were pretty clear-cut. That isn't the case this time around, though: Microsoft didn't have to fix a loud console with an incredibly high failure rate. No, thanks to a slew of software updates, the Xbox One's most serious issues have already been mostly addressed. And that makes the value proposition of the Xbox One S tricky. Let's say you have a 4K TV or plan on buying one in the relatively near future. Should you shell out $400 for the One S? What if you don't plan on upgrading your TV anytime soon and don't see the appeal of collecting even more "perfect-er" Blu-rays? After spending a weekend testing the system in each of the above situations, the answer is clear. Though they share a similar name, you're not likely to confuse the Xbox One with the One S. The S measures 9.125 x 11.7 x 2.5 inches, versus the original's 13.1 x 10.8 x 3.1 inches, and it "floats" on a half-inch-thick slab of black plastic that's flush with the back panel but inset a quarter of an inch everywhere else. Microsoft boasts that the console is almost half the size of its predecessor. That sounds impressive enough on paper, but the difference is even more striking in person when you place the two consoles side by side. Every time I glance at them sitting next to each other, I'm in disbelief that Microsoft managed to cram the same hardware and a power supply into a dramatically smaller package. Thanks to all of this, putting the console in a backpack or messenger bag to use away from home is actually feasible -- especially given the drop in weight, from 7.8 to 6.4 pounds. The 2TB launch model sports a "robot white" chassis with black accents, whereas the original was a mix of glossy and matte black with chrome accents. After the Xbox 360's overheating epidemic, Microsoft made a concerted effort to cover the Xbox One with vents. They're here on the One S too, but they look different. Diagonal slats have given way to circular perforations throughout, with a 5-inch fan opening on the broadest panel. Over seven consecutive hours of gaming Ultra HD Blu-rays and streaming in 4K, I didn't hear it turn on -- and if it did, the fan was extremely quiet. Up front, the USB 3.0 port that was awkwardly stuck on the left side of the Xbox One has been moved to the lower left corner of the front face, below the slot-loading Ultra HD Blu-ray drive. Now there's a small, circular eject button sitting in the middle of the front side, while a push-button Xbox jewel near the right edge powers the system on and off. Immediately below that is the most important addition to the console: an IR blaster. Navigating the system dashboard and controlling streaming apps with a universal remote no longer require Microsoft's do-all Kinect sensor, because the One S can take commands from a remote itself. That's your not-so-subtle hint that the Kinect is basically dead. That take-it-or-leave-it approach to Kinect is obvious from the backside too. Whereas the Xbox 360 S added a dedicated port for the camera/mic gizmo, the One S strips it away entirely. If you still want to use the device for Cortana voice commands, for example, you can order a USB adapter from the Xbox website, free of charge. What finally doesn't require an additional dongle, though, is the power supply. Since 2005, every Xbox has needed a bulky external power brick. That's thankfully no longer the case: The One S uses a power cable similar to what's included with many other modern devices. The rest of the back panel remains unchanged. Microsoft may have given up on Kinect, but it hasn't abandoned the HDMI input for connecting your cable box to the system. An HDMI-out socket, a pair of USB 3.0 connections, IR output, optical audio and an Ethernet jack round out the rest of the ports. Oh! And with the One S, there's an included stand you can use to position the console vertically. It snaps into place easily, but I'm not sure how many people will actually situate their console that way. I didn't like the gamepad that came with the 2013 Xbox One. It felt unfinished, with sharp edges and stiff shoulder buttons. Thankfully, the controller included with the One S represents the revisions Microsoft has made since then. The device now has rounded seams with satisfyingly clicky shoulder buttons and a 3.5mm headphone jack directly below the D-pad. This joypad will work as a Bluetooth controller for your gaming PC, and Microsoft says it has better range too. The subtle texture on the underbelly adds a fair amount of grip and reminds me a lot of the PlayStation 4 gamepad's bottom side. All of those refinements make this controller a joy to use for extended sessions. Thanks to these changes, the $150 Xbox One Elite controller is a lot less necessary now. The custom key bindings and swappable thumbsticks are still great, but spending that much feels even more like overkill now than it did last year. Without the Windows Anniversary update, there's nothing different about the Xbox One S. Over the weekend, Microsoft started rolling out the patch that unlocks 4K UHD streaming, Ultra HD Blu-ray playback and support for HDR video. That's right, none of the headlining features of the console are usable out of the box without a large software update. Again. In 2013, this was kind of understandable: Following a controversial E3 keynote five months before launch, Microsoft had to drastically retool the system software. This time should have been different, though. The company has presumably been working on the Xbox One S for a while. And yet, the device's headline features aren't available in the box. Similar to what happened with the original Xbox One launch, if you want to pull the One S out of the box and start watching The Revenant or streaming Man in the High Castle, you'll have to sit through a lengthy update. On my modest 90Mbps connection, it took me about 45 minutes from unboxing to actually using the console. I cannot stress how ridiculous it is that this is still a thing. More than that, the Blu-ray player app doesn't come pre-installed either. Once that's out of the way, though, it's smooth sailing. The recent Anniversary Update makes the console feel complete. You can listen to music from any source while you're playing games or navigating the dashboard now, and accessing your games and apps is a lot easier with a handy shortcut button in the home screen's upper-right corner. This officially marks the debut of Cortana on the Xbox platform as well. For all the external changes, it's what's inside the Xbox One S that matters most. Support for 4K Ultra HD video is the console's headline feature. Good thing, then, that it handles 2160p playback without a hitch. Not all movies and TV shows are created equal, though. Sure, Netflix has a raft of UHD programming on offer, but not everything looks nearly as good as House of Cards or Stranger Things in 4K. That's partly because not everything uses high-dynamic-range video for improved contrast and color saturation. Same goes for movies, like last year's The Revenant . Each scene carries a tremendous amount of depth and detail; the picture quality and award-winning cinematography make the movie feel like a BBC nature documentary on steroids. Truthfully, though, the film is going to look amazing on any UHD Blu-ray player regardless of the manufacturer. It's a testament of the talent involved, not who made the playback device. The Xbox One will also play HDR-enabled games. However, none of them will be available until this fall when the Microsoft-developed Gears of War 4 and Forza Horizon 3 come out. Working with HDR is going to be expensive for developers to implement, though, so don't expect many games aside from Microsoft's own to actually use it. Is there a difference playing normal games like Forza Horizon 2 or last year's Rise of the Tomb Raider in 4K versus 1080p? Not that I could tell. The Xbox One S upscales those games' 1080p resolution to 2160p, matching the UHD display it's connected to, but otherwise I couldn't spot any differences. The competition. Ultra-HD Blu-ray players from Samsung and Philips cost around $300 and have built-in streaming apps, but you can't play Madden or Halo on those. That's the value proposition here: You can rely on your TV or Ultra-HD Blu-ray player to access the programming that'll make the most of all of those pixels on your new display, but you can't play Xbox games on those. The PlayStation 4 still only plays 1080p Blu-rays, and despite Sony's claims that the console can output 4K video, we haven't seen it happen yet. Sony has teased a higher-spec PS4 too (code-named "Neo"), but the company hasn't said anything about UHD Blu-ray playback. The Xbox One S' biggest competition comes from Microsoft itself. The company may have kicked off its E3 keynote by unveiling the Xbox One S, but it wrapped the event with news of Project Scorpio. It's a high-spec Xbox One that the company claims will play games at a native 4K resolution and also in virtual reality. It's slated to arrive late next year. So far Microsoft hasn't said anything about price, but given its specs, it's safe to say it won't be cheap. In terms of money, the One S is in direct competition with the original Xbox One. The $300 One S' with 500GB of storage doesn't come out until later this month. Meanwhile, you can buy the original Xbox One with 500GB for just $250 -- half of what it cost three years ago. This fire sale is indicative of Microsoft's future plans for the One S: It'll become the default, with Project Scorpio aimed at more-serious gamers (or those with deeper pockets). Unless you own a fancy new display or have one earmarked for the future, there's no reason to upgrade from your existing Xbox One. 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Вы не можете голосовать или комментировать. отправлено 2 года назад автор ER777. Want to add to the discussion? помощь правила сайта центр поддержки вики реддикет mod guidelines связаться с нами. приложенияи инструменты Reddit for iPhone Reddit for Android mobile website кнопки. Использование данного сайта означает, что вы принимаете пользовательского соглашения и Политика конфиденциальности. © 2018 reddit инкорпорейтед. Все права защищены. REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc. π Rendered by PID 29999 on app-644 at 2018-01-31 15:30:40.372325+00:00 running 3f6c701 country code: RU. Microsoft Xbox One X review. Where to buy Microsoft Xbox One X: Here’s what Microsoft wants you to think about the Xbox One X: “The year’s best games are going to play best on it.” Why? Because it’s the most powerful games console ever made. The one that’ll truly do your 4K TV justice with unrivaled HDR visuals and a speedy performance that Sony’s own Ultra High Definition PlayStation 4 Pro just can’t compete with. As a technical accomplishment, there is simply no arguing with the One X. It is an absolute monster of a machine that largely delivers on its promise, so long as you’re OK with some games using a bit of behind-the-scenes trickery to hit that magic 4K marker. Oh, and with your choice of games not being quite so dazzling as they are on Sony’s machine. So even with six-teraflops of graphical power, the Xbox One X is still going to force you to make a few compromises. Are they worth it? Well, in classic fashion, that depends on a couple of things. Here’s what I think having spent a week with this behemoth. Design: A mean machine. Let’s get one thing straight from the off. If you don’t have a 4K TV and aren’t planning on getting one soon, then don’t bother with the Xbox One X. Even if you’ve got a face tattoo of the Master Chief’s helmet. Even if you can actually recall the plot of Gears of War 4 . Even if you shed a tear for the Kinect’s discontinuation a fortnight ago. Just don’t do it. The Xbox One X is a console that’s been made for 4K TVs. Yes, it will downscale its imagery for HD TVs in a decent fashion, but anyone who uses this machine with a HD TV isn’t going to see half of what it’s actually capable of. Given the One X is so supremely super-charged, its design is an absolute marvel of engineering. Microsoft’s new console retains the stylish aesthetic of last year’s One S while squeezing its Ultra HD oomph into a smaller frame. Honestly, that’s just ridiculous. Especially when you compare the One X to the significantly bigger, half-opened pizza box that is the PlayStation 4 Pro. Pick the One X up out of its packaging and you’ll immediately get an idea of just how much tech has been crammed into it. At 3.8kg, it’s a heavy piece of kit that’s diddy enough to tuck right under your TV without any fuss. In fact, the One X is the smallest console Microsoft has ever made and an entirely different beast from the original chunky Xbox One. You know, the console that looked like an ’80s VHS player. Only even more ugly. Cosmetically speaking, the One X is very much a downsized One S that comes in black rather than white. You get the same connections and ports as with the One S - so an assortment of 2x HDMI, 3x USB, plus Ethernet and digital audio ports - and you’ll be using an identically specced controller too. Since the One S did such a fine job of polishing up its next-gen Xbox fundamentals, none of this is a problem. For my money, the official Xbox controller is the best pad out there. It sits perfectly in your hands, has a really pleasant weight to it and doesn't make your fingers feel cramped after you’ve spent too long slaying Locust scum with a chainsaw. The only problem with it is that unlike Sony’s DualShock 4, it’s not rechargeable via microUSB; you’ll need to swap in a new pair of AA batteries every month or so instead. The biggest criticism I have of the One X as a piece of kit is its paltry 1TB hard drive. Given a properly 4K game such as Forza 7 or Gears of War can demand over 100GB of storage, you’re going to struggle to fit more than 15 titles on this console at once. And no one likes agonising over whether they should ditch Halo Wars 2 or Superhot to make space for Star Wars Battlefront II . Right now, Microsoft has two of the best-designed consoles of this generation, and one of these is also the most powerful. And that’s what you really want to know about, isn’t it? 4K Performance: beast mode. Ever since it launched at E3 this year, Microsoft has been banging on about just how monstrous its latest console is. Imagine the Death Star’s Superlaser and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s biceps were fused together in a miracle of science. That’s the kind of power we’re talking about with the Xbox One X. How much difference can eight 2.3GHz processor cores paired with a six-teraflop graphics processor and 12GB of GDDR5 RAM actually make to your gaming? Well, it depends on what you’re actually playing. Anyone speeding around in Forza Motorsport 7 can revel in native 4K visuals at 60 frames per second with High Dynamic Range, and the results are truly gorgeous. Like ‘most stunning game you’ve ever seen’-level gorgeous, with incredible rain-soaked tracks, amazing moving scenery and realistic vehicle models. However, since it’s up to game developers to decide to what extent they invest in the Xbox One X, this calibre of performance isn’t consistent. Some Enhanced titles really push the boat out with their 4K razzle-dazzle, while others just replicate their performance on PS4 Pro. At its best, you’ll notice the difference. Middle-Earth: Shadow of War , for instance, is a clear step up on One X from PS4 Pro, giving players the choice of whether to prioritise native 4K resolution or a slew of other visual improvements. With other titles, though, the improvements over the PS4 Pro are far less obvious: FIFA 18 renders in 4K, HDR at 60fps on both consoles. That’s fine, but hardly makes the most of the One X’s extra power. Then there are games such as Assassin's Creed Origins , Destiny 2 and Call of Duty: WWII that aren’t truly ‘4K’ in the way that Coke Zero isn’t the same as Coca-Cola. That’s to say they’re upscaled into 4K resolution using a technique called checkerboarding. The Xbox One X’s additional oomph over the PS4 Pro should still allow for more stable frame rates, superior draw distances and several other performance boosts but that’s again up for each game’s developer to decide. Given many of these Enhanced patches weren’t available at the time of writing it’s impossible to say how things will shake out. Unlike a more expensive gaming PC, you can’t just tweak the One X’s visuals as you please to squeeze the most out of each game you play. What’s for sure, though, is that there are going to be a lot of Xbox One X Enhanced titles. Right now, there are over 160 such games confirmed for the program and 70 of these will deliver the goods come launch week. From Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus to LA Noire and Star Wars Battlefront II , almost every major game released this Christmas will be Enhanced for Xbox One X. In every one of these cases the Xbox One X’s graphical performance should be just as good as - or slightly better than - the PlayStation 4 Pro’s. And in some instances, as with Forza Motorsport 7 , it’ll be on another echelon entirely. The problem? Most of these titles are likely to be Microsoft’s own exclusives, and there aren’t a lot of these kicking around. Games: 4K, backwards compatibility and exclusives. Just as Ed Sheeran can sell out Wembley and England are going to do sweet F.A. at next year’s World Cup, it’s a sad fact of life that Microsoft’s console-exclusive games aren’t what they once were. So, while various Halo and Gears of War games were must-plays on Xbox 360, the Xbox One era has lacked anything of the same calibre; Forza Horizon 3 and Cuphead are great, sure, but there’s no system-seller akin to Super Mario Odyssey or Uncharted 4 . Still, I wouldn’t get too hung up about that. The exclusives it does have are all an absolute blast to play and Microsoft has got more awesome stuff to come soon in the shape of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds , Sea of Thieves and Ori and the Will of the Wisps . That’s in addition to pretty much any third-party game you can think of. But you already knew that, didn’t you? What you might not be so clued up on is that PlayStation also has a load of promotional deals locked down this Christmas, involving massive third-party games such as CoD: WWII , FIFA 18 and Destiny 2 . Some of these don’t really amount to much, and others get you all the latest content early, which can be a pain if you absolutely can’t wait to carve a trail of destruction around that new Trials of Osiris Crucible map. On the plus side, both the Xbox One S and One X boast a killer trick that neither the PlayStation 4 or Nintendo Switch can compete with: backwards compatibility. This means a vast and growing list of almost 400 classics from the Xbox 360 and original Xbox are available to play on the One X with no fuss at all. Fancy revisiting Red Dead Redemption , Portal 2 or Psychonauts ? All you need to do is dig out that old disc from the attic or download the game from the Xbox Store. Until the Xbox One X brought its charms to my telly, this feature was by far my favourite thing about owning a One to date. Finally, I could nod along to an office-based Half-Life 2 love-in without having the foggiest what everyone was on about. Now though, I’m all about the Ultra HD and this is where Microsoft’s exclusives truly come into play. Forza Motorsport 7 looks spectacular on the One X, because it’s a first-party game Microsoft has funded to hit a native 4K resolution, High Dynamic Range and 60 frames per second gameplay. If you’re only guaranteed that monumental ‘wow’ moment whenever a new exclusive arrives, then it’s a problem if those games don’t come around too often. Especially when Sony is churning them out for PlayStation at a rate of knots. Oh how the One X could do with its very own Horizon Zero Dawn , Uncharted: The Lost Legacy or Nier: Automata . UHD Blu-ray: blockbuster boom. Aside from being a ridiculously buff games machine, the One X is also a home cinema geek’s dream thanks to its Ultra HD Blu-ray drive and support for 4K streaming across Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Oh, and it supports Dolby Atmos for truly immersive surround sound, too. Given Sony’s PlayStation Pro 4 skimps on both the UHD Blu-ray drive and Dolby Atmos sound, the One X is easily the superior all-rounder. Especially since its actual playback performance has stepped up a notch from the One S, where it was a glorified add-on more than anything else. With the One X you’re getting a Blu-ray player that’s pretty much on a par with a £200 standalone device. So while it’s clearly a notch below Sony’s UBP-X800 and the Oppo UDP-203, it’s still a darn sight better than standard Blu-ray, and will give you a sharper, clearer picture whether you’re watching Ryan Gosling lark about in La La Land or a penguin doing the same in Planet Earth II . Even though it’s a little ill-defined, its Atmos sound isn’t half bad either. On the apps side, it’s business as usual: there’s nothing here that you don’t already get on the Xbox One S or any PlayStation 4 model. But then again, it’s not like you need them much anyway: anyone with a 4K TV will already have Netflix and Amazon Video apps pre-installed on their telly, and a UHD Blu-ray disc will also beat a streamed show for detail anyway. Interface: newly streamlined. When it comes to a console like this, its interface is pretty much the least important aspect of the machine. Even though it’s your first window into the Xbox every time you start it up. That said, using the One has become a whole lot easier than it was last year. There’s no simple, tile-based arrangement like you get on the PS4 or Nintendo Switch but the addition of a Start Menu-like sidebar makes skipping straight into a recently played game or app a far quicker process. Honestly, it’s such an obviously Microsoft idea that I still can’t believe it took the Xbox team so long to come up with it. You just press your controller’s home button and away you go. Job done. Admittedly, the Xbox Store is still poorly laid out, its Settings menus can often be fiddly to navigate and there’s a strong whiff of feature creep to a lot of the interface, but it fundamentally works. And at least it’s better than it was before. Better still, this ensures that setting up your One X is no trouble. Having installed a Day One update the whole process took me about five minutes from start to finish, which isn’t bad at all. Xbox One X vs PlayStation 4 Pro. So this is it, the real test of the One X. Is it better than Sony’s rival PlayStation 4 Pro? As someone who’s spent a year with that sort-of-4K machine, this is an easy call: yes. The Xbox One X is a superior machine thanks to all that much-touted power. As Forza Motorsport 7 attests, the One X can do things that the Pro simply isn’t capable of. It’s also a much quieter console than my PlayStation 4 Pro, which can hum like a low-flying aircraft when it’s really doing nothing more than running FIFA 18 in 4K. If you’re already sold into the Xbox ecosystem in a major way and have a 4K TV, then you should get the One X. It’s a total no-brainer. And if you’ve already got a PS4? You’ve got quite the dilemma to mull over. Get a One X and you’ve have the superior hardware to hand. Get a Pro and you’ll get to keep all your old games and play online with all your PlayStation-owning mates. In a money-no-object world, I'd keep hold of your PS4 and get the Xbox One X as your 4K console. If you're having to trade in your PS4 to make the upgrade, I wouldn't blame you for sticking with the Pro. Despite its tremendous power, the Xbox One X is not the best console you can buy right now. That honour belongs to the plain old PlayStation 4 Slim, because most people don’t own a 4K TV yet, are only going to want to shell out on one console and will want the best library of titles to play with it. The One X is for people who’ll proudly proclaim themselves to be gamers, not the majority of folk who have no idea what a ‘frame rate’ is and just like playing CoD at the weekend. Xbox One X Verdict. After a generation peddling the second-best hardware and a so-so roster of games, the Xbox One X is Microsoft’s attempt to win back some gaming prestige with good old fashioned brute force. Its name is now on the most advanced games machine you can buy, and that’s the bottom line. Although the Xbox One X is the new king of consoles, its grip on this throne is a little shaky. Beyond the dizzying delights of Forza Motorsport 7 , Microsoft doesn’t boast many titles that’ll actually make the absolute most of the One X’s innards and third-party developers are by no means guaranteed to pick up the slack, unless they get a nice chunk of cash in return. That said, games on this Xbox should still run better than they do on Sony’s PS4 Pro. All things considered, the One X is best taken on face value. It’s the ultimate games console for anyone with a 4K TV. Nothing more, nothing less. Xbox One S Thread: The S is for Sexy. Go to page. Go to page. my hard graphic balls. Welcome to the Xbox One S official topic! This thread will help inform you about all things Xbox One S, including product information and updates, announcements, troubleshooting, and frequently asked questions. Features : "robot white" colour, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray drive and streaming services, HDR technology, 40% smaller, built-in power supply, vertical/horizontal orientation, and an IR blaster. Controller improvements include Bluetooth support, increased wireless range (when used with the Xbox One S), new thumbstick design to reduce wear and tear, and grips on the back for improved handling. *Note, the Kinect port was removed from the system. Microsoft is offering a free Xbox Kinect Adapter for a limited time if you already own an Xbox One with a Kinect sensor, otherwise you will have to purchase one if you want to use your Kinect sensor on the new Xbox One S. Release date : August 2nd for the 2TB model (availability limited), August 23rd for the 500GB/1TB models (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and United States. Availability in additional markets slated for later this year) Price : $299 USD for the 500GB model, $349 USD for the 1TB model, and $399 USD for the 2TB model. What's in the box : Xbox One S console, new wireless controller, full 4K-ready HDMI cable, AC power cable, 14-Day Xbox Live Gold trial, vertical stand (2TB model only) Bundles : At launch there are the Halo and Madden bundles, and there will be a Gears of War 4 Limited Edition bundle released alongside the game. Scroll down for more information. Bundles and controllers: Specifications and performance improvements: SoC - 16nm FinFET (reduced power usage and temperatures, shrinked from 28nm) GPU - 1.4TF, overclock to 914 MHz from 853 MHz (resulting in framerate per second gains in some titles that are GPU-bound); for games with unlocked framerate, there could be a difference of +5-10 fps in GPU-bound scenarios, for games with a capped framerate (30fps/60fps), the target fps is more stable, can result in less tearing and less frametime issues. ESRAM - due to the GPU overclock, ESRAM is now at 219 GB/s, up from the 204 GB/s. PSU - less overall power consumption, 30 W less on average. Noise - an increase of. 3 decibels on average. (YouTube) The Verge - Xbox One S exclusive first look. Reviews and Impressions: A: Yes, all of the Xbox One S bundles come with the new controller (Bluetooth, grips, increased range) A: Not at launch, you will have to update the OS and apps to get 4K playback. Maybe as they manufacture more, Microsoft will start including the Anniversary Update in the box. A: True 4K only works for movies/tv shows/streaming. Games will upscale to 4K instead. A: HDR (High Dynamic Range) is basically more colours, better blacks, and better whites. Current technology (8-bit) only allows for 16 million colours. HDR is 10-bit and allows for 1 billion colours. More colours = more vibrant image rendered. Xbox One S uses the HDR10 open standard (which is also by far the most common standard), but not the Dolby Vision proprietary standard. Some TV models use only Dolby Vision and not HDR10, but some manufacturers like Vizio have issued software updates so that their Dolby Vision models (Series P and M) will support HDR10 (and thus supporting Xbox One S' HDR standard). Also look for the UHD Premium sticker on the TV box, this means that the TV fully supports the HDR10 open standard. If it does not have the UHD Premium logo but says it does support HDR, make sure the HDR is HDR10. A: Yes, games need to support HDR, and so far only Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, and Scalebound have been announced to support HDR. You basically need three things for your eyeballs to see glorious rich colours: the source media to support HDR, the device said media is played on to support HDR, and the TV said device is plugged into to support HDR. A: Yes, you can use any USB3.0 external HDD that is at least 256GB in size on the Xbox One S. A: I actually don't know this, I just thought of this question as I was typing up this section of the OT. I would assume that the HDMI pass-through has been upgraded to support 4K cable boxes, we will find out for sure soon. A: Like all things in life there is a scale you have to balance. Fortunately, the Xbox One S brings several improvements, meaning you can weigh and consider the various factors and see which ones mean more to you. If 4K is the only factor that matters to you, then no, you don't need it! A: No. This is just a revision of the Xbox One. A: Maybe. They haven't announced anything yet, just the robot white for now. Is currently on Stage 1: Denial regarding the service game future. Garrett Hawke. Toki767. Kaydan. my hard graphic balls. Outlaw Torn. Menitta. PrinceKee. vaderise. The Flash. Arttemis. Granadier. Is currently on Stage 1: Denial regarding the service game future. OdysseusVA. chronic_archaic. vaderise. Hawk269. U2NUMB. FireBeaver. DigitalScrap. Colonel Nasty. Hawk269. Heysoos. Zeta Oni. Baroquemantic. Mohasus. Member. Member. Member. A: HDR (High Dynamic Range) is basically more colours. Current technology (8-bit) only allows for 16 million colours. HDR is 10-bit and allows for 1 billion colours. More colours = more vibrant image rendered. You also need an HDR-ready TV, either HDR 10 or Dolby Vision. If you see the word HDR slapped anywhere on the TV box, you're good to go. 2. XBO S only supports HDR10. 3. TV has to support HDR10. Some TVs only support Dolby Vision. (Edit2: Some Vizios) Spring-Loaded. Slayer-33. Liverpool-2. my hard graphic balls. 2. XBO S only supports HDR10. 3. TV has to support HDR10. Some TVs only support Dolby Vision. Member. Member. LordBaztion. NeOak. ShdwDrake. Menitta. Hawk269. 2. XBO S only supports HDR10. 3. TV has to support HDR10. Some TVs only support Dolby Vision. Member. Member. J_ToSaveTheDay. BabyFaceKillah. JrBaconCheeseburger. cackhyena. malfcn. InfiniteCombo. Hawk269. jstevenson. Sailor Stevenson. Someone else already mentioned the HDR10 vs Dolby Vision thing.