In conclusion.

Long story short, I love this thing.  The Xbox180 plays Xbox games, music, movies, dvds, videos, Divx, you name it.  It's fantastic for parties.  Thanks to emulators it also plays old Atari2600 games and classic arcade hits we all grew up on.

The new Xbox360 is really cool and I would love to have one to hack on.   The problem is there is really no Jukebox/media center features available for it yet so it sits on peoples shelf as a gaming console.  I really need more out of my money, and the value isn't there yet for the 360 in my eyes.

My Xbox180 probably costs just as much, if not more then a brand spanking new top end Xbox360, but it can't do half the things mine can do.  That, is where the value lies to me.

THanks for reading.  Let me know your thoughts below. 

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MattW said:

Looks great.......

October 18, 2006

kyle said:

That looks pretty sweet. would an xbox that doesn't work right ( power light flashes amber/green on startup) be a good candidate for something like this, or should I just dump it?

October 18, 2006

joseph said:

So cool you should get the egact price you paid for parts though

October 19, 2006

matt said:

holly shti man you are a genious how much wou;ld you sell that for email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

October 21, 2006

Phineas said:

how long did it take you to make that? and how much did you put into it? and most important how much would you sell it for? its one of a kind so I know it wont be cheap :grin

October 22, 2006

Kicks299 said:

:grin

October 23, 2006

Kicks299 said:

Looks GREAT! i mod also, i have a 1.6 xbox with an xecuter mod chip and the control panel and everything. Yes, it is hard to cram in all the "Bling" lol i painted the "X" on the top red and down the sides while keeping the side grills black. working on a cut out DVD window with pulsing leds so i can pulse them to music. Nice job keeping the back stock looking! -Kicks299

October 23, 2006

matt said:

I wouldn't start a Xbox project of this size with a dead Xbox Kyle, but I wouldn't give up the ghost. It sounds like a good box to tinker with and figure out why its broke. Matt, its not for sale. thanks though.

October 25, 2006

Ray said:

Its cool. What kind of LCD screen did you use. Email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

October 25, 2006

matt said:

I am a pile of useless information. It s been a year since I purchased it so I do not recall. All the info onn what LCD to use I got from xbox-scene so I would go there if you really are desperate for one.

October 25, 2006

matt said:

I had to rollback the site a month due to a botched photo gallery upgrade. Some of the comments got lost. Sorry for the inconvenience.

October 27, 2006

XboxWizard85 said:

I will buy it for $1400 dollars

November 18, 2006

matt said:

As with any highly modified item, there are minor annoyances and intricacies. I do not want to pawn those details off on you. besides, it's no PS3. Now of course if you send a money order with postage paid, I may think about it. :p

November 19, 2006

Doyle said:

This is what I want to do also. I was going to buy a mini media center for under the TV but I love the XBMC and the price of xboxs now so I think I will work on a project like yours. All your info will help loads and if I ever get to doing it ill drop a link to show you. Thanks for giving me the push to do it though.... Again thanks and dont sell man! You will regret it. Its your baby :eek

December 08, 2006

matt said:

New comment system installed. Lost all the old comments, sorry everybody.

January 01, 2007 | url

the winks said:

Really cool! Very nice job. Let us know if you mod a 360.

January 06, 2007

Laurence said:

Sweet!

January 10, 2007

Neo said:

i want wan!

January 12, 2007

eh said:

:p :grin :roll :eek :upset :zzz :sigh :x :cry :?

January 21, 2007 | url

? said:

:sigh WHERE ARE MY GIRLS

January 23, 2007

yep said:

i just randomly found this while lookin for the handheld xbox that i heard about but man you are awesome :eek tell me if u mod an xbox360 like the first guy said

February 11, 2007 | url

CAPNscurvy said:

:grin :p :roll :eek :upset :zzz :sigh :? :cry :x OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March 03, 2007

D double oh D said:

Since the Xboxes are so cheap, you should mod them and sell them. Bet you could make some cash. Heck, if i had enough cash, id buy one like that. Especially since when it comes to computers, i have no idea whats going on.

March 14, 2007

bob said:

i could do that i just dont want to =]

April 06, 2007

a.k. said:

how did you install the lcd? what pins do i connect them to and what software did you use for the xbox?

May 06, 2007

Brannen said:

how did you get the 360 dashboard if you made it before the 360 came out?

October 19, 2007 | url

me said:

It was on xbox-scene.com A themes of it have been out months before the x360

October 20, 2007 | url

Dave Pilcher said:

I have a somewhat similar modded xbox it has a 400 gig hard drive

November 25, 2007

a Man said:

damn u must have a lot of time on ur hands but still prety sick i wonder how the HELL you do dat stuff try doing dat with a PS3 think of all the things you can do

February 01, 2008 | url

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