Gene

@Zathu

Of course, that was my original plan. My 360 red ringed during the opening cinematic of the Bioshock demo. I called up to see if they had any of the HDMI Premiums in stock at BB before I went to exchange my console under the warranty (I did try all of the remedies, Microsoft recommended and otherwise to get mine in working order but to no avail). Turns out they were weren't putting the HDMI Premiums out until Sept 9th or the remaining stock of older Premiums sold out. That is probably the case at a lot of stores, and upgrading just seemed like a better deal than a)wasting the warranty I purchased through Best Buy or b)waiting for Microsoft to perhaps fix the problem with my console after a matter of weeks.

@URDONE

Because the new HDMI Premium 360s have a different SKU, they're not covered by the extended warranty. But you might be able to "trade in" your old 360 and warranty which, with 50 dollars extra, will get you an Elite. At least, that's what I did, figuring I'd spend just as much on the Microsoft official HDMI cable if I waited to get the new Premium HDMI models. The only down side is that the warranty for the Elite is like 80 bucks, so I'll let Microsoft handle any potential problems with my Elite.

Yeah dog armor!

Ok, CliffyB's signature looks like a dong, right?

All this from people who can't seem to stop visiting these derivative sites. Yes, you should sue the site for your uncited tip about the article you didn't write and most likely simultaneously reported with dozens of other poor poor readers.

I'm still pissed off about the name change too. Time heals a lot of wounds, but not this one.