Adding on to this thread. This is the US Day One console.
Credit to Amazon's supply chain management. Shipped Friday Nov 22 and arrived HK Sunday Nov 24. Being a Sunday yesterday, it was delivered first thing this morning. As always, I'll let the photos do the talking.
Unboxing photos.
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The Day One achievement code.
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The bundled HDMI cable has a solid built and feel to it.
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The rather bulky power brick. Let me put all rumours to rest. The US power brick is NOT universal, so go out and get a stepdown now if you're planning to play it on arrival.
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The controller has a really good fit. The bumpers need some getting used to though.
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The Kinect interconnect.
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After much foreplay ..... we finally get to the good part.
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The soothing white lights of the controller, console and Kinect on powering up. The power brick also share the same white hue.
The following shots are the setup pages on powering up the console the first time ....
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Language, location and network. Just in case anyone's wondering, you don't need to have a VPN to connect to the servers (if you're not located in the US). It's not IP restricted, so you should be able to connect in non-launch countries. However, the selection of Location in the second photo is only restricted to launch countries. There is no Asian countries on the list.
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And finally, the Day One patch. Coming in at 507MB, it took me a good 12 minutes to update (on my 100 Mbps line).
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Once downloaded, the console will self-reboot and thereafter you will be greeted by this green splash screen. This green screen was static for a good 2 minutes before it goes to the next step. Not very intuitive if you ask me. At least they should have a prompt to say "please wait while we're setting up .... " or something like that. If you're in this situation next time, be patient and wait and DON'T PANIC.
After the green screen disappears, you will then come to the setup phase.
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This sets up your Kinect video and audio. The console will blast sound bites from all 5.1/7/1 channels to calibrate your positioning.
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Setting up or importing your gamertag/profile into the Xbox One. Personalise your color schemes for the tiles etc.
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The new Home screen.
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New look of the Profile, Friends, Achievements and Game DVR.
A few final notes:
- the console is really really REALLY quiet. Quite a stark contrast to the jet engine sound of the Xbox 360.
- Kinect works fine for us "Asian English" accent.
- If you're using the Harmony universal remote control, the Xbox One's codes are already on the online database. I set mine up with my Harmony One and it works perfectly.
Hope you enjoyed the photos. Time to clock in some game time on Ryse now.
Nov 22 2013, 09:20 PM
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