EON Gaming's plug-and-play OG Xbox adapter — the XBHD — is getting a promotional price drop at the moment, in partnership with Castlemania Games. The US-based, retro-focused store is currently selling the XBHD for $99, down from the listed retail price of $150.
Now, we're not sure how long this promotion will last, but EON itself has posted about the deal on Twitter, so it's definitely backed by the manufacturer at least. EON also uses this promo to remind users that all new XBHD units have fresh firmware that fixes any brightness issues experienced in early launch units.
Speaking of those brightness issues, unfortunately, we suffered with them when reviewing our XBHD unit back in December. At the time, we noted the high price point and these brightness issues as the main negatives with the XBHD, and with both of those fixed in this promo, the adapter suddenly becomes a more tempting proposition.
Anyway, the XBHD is still $150 at the likes of Amazon, so if you're interested in one of these, it may be worth exploring the Castlemania Games listing to see what you think!
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Are you tempted to get one of these? Or is the price still too high? Tell us your OG Xbox plans down in the comments below.
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So it's now (currently) half price. I think I commented somewhere around the product launch that I would reconsider when the price was at least half. Hmmm. The translucent green version is pretty cool too though.
I wonder if this is better than the pound adapter and the Xbox2HDMI adapter.
@ZYDIO Specifically for the HDMI conversion, no I don't think it's better (or at least is negligible) when compared to the Xbox2HDMI.
@Scummbuddy Does it do anything extra? I'm still contemplating if I want to get the Stella internal mod, I forget exactly what it's called. I don't feel like installing it myself, so I'll probably just find another 1.1 Xbox and send it into them to have it done. I already have the Xbox2HDMI and the Pound adapters. They seem to work just fine even though I prefer the pound cable. It's just a little more accurate I think. I would really like a true HDMI output though.
@ZYDIO this device grants you an all-in-one and no extra power cord easy LAN with it's built in router if you happen to have access to 3 more xboxes. It also grants you two HD video outputs so if you wanted your game easily projected to your gaming screen and perhaps up to a projector screen at the same time.
But for the StellarX project, that all gets you the digital video out which will be the best. I have heard grumblings about perhaps the show runner of that mod may have gone about something someways that upset the mod scene but I really don't know about it. I've been pretty interested in the StellarX mod and it's sister project.
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