Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite (120 GB) Black Console

Immediately after starting to play with my Xbox 360, I was very impressed with the game play.  The picture was great, the load time for games was extremely quick, and the sound quality was as good as you could hope for and more.  Hooking it up was also a snap, as you just plug the pieces into each other (and the wall socket) and everything is up and running for you.  One thing that I did have a little trouble with (admittedly embarrassing) was getting the controller to recognize the console.  In order to do that, you hold down the center button on the controller, which seeks out the console and registers it as an active controller.  This has to be done for each controller that you get for the system, and once you know how to do it, the process just becomes easier with experience.  Once the controller is good-to-go, it also becomes a sort-of remote control for everything, and you can shut down the entire Xbox 360 with a couple of button pushes on the controller (such an awesome feature).