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this is the Xbox 1s it's white it's little it's cute and it's just a tiny bit more powerful than the old Xbox the Xbox one and let's face it the original Xbox one had some problems but the new 1s scraps basically everything that we hated about the old Xbox and replaces it with a 4k blu-ray player all that's great but should anybody really buy this thing the Xbox 1s is out now for 399 for a 2 terabyte model later this month you'll also be able to buy a one terabyte model for 349 or a 500 gig model for $2.99 people play all the same games and do all the same things as the old Xbox but what a difference three years makes the 1s is 40% smaller but it's actually smaller still because it doesn't need this insane huge power brick that the old one needed instead you just have this single simple chord the wife still needs a room to breathe though the grille on top is a fan vent and there are more on the sides but whatever it just looks so much better this robot white color is really nice and you can also get an optional stand to mount it vertically it comes with a 2 gigabyte model but you got to pay 20 bucks extra to get it for the cheaper versions now there are some other differences besides the looks so let's go through them really quick first up is the controller it's white and it now supports Bluetooth so it has a longer range and it's easier to pair with a PC if you want to use it there and it also has a 3.5 millimeter headset jack for your headphones second the Xbox 1's supports 4k video streaming 4k blu-rays and high dynamic range now I wasn't actually able to test the HDR because my TV doesn't support HDR 10 yet so if you really care about that you should check to make sure that your TV is compatible with HDR 10 because it's the only thing that the Xbox one has supports I did watch some 4k blu-rays and streams and 4k Netflix and the difference is noticeable but I don't know if it's enough to convince anybody that has a current Xbox to upgrade the other thing I should note is even though it supports 4k video it doesn't support 4k video games that's not coming until next year with the next Xbox 3rd and I don't want to make a big deal out of this but xbox1 s is just a little bit more powerful than the original Xbox one microsoft says that some games won't have to drop the resolution in order to keep up their framerate but I didn't notice a huge performance difference when I was testing it and in Mirror's Edge for example where I died all the time load times were about the same lastly there's no Kinect if you have a Kinect and want to use it you have to use this ridiculous adapter which requires its own power cord and I wasn't able to test it it's basically a sign that Microsoft is admitting that it doesn't care about Kinect and nobody uses it and I kind of agreed and really that's what I mean when I say that the Xbox one s scraps everything that we hated about the original Xbox one you can still use it as the white-hot center of your entertainment system but you don't have to even if there is an IR blaster on it but it doesn't feel like Microsoft is trying to force you into it anymore instead you can just do what the Xbox is good at play games and watch movies the new interface on the Xbox one s is the same as the one that's rolling out on the traditional Xbox is with the summer update it's designed to make it easier to get to games and movies and it also adds Cortana and background music so you can say hey Cortana into a headset and ask your Xbox to do stuff and then it does that stuff so I have to admit I really like the Xbox one s but every time I think about it it puts me in this weird logic loop let me explain one if you already have an Xbox I don't think that there's enough here to justify an upgrade really you should just hang on to your big old black box too don't forget Microsoft already announced its releasing another Xbox next year it's called Project Scorpio and it's going to support 4k games and virtual reality if you waited this long to buy an xbox why not wait another year and the third thing to think about is the reason you buy any console it's the games think about how much you love halo or forts ax or Gears of War if the answer is you love them a lot chances are you've already bought an Xbox one which takes us right back to step one in the logic loop there's really only one thing that breaks this logic loop in addition to being a really good-looking console it also supports that 4k video and for okay blu-rays and if you've been looking for a cheap 4k blu-ray player the Xbox one s could be it but I don't know that enough people care that much about 4k blu-rays to make this thing worth purchase but hey at least it finally looks good next to my TV I wasn't able at limited second the Xbox one s supports HDR yeah HDR second second