Is the $200 Arcade model a ripoff or a deal?

[dougsdad0629]

disolitude said:
Ok...listen carefully...here is what he should do.

Get the arcade - $199
Buy a used hard drive 20gig - $40 tops
Buy this to get xbox live membership for 13 months and headset and a keyboard pad(doesnt come with the arcade model)

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox360-12month-Messenger-GoldPak-Xbox-360/dp/B001EKTF60/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1223438158&sr=1-8

Sell his memory card and pgr4 if he doesnt like it - ~ gets 30-40 bucks back

All he needs is an hdmi cable or composite cables if he has an hd tv...

That all should be less than 300 bucks

Careful there.  You mean COMPONENT.  Common mistake.  The composite cables are the yellow video cables.  For HDTV, you need component which is the blue, green and red.