Tell me if you've heard this one.
A horse and a dog walk into a bar and- oh my god, we've got this 20th anniversary
headset to take a look at.
Oh, the joke...
um... uh...
something about a long face and I don't know.
But let's- let's- let's look at this. Yeah.
Let's do this.
Hey, guys.
Tony Hannides here, the Xbox master trainer for the United States and this-
sorry...
This is the 20th anniversary
headset and we're going to go ahead and unbox it.
But before we do, I just want to let you all know
that there is another Easter egg on this box here.
So if we could get the lights, please?
OK, wait, I forgot my- I forgot my flashlight.
One second.
OK, here we go.
And wow, wow, that looks so good.
So there's a giant Xbox logo there.
It's cool.
It's cool. It's just one of those things.
Just like the other controller, the 20th anniversary controller.
If you haven't seen that, go and click on that link over there.
It's one of those things that just as a nice attention
to detail for fans and up and comers.
It's really cool.
But let's go ahead and jump into this guy here.
Just like the other one unboxing this, all you got to do is tear up the strip here.
It's very, very nice.
Oh, OK.
All right.
So some packaging with some packaging, which is fine.
But what's really interesting is there is a Styrofoam core
in here to make sure that both the left and the right ear earmuffs,
if you will, the cups cans, what do they call them?
Make sure that the left and right cans don't, you know, fall into themselves
and get too pressed in, because have you ever put on like
a new pair of headphones and they're really, really tight?
This this, I'm sure this alleviates that.
OK, so with everything out of its packaging, as you can see here,
I've got the new Halo Infinite Series two Elite controller.
If you haven't seen that video, go ahead and click on that link.
Our buddy Richard, unbox this guy.
But wow, this is just really beautiful,
and I've seen a lot of gaming headphones in my career over the years.
So just looking at this, it's stunning.
It's it pops a little bit.
And yes, there's a possibly another company
that has a very similar color to the green.
But what will really separate that company to this
is that right here on the side, here, you see it, says Xbox
on one side 20th with the Xbox logo on the other.
I mean, there's no there's no question these are Xbox on the mic, the mic.
So it is on a boom arm.
It's an articulated boom arm, if you will, and there's no like flip to mute.
However, there is a mute switch right here at the back, so you could just
flick that if you want to cough or anything like that, as
you might have noticed this side on the right, that's your volume knob.
So this all, if I'm not mistaken, this would basically
just raise the volume of everything.
So whatever's going through this wire,
if it's connected to your controller, if it's connected to your computer,
even a mobile device, a phone, even that will just raise everything.
If you need to get into the nitty gritty of increasing
party chat or increasing game volume,
you need to do that on your computer or do that on the console itself
or get a dongle that would allow you to do that.
All right. OK, cool.
Yeah.
Like I said, that little foam core that comes in the box
that will prevent these cans from falling into themselves.
This feels right out of the gate.
This feels so good on my head.
I can I can imagine wearing this for a long, a long period of time.
Definitely.
And you know, what's really nice, too,
is that this isn't all the way in your face,
and these headphones do support Dolby Atmos detox.
I mean, all the windows sonic, you know,
it was super immersive kinds of codecs
that you need to be able to enjoy these new games
like Halo Infinite or even Forza Horizon five, just listening to cars,
just zoom left to right or right to left, depending on where you look.
But the other nice thing, too, is this cable
isn't too long, but also not too short.
It's almost the perfect length.
So if you do have it connected to a controller, let's go ahead and
do that.
00, it's so beautiful.
It's just it.
Just I love this controller.
Plug it in there.
Turn on, Oh, there we go.
Yeah, so I'm I'm ready to go.
I'm I'm ready to go, HALO!
That's what that's what the kids say, right?
Let's go HALO.
All right. Let's go HALO.
These headphones are.
Are completely adjustable, although if you are traveling
the cans themselves, they won't turn left to right.
Like some of the cans do, like with our surface headphones, for example,
those do turn if you want to put them in a bag or something,
so just be a little bit extra careful
when you're packing these away, if you bring them anywhere.
But these are very nice, very comfortable.
I loved the volume dial, though.
It's just very simple.
You can even see through to the inside of the headset,
which is akin to what they did with the controller.
And I think having that design language carry over,
obviously it makes perfect sense.
The 20 years of Xbox, I'm I'm closing in on a certain number.
We won't.
We won't get into the details.
But 20 years of Xbox.
I remember when Xbox was first announced,
when the Rock was on stage as a big deal.
I was excited and to see Xbox come all this way
and utilize all this technology in the cloud,
4K gaming, AK ready support.
I mean, come on like the Xbox and the team
and everything that we're doing in the ecosystem Game Pass.
It's crazy how far we've come.
And if you are at all interested to see the early stages of Xbox,
the best way to do that is with Power On.
Power On is a six episodic mini series,
which you can find on multiple streaming platforms.
But honestly, the easiest one is here on YouTube.
So if you can click the link in the description below to go directly
to that playlist, or if you want one of the videos
that you can click on after me, talking will be that playlist
so that, ladies and gentlemen, is the Xbox 20th anniversary headset just
just beautiful?
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