cables and adapters

I don't know why this has received such a bum rap. For only $20 you get the ability to transfer your files to your xbox. Sure, MP3s take longer, but WMAs are pretty fast. Make sure to turn your firewall off or open ports TCP 3074 and UDP 3074 if you are using the wireless adapter and a router.

Also, the Karaoke is actually pretty fun. My kids and I hooked up the microphone and the xbox live headseat and had fun singing and then listening to the recorded performances. Most of the included songs are pretty bad, but there are a couple of good ones. The vocal stipper works OK too, or you can just sing along and not worry about it.

Again, this is only a $20 set-up, not a $200 Karaoke machine. I think it performs adequately given the price. Yes the controls can be confusing but the ability to share music files with the xbox is great and I've gotten $20 of fun out of this.

I bought this software, an extra microphone, and $300 worth of songs off the internet (to be used with the kareokee feature). I have given it three stars because the $300 is a necessity if you want to make the kareokee feature worth using. There are over 35,000 songs to choose from off the internet and the songs represent a good cross section from rock classics to pop songs to rap. There are songs for everyone. Unfortunately, each song costs $2.00. This is very expensive considering most games cost at most $60. Transfereing the songs from your computer to your X-box can be a real pain if you do not have X-box live(note that whether you have a laptop or a desk top you will need a special data transfer wire that must be bought at extra cost if you do not use X-box live).

All in all, I find the kareokee to be great fun and I am glad that I bought this game. However, I can not recommend it for everyone since the game is extremely expensive to make it enjoyable to play with.

Everybody is saying that the reason why they bought this was to put their music on their Xbox, well I've got a better idea. Simply burn your music onto a CD-RW (not CD-R) and you will be able to play your music that was on your computer on your Xbox.