Rechargeable Battery Pack


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Hello Guys,

I've been spending a pack of AA batteries a week now and it's getting quite annoying always to have a pair laying around for that stupid controller :laugh: So now I've been looking at that Quick Recharger and a battery pack.

But I'm so confused about the Battery Pack and that Quick Recharger Unit ... Do you get a Lithium sorta' battery or does it just recharge AA batteries or what? ... I'm confused :s

A side question, the cable to connect your Xbox to your Monitor ... Does that exist in a DVI edition? Why only VGA? Isn't DVI providing a more crisp picture

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yeah its a lithium rechargable battery i believe. it lasts 20-25 hours for me per charge. I would recommend to buy the AC recharger instead of the plug and play

as for the vga-dvi. yeah its only in VGA, im not sure why there isn't a DVI cable, probably the same reason why there is no hdmi

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There are two charging accessories from Microsoft.

The first was the play and charge kit, it comes with one battery pack and a charging cable (USB). This allows you to plug the controller in to the console and it will charge as you play (or when you aren't).

Earlier this year they released the Quick Charge kit. It plugs in to the wall and is able to charge the same battery pack as the play and charge kit (up to 2 at a time). It comes with one battery.

You can also buy additional battery packs if you have more than one controller.

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yeah its a lithium rechargable battery i believe. it lasts 20-25 hours for me per charge. I would recommend to buy the AC recharger instead of the plug and play

The battery packs are NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride)

I find mine last over a week but thats only a few hours of gaming per day. But they do last longer than standard AA batteries in my experience.

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I use pair of sony batteries that I got with my camera.. I use the same charger and they last over week with 3-4 hour of gaming a day.. You can look around best buy and citcuit city for battery and charger packs which are cheaper and works better than microsoft battery pack and charger kit.

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Before I bought the Play & Charge kit I used some Sony rechargeable batteries (AA 2300 mAh NMH). But I stopped using them because they dropped some kind of white dust, which obviously was toxic and could damage my controller.

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well considering the cost of rechargeable batteries for most accessories the MS batteries are extremely cheap by comparison. I know you could get some AA's cheaper but probably not ALOT cheaper.

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