Which 360 Should I Buy?

[TMNTGal]

Well Halo 3 is drawing near and I really want to play it. It's the only reason why I have to buy another damn system... Same old story, exactly why I bought the GC and XBox as well. I was iffy about them at first since there didn't seem to be many games that were of interest. I waited a long time and finally bought both as they were on sale and bundled with games I wanted to play. I didn't discover Halo until the platinum edition was released. Yeah you're probably thinking I must have been living under a rock... I don't know, I may have heard the name mentioned but I never payed attention to it. I saw it for only $20 at the store so I figured it was worth trying for that price, if I hated it I could always dump it on eBay. Well lo and behold I absolutely loved the game. It was just plain fun and I liked the story. Once I finished playing it I got H2. Also loved it, so that convinced me to try the novels. Loved reading those as well so I definitly want to play Halo 3. I can't think of any other games on this system that I'd even want to play. I really haven't been looking up VG news. If anyone has recommendations send them my way.

Well anyway I started looking up info on the sytems and I keep finding conflicting information. I'm not interested in online gaming. What's it for besides finding people to group with and shoot at each other? Boring. I don't care about large amounts of memory capacity. I have saved so many games and music on my regular XBox and the memory meter hasn't gone down at all it seems. As long as I don't have to bother buying memory cards all is well. I do want wireless controllers but I heard the core system doesn't support this. Is this true? I also hear it is not compatible with Online stuff. I suppose I would not mind trying one of those 30 day trials but It's not really important. Is there anything else online thats worth it? I don't own an HD TV but I plan to at some point, (either that or I'll get a projector) I hear the core system is not compatible with these TVs. Is this also true?

Basically I still have no idea which one I should buy. There's what Core, Pro and Elite? Should I bother buying any accessories such as a cooling fan? What about Warranty? It seems everyone I have spoken with has had their systems break down.

If anyone can help me decide soon I'd appreciate it.