My nephews 360 bricked and I sent it away in the coffin a couple days ago. They don't repair Canadian 360's...just replace them according to tech support. Anyone get back a unit with HDMI in Canada?

They replace them, but they replace them with "Microsoft Certified Replacement Units" which is another word for a refurbished one, not a new one. I just got mine back and it died within an hour of playing - red rings. I checked the manufacture date and it was actually OLDER than the one I'd sent in for repair.

Buggers! My own "Microsoft Certified Replacement Unit" has been fine since my launch 360 bricked about 5 months ago. Maybe mine was a newer one with the extra cooling gear inside? Do you check 360 serial numbers on the web to verify build date? If so where?

You can't really tell what your build date is on internal components, but you can at least tell when the original casing was made - the MFR Date on the back of it :p

No, they send you what you had.

The only time there's a case for an HDMI replacement for an old unit is if you have the MS extended warranty. There's a line in there that reads something like ....if we choose to replace your console, it will be replaced with a console with all the latest features.... I was hoping I could use that to get a newer model, but they just repaired my original console and sent it back. I guess they just replaced most of the guts because they turned it around in one day.