The only real problem is that it bones people who have satellite service instead of cable.

My old PCI capture card doesn't work with Vista so I haven't gotten to try it yet. My next step is to install XP w/ media center on a seperate HDD and try that same PCI card.

I just don't see why they'd have to re-invent the wheel to do this. All you would really need is a USB capture device, a HDD upgrade to the 360, and a software update. All of which I'm sure they will combine into 1 USB device for about $150 more than you could purchase a Tivo for.

I live in the midwest and most people around here are about as techno-savvy as wet-papertowel and they still already have DVR set up with either their satellite service for Digi-Cable. So what's teh f'n point?

The-Plummer

Fistynuts

BT doesn't use IPTV for its Live TV. It uses Digital Terrestrial and it has the ability to record it.

All that comes through the IPTV portion is the VOD stuff.

As Microsoft is launching an IPTV product, it has no interest in adding DTT to the console as well for BT's service to work how it does when used with their STB.

It obviously raises the question "why bother?" - that is up to you.

But the Xbox 360 will support recording of IPTV (including a live buffer). Microsoft's demonstrations show it and there are the screenshots (not fake) of the beta software explaining what size HDD you need to do certain recording tasks.

Contra666

Much better than live marketplace :)

Spolodaface

Playstation

nxp3

DaiMacculate

DaiMacculate

Qbanboi

That's actually kind of embarrassing when the PS3 was shown pulling a Tivo in the UK.

While there's no doubt the 360 has a great collection of games it's trying to position itself as a media center. Too bad it has the network but not the equipment to support their vision. And with the hole already dug for HD DVD's coffin the vision is even more out of focus.

And for all you digital distribution fans consider that there are people that are still using VHS tapes. If you think DD is going put an end to physical media you're kidding yourself. I don't know about you but housing my entire movie collection on a HDD scares the living crap out of me.

I just dropped my external HDD (onto carpet from a 2' coffee table) this weekend and it's toast. That's 250GB gone. If that was the Matrix Trilogy and the first two seasons of Family Guy in high-def on there I'd be looking for a clock tower waiting to cap J. Allard.

incredibilistic

solidsquirrel

DaiMacculate

Despite all the problems associated with using the 360 as a set top box (RRoD, absurdly noisy optical drive, disc destroying laser), I thought that the idea was pretty cool. Especially if they could roll out the capability to all users via a firmware update and then partner with one or more of the telcos to make the system plug and play. Yeah, maybe it wasn't the best device suited for the job, but it was a really cool feature to add onto the checklist and neat in a "and look what else it can do too!" sort of way.

Totally not feeling any of that excitement now :\

megahurtz

rezak

lbogga1

lbogga1

WatershipDown

TheCleaningGuy

"The reason for streaming only on the Xbox is because currently the console does not have the capability for live TV or enough hard drive for practical downloading of content"

That's the sort of brutal honesty you just don't see in the industry. You would never hear any of the console manufacturers admit so candidly that their console "does not have the capability" to do something. Hell, if you pressed Microsoft to tell you whether or not the Xbox 360 cures cancer, they'd probably still give you a no comment.

That must have been a mistake. I expect we'll be hearing some sort of a rebuttal or retraction from Microsoft quite soon.

legacyed

okenny :)

LittleBigPlaneteer

Mukatsuku

okenny :)

I've always had faith Sony would come back to form and eventually on top of the market...thanks MS for making that extra clear to the masses! I still love my 360, but my PS3 just that much more.....

Maximus9

Psychotext

LittleBigPlaneteer

You could probably get away with changing the title of the post to: Set-Top Xbox Completely Sucks, Is Useless

Less subtle, but effective.

Big World

scottyboy218

XAnthonyX

Sollus

Terrorsaur.

HAGE

TitillatedOcelot

Disclaimer: I dont know if all that would actually be required.

mizzle

yashichi8bit

PapaBear434

:/

frygar

ploeg

Let's get this rumor going strong, so we can bash the hell out of Microsoft when it isn't true.

Moonshadow101

mizzle

suya123

Simple enough.

MrBionic

lbogga1

RetroBob

kman2686

The Vampire Raziel

(Damn I wish GIF posting was possible)

Terrorsaur.

Malidictus

Shindokie

EnigmaNemesis

yashichi8bit

i'd been quite excited all week aswell :[

Naif

Mr.SithNinja

PissedPS3Fan