Microsoft upgrades Xbox Live with live TV, and Kinect voice control

http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/04/microsoft-upgrades-xbox-live-with-40-entertainment-services-live-tv-and-kinect-voice-control/

by evo_9 • 15 years ago

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andrewfelix• 15 years ago

ABC iView access later this month in Australia! Seriously great news, since I don't have access to live television where I am.

jrockway• 15 years ago

Interesting. The problem with Xbox is that every time I turn mine on, it has to do an update. By the time it's done updating, I've forgotten why I turned it on. It is also louder than many commercial aircraft, drowning out whatever you might be doing on it.

So for TV, I just use a tiny computer under my TV, which can download stuff from Usenet and play it without requiring updates or nine billion cubic feet of air per minute.

therobotking• 15 years ago

Do you only turn your Xbox on every 6 months? Dashboard updates are very infrequent.

pwelch2• 15 years ago

Agreed, I use my Xbox several times a week and I think it has updated 3 times total in the last 2 years.

beaumartinez• 15 years ago

The original Xbox 360s were incredibly noisy; the recent slim-factor models are much quieter—especially when running games off the HDD.

Updates, though, are very infrequent—I'd guesstimate about one every four months (although individual game updates can be much more frequent).

It's interesting you mention using a computer instead. The reason I like game consoles for gaming so much more is that they remove all the hassle of configuration and hardware issues—you just put the disc in and play. It looks like this'll be the case with TV as well.

georgemcbay2• 15 years ago

I can't tell if you're just randomly anti-MS trolling here or if you're confusing a 360 with a PS3? Because PSN updates all the damn time, and Xbox 360 dashboard updates no more than every 6 months.

pwelch2• 15 years ago

But will they do away the stupid points/currency system? I have found myself using the Xbox Zune more than iTunes but hate the stupid points/currency they use. Can I just see what I am buying in dollars?!

ghurlman• 15 years ago

Points * 1.25 / 100 = Dollars.

Assuming retail price for points purchased.

brianbreslin2• 15 years ago

why not just use dollars or cents directly?

efsavage• 15 years ago

They can raise prices by making points more expensive, and don't have to re-price everything else.

brianbreslin2• 15 years ago

this is microsoft's trojan horse that analysts aren't paying that much attention to in the living room wars (google/apple/etc)

wcchandler• 15 years ago

I feel like the Xbox 360 is doing to console gaming what XP did to the OS market. Which is only making me more leery about investing in their future consoles. The Xbox 360 will not go away any time soon, but could this also hurt their future console? Will it be able to stay up to date when the next greatest thing comes out?

haridsv• 15 years ago

Fails to mention that you need gold subscription for any of those, including Netflix.

Microsoft upgrades Xbox Live with live TV, and Kinect voice control

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