Xbox 360 IPTV Revealed
January 8th, 2007 Posted in News
Microsoft has revealed plans of bringing IPTV to the Xbox 360 in 2007. It will be possible to record TV shows on your Xbox 360, which strengthens the rumor about Xbox 360 v2 being equipped with a 120 GB hard drive. It’s powered by Microsoft’s IPTV software (what else) and is expected to launch late 2007 with 14 major cable companies in North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, Microsoft has shipped 10,4 million Xbox 360 consoles to date, no official sales numbers were mentioned however.
January 9th, 2007 at 2:00 am
Never will buy this kinda crap from M$, no way… bill Gates deciding who watches what and for how much!… no thank you.
January 9th, 2007 at 2:09 am
I know that if it affordable I will at least give it a try as it looks pretty exciting and really slick. And Bill Gates has nothing to do what what you watch. It is a partnership with existing cable companies who already decide what you watch and how much it costs.
January 9th, 2007 at 2:14 am
BTW MacWorld starts up tomorrow and they will also be showcasing some MacTV service which lets you play downloaded movies on your Mac on your TV. Someone may want to report on that as well.
January 9th, 2007 at 2:56 am
Whatever this is, be sure that they’re charge you as much as they can for it. You’re already paying Xbox Live Gold to just play games online, MS ios gonna suck out even more from you with this stuff.
January 9th, 2007 at 3:07 am
I just can’t agree with that Alex … it looks like it is going to be a great service to me. Much like XBL marketplace is a fantastic service … giving people the ability to download all kinds of great content. And really who is to say how much they will charge. Their console for example is a lot cheaper than Sony’s and is doing much better and has tons of games for it and Sony is even losing exclusive titles to it as developers see where the real money making opporotunities are. But to each his own I suppose … I just personally think this is going to be a great thing if it is affordable for the average person. It can’t cost much more than regular cable service and people seem to have come to grips with those prices.