‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

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re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

Chris Cavanagh — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:50:47 GMT

I'd be more interested in seeing IPTV added to Media Center; then I could stream it to multiple 360's running as extenders (currently do that with a tuner card in an MC PC).

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OS Perry — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:00:59 GMT

This is a very timely blog entry... I've been wondering the same thing as of late... the whole IPTV/Xbox 360 thing... no mention of DirectTV or IPTV in months/years. I have Dish Network here in the states, and have been holding off signing up for AT&T U-verse, thinking I might get a 360/bundle deal if I signed up once they finally announce/make something official. But now it looks like I might just stay with Dish Network and upgrade to their digital service... since MS seems to be dragging its heels on IPTV.

I'm quite disappointed in all the media center stuff over the past few years. I have my 360 wired to my media center PC and stream HD OTA to my 360, and it works very well, but that was with XP, and Vista didn't bring anything worth it to the table as far as Media Center, and with Windows 7, and this new NXE for the 360 rolled out already I've seen nothing that gives me hope for the Media Center experience on 360/PC, that they are advancing the platform.

MS's 360 is my console of choice, but they have really disappointed in many ways... the whole proprietary Hard Drive, the cost of it to upgrade, the fact that the HD is optional... the whole proprietary controller/license, and the wireless being proprietary, the wireless headsets, not supporting bluetooth... as much as I don't care for PS3 because of its cost/games and such, they did a lot of things right... non-proprietary Hard Drives, making the HD's standard, bluetooth headsets... etc.

I wish we could get some kind of info or no further information at this time update on IPTV/360 from MS.

re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

Amir Sadeh — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:28:54 GMT

You are right - the BT Vision / XBox integration never happened. *I held off accepting a separate BT Vision box on the expectation of it arriving in an XBOX dashboard update*

re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

fatherguido — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:39:05 GMT

Ntelos is just ramping up, and there will also be an installation in the Chattanooga area, by Alcatel-Lucent and an energy firm named EPB. I think you will see more and more of these small telcos and municipal providers jumping in to this arena. The startup costs are a little steep, but if companies like ALU and MS can create a modular solution for companies that want to rip some business away from cable and satellite, more power to them.

www.iptv-news.com/.../64

Dustos, the DVR software in U-verse is part of Mediaroom (MS IPTV) software platform. The client loads on the STB's are Windows CE.

re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

MSOUT — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:08:30 GMT

Microsoft has disappointed on so many levels this year. Let’s see if we can count just some of the ways:

Operating Systems – Vista is still a turd

Vista MediaCenter -

Dropped the ball on DirectTV integration

Still no direct support for Blu-Ray playback

No solid Cable integration unless you buy an entire machine that’s CableCard ready. Even then, countless users struggle with its implementation

XBOX 360 -

Still no Zune integration

No IPTV support

No Web Browser

120GB drive still outrageously priced

Wireless adapter still ridiculously priced

And I could go on and on…

re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

DustoMan — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:45:43 GMT

Hey Chris - I asked this over @ AVSForum and no one responded, maybe you can tell me. Who wrote U-Verse's DVR software? The UI kinda looks like a ReplayTV so I was wondering if they were related. Do you know who does Verizon FIOS too?

re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

chrisl — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:34:21 GMT

Yeah, what I meant to say is that AT&T is the only major provider in the US using MediaRoom. Ntelos is the only other listed on Microsoft's site for support in the US, and I believe they have a very small number of IPTV subscribers (Jeff, can you comment?)

re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

Jeff — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:33:22 GMT

Hi, actually Ntelos uses mediaroom as well. I'm sure others do as well. It feels very MCEish and I like what I've seen so far. I believe Microsoft is in bed with Alcatel to deliver these solutions. There is an absolute TON of work to get IPTV to work. I just can't believe we will see it used effectively to Xbox 360s on different networks without QoS.

re: ‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

fatherguido — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:08:08 GMT

Chris, actually there are a few smaller telecom and service companies in the US using Mediaroom, but no one that would challenge AT&T.

I would be suprised if we see Xbox IPTV set top boxes in the US because companies like AT&T like to charge for set top boxes based on capabilities, not to mention the fact that the Xbox would add a level of complexity to their support operations. More complex equals longer support calls, and longer support calls equals money to them. Cool idea, but they just don't have the buy in from the service providers.