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I saw the Pepsi Co link that states a late November launch for the xbone.
Yep, the whole article is based on info from him or his blog. I decided to take one for the team, I am now blind...
As Microsoft hasn't really done anything with Media Center since 2008/2009, then it isn't terribly surprising. It is still disappointing, however. As I really do like Media Center.
Personally, I'd prefer if the Xbox One were able to freely view network shared storage. But I doubt that is going to happen. And it likely wouldn't have been able to play MKV's (all my fansubbed animes
I'm going to guess that there is just an increased focus on DNLA. That makes it far more interoperable any consumer electronics DNLA device. So I could see a large focus from them in that area. Possibly more exciting if it can also serve as a DNLA server (no reason why it couldn't with all the resources reserved for the OS).
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My sincere hope is that we get apps on the Xbox One like Plex. That would solve EVERYTHING.
It's about priorities.
MS has said they want it to be the centre device, they know that people stream from pc's and other devices.
It will happen in one form or another.
But they need to get the core parts of the UI done first.
I can understand eastmens frustration, everyone has their own priorities.
But fact is in the list of what needs to get done, I'm sure most people would agree it falls behind, game OS, apps OS, UIX, and all the other things most people would call basic functionality.
Having a code base to work from may make it easier, it doesn't make it easy or mean it doesn't take resources to port it to the XB1 though.
MS seems behind in development, but they've probably shown and talked about more of the UI.
Just today I was thinking what it would be like to run a raspberry pi with xbmc into the hdmi in. lol
MS has said they want it to be the centre device, they know that people stream from pc's and other devices.
It will happen in one form or another.
But they need to get the core parts of the UI done first.
I can understand eastmens frustration, everyone has their own priorities.
But fact is in the list of what needs to get done, I'm sure most people would agree it falls behind, game OS, apps OS, UIX, and all the other things most people would call basic functionality.
Having a code base to work from may make it easier, it doesn't make it easy or mean it doesn't take resources to port it to the XB1 though.
MS seems behind in development, but they've probably shown and talked about more of the UI.
Just today I was thinking what it would be like to run a raspberry pi with xbmc into the hdmi in. lol
I got one free, and paid for two copies. Maybe now that you both have posted on that other site, Albert will give us more answers on that subject. While true that core development on it stopped a few years back, it has still remained on of the top DVR apps on the market. I have yet to see a set-top box that can even come close, and when people come over to play 360 and they see MCE in action they ask where to buy it.
I let them know they already have a copy and show them where, just amazes me at how bad of a job MS did on advertising this over the years. Hoped X1 would fix that! haha
With the current ID@Xbox plan I could see it working actually.
I have wondered what would be allowed on the marketplace.
And if you couldn't put it on the marketplace, making machine a developer one and installing it directly yourself.
Also what would be allowed, i.e. streaming from device or web, codecs, etc
Forgot to say raspberry pi with iR receiver attached.
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Yes, I only have 5 tuners, but it saves me $20 a month from the DVR lease that they tack on. So now my cable bill is $89 a month with only $40 of that being actual TV, rest is internet and taxes.
Oddly this feature launched with 360, but was easier to find after the NXE updates. So 360 was a core device that had great live TV features that were never advertised.
You can even launch directly into MCE from power-on.This has been the one X1 feature that I have been holding out for, let's see what info we get.
I don't think there are many people who would jump ship over the lack of this feature, so there's no pressure to be made on MS. All it would be is a vocal minority who will buy an X1 anyway. A poll would settle this, we need a poll.
I don't think there are many people who would jump ship over the lack of this feature, so there's no pressure to be made on MS. All it would be is a vocal minority who will buy an X1 anyway. A poll would settle this, we need a poll.
I wont be buying an xbox one. I told my gf to cancel the preorder.
If MS would EVER get their heads out of their ass they'd be way more successful. Like trillion dollar company successful. The vanity fair article from last year tells the whole story about what's really wrong with MS. Ballmer destroyed the synergistic nature of MS which originally propelled it to success. The best video and audio management software for consumer devices was the Zune suite hands down. Sinofsky killed it and instead created lame ass Xbox music and video.
There is no reason why after all the blood and treasure expense, and mindshare loss that occurred due to windows 8 that Xbox should not release day 1 with the ability to connect to the curated MS app store and run WinRT api based programs. Market adoption and development of all things windows 8 would effectively zoom.
Xbmc, plex, vlc would all come to the windows store post-haste. But I'm sure the idiots in Redmond have already discounted this value proposition for creating yet another siloed implementation of windows and I'm sick of it.
There is no reason why after all the blood and treasure expense, and mindshare loss that occurred due to windows 8 that Xbox should not release day 1 with the ability to connect to the curated MS app store and run WinRT api based programs. Market adoption and development of all things windows 8 would effectively zoom.
Xbmc, plex, vlc would all come to the windows store post-haste. But I'm sure the idiots in Redmond have already discounted this value proposition for creating yet another siloed implementation of windows and I'm sick of it.
MS is supposed to open up Xbox platform for any app developer right ? Someone should be able to write something to provide MCE functionality, no ? It might not come on day one, but hey, might want to wait and see ?
Not necessarily. The ID@Xbox program is for "Game" developers, not app developers.
http://www.xbox.com/en-us/Developers/id
They still haven't announced how they will support Xbox One apps, if at all. Most people assume that Windows 8 Metro apps will work, but I don't think that's a sure thing.
Tommy McClain
It's unlikely to go up in cost while he waits.
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