QUOTE(1nsan3 @ Jan 10 2008, 09:37 AM)
There is no point in even releasing this,, less than 25% of the world will get this.. most likely the people who dont have cable /digital / satalite tv... I sure wont touch this... no recording.. no live tv.. ITS POINTLESS.. common sense...
UNLESS you misses a tv show while at work... then you get to use your bandwidth to download the show... BUT WAIT THEN YOU cant play on xbox live,, while your 3 gig television show is downloading.....WASTE!!!
The limitation of the 360 on BTs platform is not how the 360 will act on all services. For example, had Microsoft chosen AT&T's U-verse first instead of BT, the 360 could watch anything a normal STB can right now, including live TV and VoD. Once Anywhere DVR is released, the 360 can watch shows that have been recorded to the DVR's HDD. It can even schedule shows to the normal DVR sparing the 360's HDD from getting full.
Maybe you don't get the point of Video on Demand...You don't have to download anything, it is on demand. Once you hit play, it plays. You can even time shift through the whole show the instant you press play, without downloading a thing.
In the case of AT&T's U-verse, you don't have to waste bandwidth either. That is why in order to take advantage of using the 360 as a STB you need to have an IPTV provider. In order to take full advantage of the 360 (live TV for example), you need a provider that uses IPTV throughout, unlike BTs hybrid solution (OTA for live video and IPTV for VoD).
This post has been edited by koolkid1935: Jan 10 2008, 07:02 PM