First of all, from what I can recall, Fusion wasn't really IPTV. It was basically just more downloadable content. I think Microsoft probably moved on from that and decided to go with Netflix instead which in my opinion was a much better idea. I believe that the majority of the xbox 360 owners in the world also already have Comcast or DirecTV or some other cable or satellite service that would be a bit better then IPTV.
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At the time it was seen as a first for consoles and a very innovative step forward in the home console market but now Playstation have their own method for delivering television to the living room.
What are they talking about? Is this a new PS3 feature I haven't heard about?
QUOTE(trentdadi @ Aug 18 2008, 12:06 AM)
I believe that the majority of the xbox 360 owners in the world also already have Comcast or DirecTV or some other cable or satellite service that would be a bit better then IPTV.
Not quite true. Cable is as expensive as ever and in my opinion not as entertaining as it once was. IPTV would have been much cheaper than traditional cable while retaining the ability to broadcast most if not all TV shows. I for one would have probably signed up.
QUOTE(spinr34 @ Aug 17 2008, 07:22 PM)
...first, it is for europe only.
For now anyways. Microsoft could release it here in the States with at least AT&T's IPTV service. There may be other companies using Microsoft's MediaRoom platform, but I know for sure U-verse does.
IPTV doesn't necessarily mean VoD only, or videos that you download over the internet. U-verse is a full-fledged TV service that offers many, if not all plus some depending on market offerings in some areas of the same channels that cable or satellite does and operates in much the same way as far as the viewing experience goes.
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QUOTE(ssj4android @ Aug 18 2008, 10:45 PM)
Verizon and AT&T both use Microsoft IPTV software in the US AFAIK. It shouldn't be too hard to implement this. Again AFAIK, the IPTV software is mostly or all in .NET, using the compact framework already proted to the 360 for XNA.
Verizon FiOS' TV deployment is not fully IP AFAIK. They use traditional RF for live TV and IPTV for VoD. I think they were using MediaRoom (previously known as Microsoft IPTV), but broke off awhile ago and are now using in-house software. I also noticed Verizon is not listed on the list of companies using MediaRoom. The only two companies in the US that are showing up on the website that use MediaRoom are AT&T and nTelos.
QUOTE(irnchriz @ Aug 18 2008, 06:20 AM)
The Xbox 360 BT vision functionality is limited to video on demand playback. It cannot record TV etc to the 360 hard drive.
That is because the only thing IP about BT Vision is VoD. Live TV comes OTA IIRC.
This post has been edited by koolkid1935: Aug 19 2008, 09:06 AM