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XBox + UltimateTV for $500

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the integration-time-come-on dept.

Daetrin writes "Red Herring reports in this article that Microsoft is planing on combining the XBox with their UltimateTV Recorder with a projected final cost of about $500. The article also talks in some detail about the massive (though partially expected) losses that the XBox is costing Microsoft. There's also another article on Yahoo that sums up what Red Herring said."

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  1. In other news.... by T3kno · · Score: 4, Funny

    Root canal + Proctological Exam for $275

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  2. Record gameplay by totallygeek · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yeah, but who wants to watch "movies" of their gameplay?

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    1. Re:Record gameplay by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      watch "movies" of their gameplay

      Maybe. Can you get Virtual Valerie on X-Box?

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  3. Think of the new features! by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, think this is a great idea. A game console and digital VCR all in one. I'm *really* hoping that this will give us the ability to import actors from TV, movies and commercials into video games.

    Afterall, why should Austin Powers be the only one lucky enough to beat Britney Spears to a pulp...now you can import her into the fighting game d'jeur and beat-in her talentless ass or import her into Halo and blast her to smithereens!

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  4. Console and PVR! by Titusdot+Groan · · Score: 2, Funny

    A gaming console and a PVR in one? CoOOOOol.
    Oh, it's from Microsoft ... Arrg!

    Get thee behind me Satan and tempt me not!

  5. Killer app by Tune · · Score: 2, Funny

    Probably a stupid suggestion, but I wonder...

    If
    XBox + UltimateTV = KillerApp
    Then
    Massive loss + massive loss = big bucks?

    How do all these poor Microsoft share holders make a living?

  6. Gimme more by duckpoopy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Add in a microwave oven and you've got a deal.

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  7. Re:Console cost reduction... by guttentag · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...it looks like MS painted themselves into a corner
    Not to worry. When Bill Gates paints himself into a corner, he just knocks down the wall behind him and starts painting his neighbor's apartment.
  8. Oh my Gawd, you're right! by drew_kime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine, you can still play Halo even when your favorite show is on because its being recorded for you to watch after you've blown some shit up.

    Holy crap, I wish I could do that today. I mean, if I could go out and buy some kind of product that would let me record what's coming in over the cable while I'm using the TV to play games. Something that I could connect inline before the cable goes in to the TV. Something like maybe a freakin' VCR.

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