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Microsoft Bringing TV to Xbox

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-about-time dept.

grazzy writes "Microsoft is set to release its Windows Media Center Extender for Xbox mid-November. The device will allow you to view recorded and downloaded media content stored on your PC via your Xbox.""

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  1. Re:XBMC by bombadillo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Damn, I thought it was actually going to add some sort of TV tuner to the xbox. This addition is basically what XBMCalready does and has done for over a year now.

  2. MythTV anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://bit.blkbk.com/

    This is a distro set to turn your xbox into a MythTV box. Pretty cool stuff.

  3. Re:What by johneee · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you were to RTFA you'd notice that it was both:


    Consumers can purchase Media Center Extender devices in two forms:
    As a set-top box from leading manufacturers Hewlett-Packard and Linksys.
    As a peripheral kit for the Xbox console from Microsoft.

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  4. Link is wrong. by 787style · · Score: 5, Informative

    You wanted to link to this: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/eva luation/devices/xboxextenderkit.mspx That actually discusses the Media Extender for the XBox, rather then the settop box which is causing confusion.

  5. Or you can... by aztektum · · Score: 5, Informative

    Spend 200 on an Xbox and a mod chip and stream ur files over ethernet or, with a 802.11(a/b/g) access point, over wifi.

    Spend another 50-60 right now on a 80GB hdd and you can store them right on your Xbox.

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  6. Re:I'd rather... by dabraun · · Score: 5, Informative

    You are factually incorrect. I have the XBOX Media Center software. It DOES:

    - Allow for watching live TV / changing channels / pausing live TV / etc.

    - Allow for scheduling recordings (UI is pretty much identical to what you get on the PC itself)

    Everything that works on XP Media Center Edition works on the extenders with a few exceptions. They are basically remote-desktop'd in to the server (with a seperate protocol/channel tunneling the video through)

    Multiple extenders hosted off the same PC can show different content at the same time (including different live TV channels assuming you have multiple tuners installed)