![]() ![]() In fact, I'm purposely holding back on buying the Xbox One until Microsoft clarifies its vision for TV capabilities with the new console. My thoughts are fairly in line with Scott's so far. ![]() But I'm tempted to just yank the cable box out of the Xbox One until that day arrives. ![]() How soon, or how easy that is to enable, I have no idea. Microsoft hopes the Xbox One will add more robust DVR control and deeper cable access down the road. "The real problem here is that the Xbox One doesn't do anything magical with TV it just allows pass-through, and split-screen app-viewing, and gameplay." Scott Stein of CNET sums up the issues with Xbox One's halfway attempt to play as a TV channel mediator. Microsoft should be focused on how buyers can ditch their existing gear and centralize onto the Xbox One not just piggyback the console onto legacy cable TV components. But its reliance on an external cable box or DVR make the value proposition rather muted. The Xbox One has a beautiful TV channel guide layout and SmartGlass apps, among other navigation niceties to enhance the viewing experience. I know very well I'm not the only one who would adore the idea of being able to combine the power of Tivo into my Xbox. A recent story on Neowin pinned this in exactly the right light: TV done right could easily be Microsoft's coup de gras for the taking. It's rather disappointing in more ways than one, and I'm personally a bit confused as to why Microsoft settled on such a lackluster approach to Xbox One's TV capabilities. But my lofty plans for a simplified entertainment center were quickly killed, when I learned that Microsoft had no plans on replacing your DVR, but merely piggybacking onto it. When I first heard about Microsoft's Xbox One plans at E3, I was thinking the same thing so many others probably were: my Tivo (or cable box) days are numbered. Aside from a lack of backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games (which is being worked on as I write this), what's the other big reason I am holding off on a first gen Xbox One? A TV streaming & DVR experience that was much talked about in the buildup to launch, but has fallen short in reinventing the way we manage and consume TV content today. ![]()
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