diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/xbox.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/xbox.txt | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/xbox.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/xbox.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e0b520 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/11.06.06/Tues/xbox.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +As we reported this morning, Microsoft will soon be delivering HD Video to your living room via the XBox 360. From the New York Times:
>In the last few years, Microsoft has been pushing the idea of Media Center PCs, which are meant to sit in the living room and supply music and video to the stereo and the television set. But the concept has not caught on, in part because of the complexity of setting up and using these systems.
Microsoft apparently hopes to change this by streaming movies not to your computer but to your XBox 360 which is, in most cases, already hooked up to the internet.
One of the interesting things about this is it seems to circumvent Microsoft's previous push of its "Media Center PC."
While the HD delivery is pretty cool, the size of the files is significantly larger and ruins the whole impulse purchase factor. You can still impulsively decided to order a movie, you just might have to wait an hour or two before it's viewable.
Microsoft is positioning this as movie-rental service. Licensing agreements and DRM will prevent you from moving your content from the XBox to any other playback devise.
Given the XBox 360's paltry storage capacity (currently 20gigs), this means you can only store about 4 hours of high-def video at a time. For movies this won't matter since they are "rentals" that expire after 24 hours. Television shows on the other hand can be stored and, to address the lack of storage space, Microsoft says that television shows you delete can be downloaded again at no additional charge.
The DVR market is currently saturated with some pretty awful technology, but hopefully with Microsoft entering the foray, consumers will see some better options become available.
\ No newline at end of file |