The Real Deal On Xbox 360 IPTV With Pics and Video

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Curious about what's Microsoft plans for tying in their IPTV division with their 900 other divisions? You're not alone! Gizmodo at least sheds a little light on the IPTV integration with Xbox 360's that were mentioned in CES. They even have a video of it in action!

As all of the video decoding is done by software, rather than by a
hardware tuner, you will be able to record HD shows (DVR and VOD
capabilities are there, in other words, as long as your provider offers
them) while playing a game. Moreover, due to the software decoding, the
number of streams able to be recorded simultaneously is essentially a
matter of bandwidth, so it's theoretically possible to record multiple
streams while gaming to boot. The priority now, however, is simply
making sure that recording an HD stream while playing a game works
flawlessly — the other is extra, so we'll get exact numbers closer to
launch.

 

 

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