The Real Deal On Xbox 360 IPTV With Pics and Video
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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