As of right now you can now stream your Comcast cable, MLB.TV and HBO GO directly from your Xbox. Awesome right?…..
FALSE. Unfortunately you still need to be a cable subscriber to access any of the information on Comcast and that goes double for HBO GO. Also it doesn’t even really get rid of the Cable box entirely.
From the Comcast FAQ:
Q: Does a customer need to have a Comcast cable box connected to the TV, along with the Xbox 360?
A: No, but the customer does need to have a cable box or CableCARD-enabled retail device connected to at least one TV in the house. This means, for example, an XFINITY Digital customer could access XFINITY On Demand content from the Xbox 360 in their rec room, as long as they have a cable box or retail CableCARD device in another room of the house, such as the living room.
So really all this does is allow you to use your Xbox as “another” Cable box and not get rid of it completely. Nice I guess for people who already pay for all these services and just want another device to access them…but that’s a pretty small group IMHO. Especially since you will be looking at a Cable bill with HBO approx. $120 a month + $50 a year for XBL.. this hardly feels like any kind of deal or something I will be bothering with any time soon.
However, this is definitely a step in the right direction. HBO may get a new customer if they can break away from the cable company and just charge me a single fee for access to their services à la carte, an option consumers have been clamoring for years to get. Also it opens up the future of how Video Game Consoles are the go-to device for home entertainment, and shows that the next gen will be more in plug then any console in the past. Now all I need is someone to give me their login information to access HBO GO so I can get my Game of Thrones on. Anybody wanna help a brother out? ha
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Pfft…it’s all about the PC.
PC!?! PC?!! The last damn thing I want to do after being at work all day in front of a computer, is to sit down at another computer to watch tv/play games on a small screen. Now that video card is damn sexy, but for me, the couch and my giant TV win over slightly better graphics.
^ I completely agree unfortunately certain games are not only on the computer only but also play better on the computer since you can have more control
sure but the control you are talking about has no real impact on the game directly. Yes FPS’s are better on the PC, deal with it its fact, but if all you are wanting to do is play a game it still doesn’t matter. Besides this article is about watching tv on the xbox and when it comes to tv couch+big screen > computer.
I know but the control I was talking about is with having more keys. I prefer FPS on the console
PS I don’t care this article is about movies haha
More keys for what? Sure games like WoW or SWTOR NEED more keys, but those are not on the console. Your average FPS or platformer doesn’t need much more than what can be found on a controller.
And I dont care about you. HAHA
Not only is there more control and better graphics, better physics, there are also mods. And for the TV/couch, there is a thing called the Home Theater PC.
I actually do have the home theater PC set up and while all these things are cool, The main problem there is there is not currently a comfortable and effective way to slouch/rexlax and use a keyboard/mouse. You end up hunched over your coffee table or buying a small tv trey table, but then you might as well be back at a computer desk. So relaxation is still +1 for console.
One thing you can take away from that though is that if that’s what PC hardware is capable of NOW, the next generation consoles, with all the e3 announcement rumors, will be at this level.