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The Future of TV Begins this week on Xbox 360

The Future of TV Begins this week on Xbox 360
Published by: forahobby on Monday, December 05, 2011
Tagged: Media Center, Xbox 360, Xbox Live,

The next generation of TV entertainment begins with the announcement by Microsoft Corp. of the launch of an all-new Xbox 360 experience including the first group of new, custom applications from world leading TV and entertainment content providers on Xbox LIVE.


You Say It, Xbox Finds It


How long does it take you to search and find your favorite movie or TV show? Do you find yourself searching hundreds of channels and multiple services and TV inputs? What if the entertainment you craved was simple, discoverable and exactly what you wanted at that particular moment?

Now, finding your favorite entertainment is easier than ever. Last year, Kinect for Xbox 360 revolutionized controller-free entertainment by letting you use your body and voice to play your favorite games and entertainment, turning you into the controller. The power of Kinect combined with the intelligence of Bing search is turning your voice into the ultimate remote control. With Bing on Xbox, you can use your voice to effortlessly find the games, movies, TV shows and music you want and discover the best offerings on Xbox LIVE, by simply saying what you’re searching for. You say it, Xbox finds it. Beginning tomorrow and over the coming weeks, Bing on Xbox voice search will initially be available in English in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. for Zune video, Xbox LIVE Marketplace and select content partners. For those who do not have a Kinect for Xbox 360, text search will be available in Xbox LIVE markets.

To view the latest list of partners and apps that are coming soon to Xbox 360 please click the link to view the entire article.

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40 world class TV and entertainment providers coming to Xbox LIVE

40 world class TV and entertainment providers coming to Xbox LIVE
Published by: forahobby on Friday, October 07, 2011
Tagged: Live Marketplace, Media Center, Xbox 360, Xbox Live,

Today, Microsoft Corp. announced plans to roll out the next generation of TV entertainment on Xbox LIVE this holiday, in more than 20 countries.


Xbox 360 is the first console to offer access to the world’s greatest TV properties, including BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and LOVEFiLM in the U.K.; Antena 3, RTVE and Telefónica in Spain; Televisa in Mexico; and Bravo, Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand service, Crackle, EPIX, Syfy, TMZ, “The Today Show,” UFC, Verizon FiOS and HBO GO in the United States.

A new era in television begins this holiday where your entertainment becomes instantly searchable, easily discoverable and enjoyable in extraordinary new ways from a single device — Xbox 360. Today, Microsoft Corp. announced plans to roll out the next generation of TV entertainment on Xbox LIVE, the online entertainment service for Xbox 360. Nearly 40 world-leading TV and entertainment providers, including Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon FiOS and Syfy in the U.S.; BBC in the U.K., Telefónica in Spain; Rogers On Demand in Canada; Televisa in Mexico; ZDF in Germany; and MediaSet in Italy, will begin rolling out entertainment services to the console this holiday, in more than 20 countries.

Today’s announcement is a major step toward realizing our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy,” said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “Combining the world’s leading TV and entertainment providers with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360* and the intelligence of Bing voice search will make TV and entertainment more personal, social and effortless.”

“We are continually evolving the television experience to bring Xfinity TV subscribers more personalized ways to search, find and watch the content they love,” said Sam Schwartz, president of Comcast Converged Products. “Our recently launched next-generation Xfinity TV platform is enabling us to bring Xfinity On Demand to a gaming console for the first time, and Kinect’s voice and gesture controls will offer our customers an innovative way to discover and enjoy Xfinity On Demand’s huge library of top shows and movies.”

Live and On-Demand TV, Movies, Games, Sports, Music and More

Xbox 360 brings all your entertainment, friends and family together in one place. Now, easily switch from playing your favorite game with a friend out of state or even across the world to watching your favorite TV show with your family members on the same couch, all through Xbox LIVE. Ready to mix things up? Effortlessly switch from games to music to live TV and more, simply by telling your Xbox what you want to experience.



“Microsoft and Verizon share a common vision to transform the ways people enjoy and interact with the entertainment they want — what Verizon calls the borderless lifestyle,” said Eric Bruno, vice president of consumer and mass business product management for Verizon. “FiOS TV on the Xbox 360 is an excellent example of how we’re working with market leaders to erase old technology borders to expand the FiOS TV experience and taking advantage of unique new features including voice- and gesture-control of live TV entertainment via Kinect. This holiday, Verizon will bring a selection of popular live TV channels to Xbox 360 and will be a leader in delivering live, multichannel streaming HD TV, integrated with Kinect, via Xbox.”

A total of 50 world-leading TV and entertainment partners have joined Xbox 360 & Xbox LIVE to transform TV entertainment. Xbox LIVE currently has 35 million members worldwide who spend 2.1 billion hours a month on the service, which saw three times the growth in video consumption last year.

If you are on the HQ homepage, make sure you click the link to view a full list of existing and new Xbox LIVE Entertainment Partners.

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FFPlay Xbox360 - Homebrew Media Player Released

FFPlay Xbox360 - Homebrew Media Player Released
Published by: forahobby on Monday, August 29, 2011
Tagged: Homebrew, Media Center, Xbox 360,

Cancerous and JQE have release a new homebrew media player for JTAG enabled Xbox 360 consoles. FFPlay should play almost all 720p videos; 1080p is unstable..

Welcome to our release of FFPlay. From Cancerous and JQE. This is using FFmpeg libraries from http:ffmpeg.org as ported by Ced2911 This is using SDL as ported by Lantus. This should play allmost all 720p videos. 1080p IS UNSTABLE please don't report it we know about i.

INFO FOR USERS:
A brings up a menu, rewind, Fast Forward, Stop, Play, Pause.
NOTE: Fast Forward, and Rewind might be unstable. It is know and we are working on it.

NOW we have our people to thank:
cOz helped with some coding and solved a issue with running it on JTAGS
Thanks to testers: Blackwolf, JPizzle, Mattie, Razkar, and Trajik.
Thanks for direction and assistance: MaesterRo, Anthony, And node21
Thanks for the libraries Ced2911 and Lantus

360-HQ Hombrew Hub: FFPlay Media Player
360-HQ Download: here
Official Site: http://code.google.com/p/ffplay360/

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Xbox 360 Doubles As Optik TV Digital Box

Xbox 360 Doubles As Optik TV Digital Box
Published by: sppv on Saturday, August 20, 2011
Tagged: Media Center, Xbox 360,

With Optik TV, your Xbox 360 allows you to record, pause and replay live TV.

Good news for my fellow Canadians, you don't have to pay the astronomical rental fee Telus charges for a digital box. Now you'll be able to use the Xbox 360 to watch Optik TV, allowing you to record up to 3 shows at once, just like your PVR.

Existing Optik TV clients wanting to add or change an existing digital box, including connecting an Xbox 360®, will require a TELUS technician visit to connect the new hardware. An $100 fee applies


To learn more please visit the official telus website here and the official xbox website here.

News Source: xbox.com/en-ca/ | telus.com

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Fall 2010 Update Breaks Load to Disc/MCE Options - To be Fixed in Future Update

Fall 2010 Update Breaks Load to Disc/MCE Options - To be Fixed in Future Update
Published by: forahobby on Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Tagged: Media Center, Xbox 360,

The Fall 2010 Update has a few bugs when it comes to Media Center and Media Center Extenders. Once you have performed the latest mandatory Xbox LIVE update you will notice that your xbox 360 dashboard will appear even if you have changed your startup settings in MCE.

When you turn on your Xbox 360 console, the Xbox Dashboard appears even when you have changed your startup settings to load a Disc or Media Center extender.

This issue occurs after downloading the latest System Update from Xbox LIVE and will be resolved in a future System Update. To work around this issue, use the Xbox Dashboard to launch the current Disc or Media Center extender.

To launch the current disc

1. Go to My Xbox

2. Select the first panel to Play Disc

To Launch Media Center extender

1. Go to My Xbox

2. Select Windows Media Center

Official Site: http://support.microsoft.com

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Sky Player on Xbox 360 to get Kinect support

Sky Player on Xbox 360 to get Kinect support
Published by: forahobby on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tagged: Hardware, Media Center, Xbox 360, Xbox Live,

It has been confirmed that Sky Player on the Xbox 360 will indeed work with Kinect – Microsoft's new-fangled motion controller – when it launches in the UK.

Microsoft has always been adamant that Kinect is not just about gaming, but an entirely new way to control everything on your console, which includes services like Sky Player.


While there has been little word on how exactly this will be done, both Sky and Xbox have finally confirmed that you will be able to choose to watch your favourite shows by doing some Minority Report-style hand gestures.

According to those in the know, you will also be able to use your voice to pause, fast forward, rewind and play content and scrolling through content will be done with the wave of a hand.

Sky Player has been available on the Xbox 360 since October 2009 and marked a departure for Sky, as it offered the service to those without a satellite dish and not on a computer.

Microsoft has announced that the UK release date for Kinect is 10 November, so get practising those hand gestures (not those ones!).

News-Source: http://www.techradar.com

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