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Telecominsight.net]]>Jan 6th 2007 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/The main question everyone outside the US is having is will it be another US only thing, because if it is people are going to get annoyed really quickly. ok so the video downloads are going to be rolled out eventully but the xbox live is a global community, features should never be region specific]]>Jan 6th 2007 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/
Hackers... start your engines!
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I really hope this is where MS is going with their IPTV. I wouldn't hesitate to dump comcast for a service that lets me buy what I want, and not get stuck with some large overpriced package deal.]]>Jan 6th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/Jan 6th 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/
Instead of paying $100/month for 100's of crappy channels I'd much prefer paying $60-80 a month for say 20 of my favorite channels and them getting enough money from this to skip out on excessive advertising...]]>Jan 6th 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/Jan 6th 2007 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/
You have a point. However I watch about 5 shows. However my cable bill is about 70 bucks a month. There are channels that I get that I don't even know about. However I have to pay for them because I have to take the package or not subscribe.
If it wasn't for the girlfriend I would choose the latter and just grab a torrent of the shows or pull them from the newsgroups. Then the networks loose out even more because I don't see the advertisements that they put in the show.

I'm sure that if me and the GF break up I will be dumping cable and simply waiting until the season comes out on DVD (hopefully HD-DVD or BD). Sure I will be a 6 months to a year behind everyone else but I won't have to shell out $840 a year for less then 100 hours of entertainment. ]]>Jan 6th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/
Is this IPTV thingy only gonna be for the new 360's, or can I, the kid who got his 360 for xmas still use the IPTV service?]]>Jan 6th 2007 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/Jan 6th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://digg.com/tech_news/Watch_TV_Through_Xbox_Live]]>Jan 6th 2007 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/
This idea will likely never come to see fruition in the way these people envision it. Here's why:

Most cable networks are owned by larger companies that own several stations. For example, MTV owns Nikelodeon, VH1, Comedy Central, Spike TV, and BET, not to mention the nearly dozen MTV or VH1 spin-off channels. In order to carry any of those channels at a reasonable rate, MTV insists that cable networks carry all of them. This gives MTV a larger audience to demand higher prices for advertising with, and it gives the cable network 'more options' to offer the viewer, making the cable deal seem more cost-effective.

The truth is, if you wanted only Comedy Central, you'd probably end up paying the same amount for it as you do for all 20 stations owned by MTV and carried by your cable provider.

Alternatives already exist. TiVo, Netflix, and your friendly neighborhood bitTorrent all offer cheaper ways to watch these shows (with varying degrees of user effort, legality, and cost).

If you only watch 100 hours of TV a year (about what 5 shows worth of episodes offer in a year), you are better off buying them for a buck or two an episode on iTunes or renting them on DVD anyways. Even buying the boxed sets brings the cost down to about 2-3 dollars an episode.

you aren't paying for all of the content cable offers you - you are paying for :access: to that content. It's the difference between paying for concert tickets or the CD of the live performance.

Personally, I don't see how IPTV can ever be as convenient as flipping channels. Loading and buffering times, MSoft's inability to design a navigable menu, and the reliance on "Comcastic" internet service (shudder) are all major obstacles here. Then again, I never flip channels myself these days, as my TiVo keeps me covered in that department.]]>Jan 7th 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/06/xbox-360-getting-iptv/Jan 8th 2007 7:51PM