http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/ Engadget Comments for XstreamHD details continue to emerge http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/
Still, those machines cost many thousands of dollars. I agree with the team: something smells fishy.]]>Jan 8th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/



it's nice to be back.]]>Jan 8th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/You'll have to pay for each movie/tv show/music you want to "view"
IF you record OTA TV it wont cost money (except for the $399 cost of the box)I'm not sure if theres a channel guide but I cant see why not they could just stream that info to the hard drive over the satellite.

It also seems like you will need a broadband connection to order the movies (to send data back to their servers, the satellite is one way I believe)

This whole things sounds just like the VUDU box or Movie beam, just over satellite and in very high res and with addition of 3 ATSC tuners]]>Jan 8th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/
So long story short: XStreamHD is a content reseller that cobbled together a bunch of available hardware into one neat box that downloads your movies from satellite instead of the net without watering it down.]]>Jan 8th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 8th 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/I own the HD DVD Add on. This would be the next step for me. I was suckered into buying 15-20 HD DVD's.

Plus, the satellite means that it won't suck my internet bandwidth like my Xbox 360 downloads.

It's a win-win-win situation.

P.S. The price is almost as cheap as a BD player to boot.

P.P.S. Even if it's $25 a month, that's the cost of one BD!]]>Jan 8th 2008 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/Jan 9th 2008 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/xstreamhd-details-continue-to-emerge/
I guess its more like Amazon Unbox - the player decides after a particular time of download that whether it is safe to let teh user watch the movie and then continues to download in teh background.

In florida think of it this way. Everyone can expect the weather conditions fr next 24 hours. Depending on that you can be downloading movies... and watching it simultaneously... How cool is that
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