http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/ Engadget Comments for Xbox 360 will support AT&T's U-Verse TV later this year http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/I've got an XBox 360 and U-Verse service and this is awesome news. That is if it means I can send one of my boxes in and save the $7 a month. If they charge ANYTHING for me to use my own equipment it may be just enough to drive me away. Since I got the service in Nov 2008 they have raised the price of each box from $5 to $7 and increased the cost of the package I have (U300) from $79 to $82. Sure it is a small increase but it adds up.]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/They probably will only charge for the software once, and then the usual subscription. That's how Vodafone does it in Portugal.]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
My iPhone gets horrible service in the house too. I would love to have UVerse and great 3G coverage from my ISP, but alas, that's too much to ask for. AT&T, your world (un)delivered.]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
I shouldn't have been surprised to see this coming, MS writes the software used on the U-Verse boxes.]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/No, they're $7/mo each. Only the DVR is free.]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
I agree, I don't get what the Big Deal is and I even have an XB360. Seems like they would have the same features as a regular settop box.

Oh yeah, and knowing the kind of nickle-and-dime company that AT&T is, I almost guarantee that they will add in some kind of stupid monthly charge for this... even though you are actually using your own equipment.]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Yes, but the free STB deal ended over 2 years ago. Unless you got it as a promo and are grandfathered, you're paying per box.]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/I suppose you'd probably still have a Uverse set-top for your main TV, and just use the 360 in another room, so you might be able to record on the Uverse box and stream to the xbox. So it'd still save on equipment rental.]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
this is big, but the 360 hard drive is small. For this thing to even make sense as a STB the drive need to be over 300GB at minimum.

And without having to pay Microsoft's stupid rip-off drive prices to get there.]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
If you're worried about your inadequate drive, you should check this out: http://www.highdefforum.com/gaming-systems/64170-connecting-external-hard-drive-xbox-360-a.html
]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Hard drive space is irrelevant. It only needs enough space to store the client software. The XBox will work as a STB, not a DVR.]]>Jan 7th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
Though it would probably kill off the older 360s pretty quick as well. More money for M$]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
This is enough to make me reconsider my whole strategy for TV. I'm in a U-verse area and would like an alternative for Comcast. If every PC in the house gets all the channels plus all the xboxs at TVs then this is much better than cable card which only the extenders can see live TV. After that, all I need is the ability to record multiple channels (record 4 channels the PC hard drive - of course - not some silly 160 gig hard drive) and I'm set.
]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
You could just dry your hair at the same time as watching your current U-vers set up and get the same effect...]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
I agree, having the PC as your set-top box is huge. ]]>Jan 6th 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
So it's not prying any control from AT&T whatsoever.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
I think his point is that the actually box is going to become more of a consumer choice. If i could chose between a Windows 7 notebook and a set-top box, I'm going to choose the notebook 99 times out of 100. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 6th 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
Using a windows 7 PC as a U-verse box makes a lot of sense other than the fact you would always need to tie up your PC. You would also need to have a pretty good graphics card with an HDMI output for your main TV. The 360 gets around this but using the 360 controller as a TV remote wouldn't work. The Microsoft media center remote lacks some buttons needed for proper U-Verse functionality.

There is also the DVR problem. Will you be able to use the 360 or your PC as the DVR and still be able to watch different recorded programs on different TVs? Or even use the 360 as a DVR? You wouldn't get much in the way of recording time vs the AT&T dedicated DVR.

Set top U-Verse boxes can be connected through coax or ethernet cables. I don't know if it is possible to connect them through a wireless connection. That would be nice for a PC. However the throughput of the wireless connection might not be enough for smooth HD.

What I have been waiting for from U-verse is location free/slingbox functionality. Streaming the service to a laptop through the internet. If you could connect a PC to the main U-verse unit it should be possible.

In reality this announcement is almost meaningless. Far, far from a game changer. The real game changer would be off site U-verse functionality. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/"Using a windows 7 PC as a U-verse box makes a lot of sense other than the fact you would always need to tie up your PC"

Only when you were using it to watch TV, which is kind of the whole point.

"You would also need to have a pretty good graphics card with an HDMI output for your main TV. "

You wouldn't. You'd have a dedicated box at your main TV like you already do. This is for satellite boxes. Bedrooms, offices, home gyms. It's one less box to plug in in those spaces, and one less thing to lease from AT&T. As long as it's cheaper than the STB fee, it's a pretty big win.

"There is also the DVR problem. Will you be able to use the 360 or your PC as the DVR and still be able to watch different recorded programs on different TVs?"
STB != DVR. You can't use the 360 to record. You'll still have your DVR box attached to your main TV.

It's far from a meaningless change. It's a step away from provider-owned boxes and like DirecTV's PC viewer, a step toward multi-platform viewing. It's IPTV starting to rise to its potential instead of pretending to be an antiquated cable system. These things come in small steps, and this is an important one.

]]>Jan 7th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Think they have a cream for that

But in all seriousness, U-Verse is the one reason I don't have the desire to burn down at&t's coperate offices. I've had it a year and it's better than anything I've had before (that being DirecTV and comcast way back when it was, ironically enough, AT&T)]]>Jan 7th 2010 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
I think I would use a PC in the living room instead of the DVR set top box that come with the AT&T package just so I can use a larger HDD. I also have about 1TB of movies/videos ripped off DVDs and Blu-rays stored on my WHS I can stream using the 360, and that would be awesome to get them all in one place. Add to that I can stream all my MP3s, and Photos, plus with live I can get Netflix, Facebook, and LastFM all with one device...Pure Bliss!!!]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/
Big Brother is protecting us!]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 7th 2010 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://skyplayer.sky.com and www.sky.com/skymobile for anyone interested]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/xbox-360-will-support-atandts-u-verse-tv-later-this-year/Jan 8th 2010 9:54AM