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Xbox to support IPTV?

sangreal

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One of those things that seems obvious but Microsoft hasn't really talked about (to my knowledge).

Well this is from a recent conference call:
MOSHE LICHTMAN: Right. So, obviously the Xbox is first and foremost a gaming platform. This is a very broad phenomenon, I forget how many gamers are out there but it's well over 100 million today, so that is a very important market for us. We said in the past that we see IPTV getting baked into every consumer electronics device. And obviously both Xbox and the Media Center Edition PC are two such examples of where this technology will get baked and offer this capability to operators to offer their services to the installed base of people who either play console games or use Media Center Edition type PCs.


Again, this is a great benefit because they do not have to subsidize the CPE in that case.

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/FY05/MosheLichtman070105.mspx
 
lets say the average high speed internet connection in america is 1.5mpbs (im sure its lower however), and according to microsoft, you're using ~1mbit for just SDTV*. That means you can only watch one channel on this connection, and either your other internet activities are gonna suck or your tv watching will be imparied. not even considering you probably have more than one tv in your house. and thats not even for HD.

* http://www.microsoft.com/tv/content/Solutions/IPTV/mstv_IPTV_Overview.mspx
 
golem said:
lets say the average high speed internet connection in america is 1.5mpbs (im sure its lower however), and according to microsoft, you're using ~1mbit for just SDTV*. That means you can only watch one channel on this connection, and either your other internet activities are gonna suck or your tv watching will be imparied. not even considering you probably have more than one tv in your house. and thats not even for HD.

* http://www.microsoft.com/tv/content/Solutions/IPTV/mstv_IPTV_Overview.mspx

If you look at right now then yeah, the average connection may not be enough to reasonably support IPTV. However, if you look at the near future, fiber to the home will become more widespread and traditional broadband providers are already ramping up bandwidth to compete and to prepare for IP services.

edit:

Thay actually talk about it in the link
ARIAN MAYER (Credit Swiss Asset Management): Morning and thanks, both Aryeh and John for hosting the call.



I have a question from the telecomm front. I understand you're pretty optimistic about your own capabilities with your own systems, but what about the copper network? How do you know that copper can take that kind of signal when you know it has already a lot of issues with just DSL? And, this issue may have nothing to do with you, but I'd like to understand how it affects you as those roll-outs take place and how much testing have you really done outside the lab? Thank you.



MOSHE LICHTMAN: Yes, so I would say I cannot get into a lot of confidential information here, but I can tell you that those tests have already been done; they have been done in the field. That's one of the reasons why there is so much excitement around this thing. I think people are seeing very, very high bandwidth; in fact higher than the ones stated as targets by the operators in North America. So, we are extremely confident that they will be able to deliver. You know, I think SBC said they would like to deliver four streams, including an HD stream and three SD streams, as well as a high capacity data service, as well as voice. We see no reason for those things not to fit into the type of bandwidth that has been tested in the field.

So this is not just a lab test, those tests have already been done in the field. They have been done on various grades of wires and stuff like this. And, the results have exceeded expectations.
 
That'd be one hell of a good secret feature imo...doesnt seem likely in the 2005 SKU though.
 
golem said:
gonna need alot more bandwidth for iptv..

that too is coming next year. both verizon and SBC have fiber to the home test neighborhoods RIGHT NOW. Full rollout for these services will begin next year.
 
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