Another anticipated wait has come to an end with Microsoft adding IPTV to the Xbox 360 but nothing has been heard about HDMI, DVR, or any video on demand features. Though the details are not highlighted as yet, but Robbie Bach made a slink peep at this new service on Saturday. Â The service will offer live streaming broadcasts, and its USP lies in letting you play a game on Xbox Live while recording a show in the background.
In the mid way, Dean Takahashi, Mercury News leaked some Xbox 360 announcements that Microsoft planned to make in the following week Microsoft IPTV services will have insant channel change, multiple picture-in-picture, broadcast shows, video on demand, and DVR functionality (use those 120GB for more than just trailers.

The programming for IPTV on Xbox 360 will be from providers who are already offering services based on Microsoft TV IPTV Edition. Bach also hinted there will be some social aspects to the service that will “make it easy for people to access and discover their favorite content and share their personal experiences with the communities they are part of.” The cost of the service has been kept under the carpet.
Along with IPTV, Microsoft has plans to release Windows Home Server to act as file storage for your home. The debate whether this will work together with IPTV on 360 is still on, but we’re pro IPTV.
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