A few more details popped up on Engadget about the Microsoft Xbox 360 IPTV service early this morning over on Engadget. The Xbox 360 IPTV service will bring live streaming broadcasts, and allow you to play games while recording TV complimenting the Xbox Live video download service.The new details state that the partner in the US will be AT&T which is rolling out its new fiber optic Project Lightspeed network which will cater for the high bandwidth of HDTV over an internet connection.
In fact there will be enough bandwidth for two simultaneous HD channels and so the Xbox TV service will require special QoS features that can handle IPTV traffic.
Due to the high bandwidth requirements its very likely we won't be seeing Xbox IPTV in too many places across the world and I think that the UK and most of Europe will be left out of this for some time.
1. "...I think that the UK and most of Europe will be left out of this for some time"
That's a shame, but, I wonder who they will partner with and being a Brit in mainland Europe, I also wonder how they will handle access to UK programs from another country. It'd be a pain if I still ended up with only BBC Prime and BBC World (even in HD quality).
I also hope that they've found a way to quieten down the XBox360 so that you don't hear it over the level of the TV sound. The ones I've heard are certainly not silent (not just the DVD), maybe the new generation ones will be cooler and quieter as a result?
Posted at 10:53AM on Jan 9th 2007 by solomalee