xbox 360 IP TV?

**custard** · 27-10-2007

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Update: We just learned that Aaron just got his 360 back from Microsoft repair this week. We also know that his dash version isn't any different than the one that is already out (2.0.5787.0) leading us to believe that his 360 doesn't have the Fall update. But the new options are definitely related to the IPTV service as more options were discovered in his 360's settings. Need proof? Check out the two new screenshots we just added.

If the sweet, juicy, rumor friendly screenshots that we just received via our tipster inbox hold any water, then everyone can look forward to IPTV being part of the Fall update. Though, remember kids, this is all filed under the "rumor" tag ...

The two four screenshots you see in the gallery below were sent to us by tipster Aaron, who says that he turned on his Xbox 360 today and noticed a new TV icon with four text squares in his media blade and was wondering if we knew what it was all about. We investigated and noticed that this new TV icon option wasn't normal and replaced the "Video Marketplace" option that we see on our dash. The second thing we noticed was that, when hovered over, the description for the mysterious TV icon option reads:
Use television services.
Live & recorded TV
On-demand movies
Chat while watching TV

Sounds like IPTV options to us. Once clicked, an error message pops up stating that it was "unable to start" and to contact support at www.microsoft.com/tv. That URL will take you to Microsoft's Mediaroom website ... also interesting. So, if everything is legit in these pictures and Aaron doesn't end up being a Photoshop God, we're going speculate that this random occurrence is related somehow to the Fall update. The square text boxes, error message and overall un-ready status of the dashboard option all smell of a Fall update that isn't yet ready for the masses. Maybe Aaron was online at the right moment when an Xbox Live engineer tripped over a cord sending Fall update goodness to his 360. Who knows. We'll try to get more information about this odd occurrence and ultimately find out if these screens are real and relate to IPTV or the Fall update. Until then, file everything into the rumor section of your brain and give the screenshots a look over.

Koa · 27-10-2007

Very Interesting

**custard** · 27-10-2007

yup tv recording is intereting however it maybe linking to a media pc rather than on demand channels

ps check out that gamer picture

J333EVO · 27-10-2007

What I don't understand is why it keeps referring to me & my now repaired 360, there's nothing wrong with mine & never has been since I bought it ????

Aaron

**custard** · 28-10-2007

thats cos its sickly green

J333EVO · 28-10-2007

Originally Posted by custard

thats cos its sickly green

How did you know, I don't think I had posted on here before, but yes I bought a Halo Edition 360 cos I was marketing mans dream, saw it wanted it.........

All I need now is a GT5 Edition Playstation 3 to complement it, well if they make one that is

**custard** · 28-10-2007

didnt you know i have a cross reference of FF members and 360's sold

that and jamie has a big mouth

J333EVO · 28-10-2007

Originally Posted by custard

didnt you know i have a cross reference of FF members and 360's sold

that and jamie has a big mouth

Lol that will be it then and Mr Bigwood. I also had to buy the Halo 3 Spartan wireless controller just to keep your database upto date

**custard** · 28-10-2007

didnt get one of these though

J333EVO · 28-10-2007

LOL no, I did think about it and thought I had more than enough ltd ed stuff so stopped myself!

**custard** · 28-10-2007

green le xbox 1's are where its at

J333EVO · 28-10-2007

Originally Posted by custard

green le xbox 1's are where its at

Well my X-box 1 isn't green, but I did have a champagne reception for its launch on London Eye and a few nights in Waldorf Estoria as I worked for MS at the time. I got a free one at end of it with 5 titles and two pads to take back home, so I couldn't complain too much. Ah those were the days of MS expenses & freebie's

I still have my Ltd Ed Halo 2 though in its nice metal box

**custard** · 30-10-2007

>> From joystiq.com:

Turns out those images of an Xbox 360 with IPTV were legit. In a statement issued by Microsoft, the Redmond-based company acknowledged that the IPTV features "were inadvertently exposed while the customer's console was being serviced and is unrelated to the Fall Update."

The IPTV features, according to the statement, are part of the Microsoft Mediaroom services and will be made available to service providers by the end of this year, adding that it will be up to them to decide when the service is deployed.

Full Story: joystiq.com

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