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SvennoJ on 05 June 2013
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Adinnieken said:
SvennoJ said:
 

Do you not see that that is no advantageous at all to a lot of people. I don't want to also pay for xbox live, netflix, hulu, per episode, per movie, etc, or watch commercials again. The only thing I want is for my cable box to stop showing program times for shows on channels I'm not subscribed to, not offer up a whole bunch more options I don't have access to.

Cable already does it all. Kids watch their cartoons on demand (no commercials in the kids streams luckily), my wife and I use the dvr to watch the stuff we want. We both fast forward through a lot of stuff just for the interesting bits. Tv or just the amp is usually on as background noise as well since it also has radio channels. At night it's on with some boring rerun or something to fall asleep with.

Xbox one as a cable box replacement/enhancement is pretty pointless unless it has multi room DVR capabilities. For a single person living by himself with selective viewing, iptv is probably cheaper then cable. It's a lot less interesting for families.

I don't disagree with your point.  For some people, the Guide on the Xbox One and the capabilities it has for enhancing the TV viewing experience won't be a selling point.  That's fine.  It doesn't detract from the capabilities of the Xbox One.  It's an additional feature on top of it's core feature, which is playing games.

Sure, I'll be using it for games mainly (if they drop the online drm or when sub $15 steam sales happen)

I kind of feel the Xbox One is build for the optimal experience of One user. When we're watching something together popping up crap is intrusive to the other viewers. Plus putting all stuff in one box is not great when someone wants to play a game in one room while the other wants to watch tv in the other.

It can be great for people that already know what they want to watch and are looking for the content. My wife and I are not that actively engaged in tv watching though. A menu with what's available atm, and a dvr that automatically records a couple of things is plenty. No worries about bandwidth, going over monthly limits, whether a show is worth the admission price, what quality it's at, or has to be watched withing 48 hours. 

I can see how it might become the way we watch tv in the future. First we'll need faster internet without bandwidth caps, then an affordable box for every room, and consistent quality, availability and pricing accross the board. A long way to go yet.
Anyway I'm glad for the competition as it indirectly makes my cable service better too. I can now program my 2 dvrs over the web, on demand has greatly improved and they've finally got some fire to improve their interface.