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SvennoJ on 05 June 2013
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Adinnieken said:

Why?  The way you watch TV now would/could still be the same way you watch TV with the Xbox One.  The only difference is that Xbox One will provide whatever existing service you have with voice and motion controls.  So, you can be watching TV on one channel and switch to another just by saying it.  In addition though, it'll offer you suggestions based on what everyone else is currently watching.  So if everyone is watching Game of Thrones, then it may suggest you watch it.

With Xbox One you'll have access to your console with SmartGlass, but your TV services that you're already subscribed to would still be accessed via the existing apps you already have.

Xbox One isn't going to provide IPTV service.  I just said in the long-term I believe that is the direction Microsoft really intends to head.  I think we're a long way away from that point.

Why would I want that? I don't have a problem with using a remote. It's not going to speed things up by saying 'xbox channel 535', waiting for Kinect to recognize it, then xbox one feeding that into my cable box with the infrared blaster.
Plus it can't switch my amplifier between tv audio settings and game/cinema dsp settings. It's all set up fine now switching between inputs with the amp, plugging tv through the xbox one would negate that.
Neiher am I interested in recommendations based on what others are watching, with the dvr at over 90% full all the time I really don't need more.

I tried out Nintendo tvii when it was up and running, but didn't really see the point of that either. Yeah I can have the guide in my lap now, but since it can't program my dvr it's only a distraction while watching something. No different then having the guide on the tv with the program playing in the corner. And now my kids have figured out how to use the gamepad as a remote, annoying buggers :)

I don't see the advantage of an extra layer on top of an already working existing solution. When I'm watching something I'm not interested in all the fluff. When someone else is watching something I can walk the 5 steps to my laptop and do everything.
Btw voice recognition works quite fine already, that's what marriage is for. Jk.

I wouldn't mind some universal split screen solution. 4K tv that can put up to 4 different sources on screen with directional audio zones. Or even better instead of splitscreen, with glassless 3D tech send different programs to different zones.