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Slimebeast on 20 June 2013
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superchunk said:
Slimebeast said:

The bold part is chinese to me. Perhaps I'm stupid.

I have a new LED TV with an internet-connection to it (LG Smart TV or something like that), but I don 't understand the purpose, I haven't bothered to use it and I don't know why it is there.

I don't know what Google Play is. Why do you have stuff there? Is it on the internet?

What is a DVR nowadays? In the past we had VCRs if we wanted to rent a movie, then came DVD and then Blue-ray. But what is DVR?

But anyway, since you would be interested in buying a box if it cost $100, what's the selling point of Xbone, which also is a media box, but costs much more. Yes it gives gaming too, but still... you're talking $100 while the Xbone is a box at $500.

Your TV likely does most of this. Google a video on it to see how it works.

Google Play is the Android web store to get all the apps Android runs as well as tons of movies, music, games, tv shows, books and magazines.

DVR is a digital video recorder. Basically you can record anything showing on tv to watch later. It records to a hard drive instead of a vhs/cd/dvd.

Xbone's price is kinda my point. I think its way too expensive. My point in the OP is that next-gen wouldn't require uber-high-end components and therefore no where near a $500 price point.. I'm thinking closer to $250 or $300 max.

You mean like an instructional video about the specific model series I own, like say on YouTube? Good idea.

Okay so Google Play is the equivalent to Apple's app-store? And since you're an Android guy you have invested plenty of Dollars in it already, on music and videos and stuff?

I wonder how Microsoft is thinking about the Xbone price. Haven't they learned? How on earth are they gonna broaden their market beyond the traditional gamer. I just can't see it.

"Buy our cool living room media box because you can control your TV with your voice, and we have a deal with NFL, but hey, make sure you keep your cable provider, and oh, it's only $500"

BTW, if your choice of "media box" would become the Xbone after all, would you be able to access that Google Play library of yours through the Xbone in a smooth way with the Kinect voice and snap features and all?