Xbox One Unboxing Vid w/ Major Nelson - Headset Now Included

[Munkeh111]

thranx said:

Munkeh111 said:
I do like that on/off switch!

But change the packaging, the first thing that you should see is the console, not the other way around! Oh and nice big power brick

I was slightly confused by "the kinect is an IR blaster" part. I know that the Xbox One controls your satellite box by IR, but does this mean that the Kinect fires the commands out to your box? I was actually discussing this with a friend, does this mean that your Kinect beams out the signal and relies on it reflecting off the back wall onto your satellite box?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tivo_irblaster_small.jpg

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_blaster

 

Basically all an IR blaster does is transmit the same code that your remote would in the same way(infrared i believe). They usually look like in the first link, and you plug the one end into the XboxOne, and place the wire in a spot that will transmit to your cable box(the end of the wire is a transmitter just like in the front of your tv remote). Its most likely going to be used for cable boxes that dont support the xbox one. They may do it slightly different, but that is how they work for PC TV tuner cards.

I know what an IR blaster is, I am merely questioning how it would work from the Kinect. I thought what he meant was that the Kinect actually fires the signal, which I don't have full confidence in. I am well aware that you can just get a wire there and tape it to the box to produce the signal, that is how my system works (not that I use it, I much prefer the physical controls of an actual TV remote)