Alby_da_Wolf said:
kowenicki said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:
kowenicki said:
It will be patched.... obviously.
But why do people store all their media content on their consoles anyway. My console will be for games and games only. 500GB its enough for games for a while to come and when external drives are enable then I MAY get a larger external drive. These things can stream content you know... it doesn't need to be stored on the thing.
I have a 2TB media server for all other stuff, including photos, music and movies. |
But you got a very fast connection with decent ping. Last time I checked, my connection had ~14Mbps DL, 36ms ping BEST CASE, but ~8Mbps DL, 495ms ping in the worst case for ping and ~1.2Mbps DL, 45ms ping in the worst case for bandwidth (UL goes from ~0.5Mbps to ~1Mbps), so streaming HD content wouldn't be a comfortable option, storing and playing is the only option that will deliver quality. Except the worst cases, mine is a quite average connection in most zones, in France they get a little more for quite less money, but more than 20Mbps is still quite rare in Europe and in most other places, except where optical fibre is available (even in that case, base contracts won't us it at its full potential).
Anyhow, they said they'll add external storage support later and they'll do it, but it just looks funny it isn't there since the start in a box touted as console with a lot of other entertainment functions. It looks like somebody at MS is having fun causing embarrassment to PR guys. 
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I'm in Europe. But, what does internet connection have to do with streaming from my home media server?
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For people wanting to use the XBOne as their sole media box, external storage support is necessary, as for most connections HD streaming from internet isn't a viable option, so downloading and storing or caching is a necessity.
BTW, using a plain USB HDD through XBOne (or any other console) is a cheaper option than a console + a media server. For lazy people there is also the advantage of having to learn how to use just the console. And isn't MS goal to make XBOne the central hub for all the entertainment devices?
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If it supports network sharing then it can still be used as the media hub.
