Xbox One

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/x...-at-launch

"Xbox One's Live TV service will only be available in the United States at launch, with Microsoft 'anticipating global scale over time,' according to an official press release."

"The service will not be supported out of the box; Xbox One Live TV will require a separate supported receiver device with HDMI output to work."

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I'm at a loss here, its like they don't even want people to buy their product

I think you guys are missing what the X1 actually does. Remember how the guy was talking about how it's annoying to switch inputs on your tv but with the X1 you don't have to? Basically what you do is plug your already-existing cable box (or DVR or whatever was already hooked up to your TV) into the X1's input. Then you plug the X1's output into the TV.

From wht I can tell, "Watch TV" mode is essentially just an HDMI passthrough which eliminates the (small) hassle of actually having to change inputs on your TV as well as freeing up an HDMI port on your TV. In other words, by that logic it's possible that you can hook other things up to it than a cable box, such as a PS4, for example.

Microsoft isn't actually selling TV access. As far as the "Live TV" features they're talking about not being available, I'm pretty sure that's referring to stuff like the TV guides and whatever other TV functionality it'll have. I'm betting you can still /watch/ TV in countries outside of the US, but you won't be able to access guides or any other content. You're still gonna be paying your regular cable bill just like you already were.

edit: for the record, the thing still seems like a piece of shit and i'm not defending it at all.