*** The Official Xbox One Thread ***
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Caporegime
Oh my goodness. Red Dead Redemption in 4K!
Yes indeed, I've never played it so just ordered it for £6 off eBay before the prices all go up. Looking forward to replaying Battlefront 2 and Conker on my X aswell
Soldato
Top 20 Best FREE Xbox One Games To Play In 2018
I thought it wasn't implemented yet?
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GWG May
Xbox one:
Super Mega Baseball 2
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
360:
Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
Vanquish
Xbox one:
Super Mega Baseball 2
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
360:
Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage
Vanquish
Caporegime
I see Microsoft are adding 120Hz support to the next OS update in May. Might not have much mileage this gen but certainly bodes well for the future.
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Soldato
Has anyone connected their Sky Box through their Xbox One?
I'm just using mine to receive freesat but that means no pausing/recording. Was wondering whether using the Xbox channel guide would allow this?
I'm just using mine to receive freesat but that means no pausing/recording. Was wondering whether using the Xbox channel guide would allow this?
No, it doesn't record anything.
Soldato
How about pausing/rewinding? That's the main thing for us really.
Once you stop paying for Sky they remove that functionality from the box
Once you stop paying for Sky they remove that functionality from the box
Only with the Xbox TV tuner AFAIK, if you're using the HDMI input it doesn't record anything because it's designed to control whatever set-top box you're using.
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Balls
Might just stick as we are for the time being then. We're in the process of moving house so maybe i'll look at the option of of a proper tv aerial there as we only have a satellite feed at the moment.
Might just stick as we are for the time being then. We're in the process of moving house so maybe i'll look at the option of of a proper tv aerial there as we only have a satellite feed at the moment.
Is a Freesat box not an option? I can't think of anything worse (within the confines of this particular topic) than having to turn on a games console just to watch TV, which probably explains why MS don't make much noise about that particular functionality any more.
Soldato
Ah i'm not sure, i've not used it so had assumed it was a reasonably decent experience and would work reasonably the same as a set top box i.e Turn on xbox, it turns the tv on, select watch tv and boom you have tv
Presume it's not quite that straight forward?
We're likely to buy a new TV in the new place so will probably just make sure whatever i choose has a decent inbuilt tuner.
Presume it's not quite that straight forward?
We're likely to buy a new TV in the new place so will probably just make sure whatever i choose has a decent inbuilt tuner.
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If you are trying to retain record functions of a sky plus box on freesat, sky will allow it for around £10 a month. Its what we did with ours for a while. Can't remember whether the pause / rewind functions worked though but you can probably find out from Google.
My TV's tuner died in a lightning strike so I bought the tuner for the xbox and have been using it for the past 5 months.
Pros
- The official media remote looks and feels great (albeit an extra expense, it doesn't come with the tuner)
- It's great being able to turn everything on with one button, the xbox, TV and audio system all come on together and it'll load straight into TV each time if you want
- You can jump straight into a game once you're bored of TV
- The rewind/pause functionality is always useful for when you're running late with dinner prep or someone comes to the door
- The favourites system makes keeping track of the best channels easy
Cons
- The media remote doesn't have dedicated channel buttons
- The tuner is quite picky with interference and signal strength
- The channel listing for ITV HD is annoying, it's the only channel that doesn't display what's coming up nor is it placed correctly in the list, you'd think it would sit between 102 and 104 but noooo
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