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 |  FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | Re: I wish Time Warner Cable would do this rather pay the stb rental fee | |
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join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | I didn't know it could do that Will this work as a second box, for people who want to watch different channels in different rooms?
Sounds like a nice thing for people who already subscribe to Live Gold. | |
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| | | Re: I didn't know it could do that Yes it will.
And the Xbox STB UI is much faster then the standard STB. The UI feels much more fluid and responsive. | |
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| | | Re: I'm so sick of fees I got my XBox Live Gold card for $35 on eBay as a daily deal. That's like $2.90/month. Cable boxes are typically $8-10. That said, I hate the XBox user interface. Too damn cartoony, I'd never use it as anything more then a game console.
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| | | | Re: I'm so sick of fees I believe they are getting ready to release a new version of the interface, but I could be wrong on that. | |
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|  aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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| Currently an HD STB(non DVR) is $10 a month from FiOS. XBL at $50(you can usually find it for at least $50 or much less even though retail it's $60)works out to under $4.20 a month. Almost a 60% savings from renting the HD STB.
Edit: I just relaized this was for Uverse but I guess the same arguement still applies. I would think the HD STB prices are similar. | |
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| | | | Re: I'm so sick of fees Must be in a non-comp area. Mine is $5.99 and the MR_DVD is free (normally $20). My whole bill is (3play) $116/mon w/ Prime and 25/25. TWC is hating life. Not ONE person on my block still has TWC. Even my Luddite neighbors caved last month.
I'm just about to do antenna or QAM and cut the cord w/ just local (we dont watch "paywall" TV), and run W7MC w/ xbox extenders. I picked up a couple of used Rokus to get netflix, amazon, etc for under the price of xbox gold. MSFT can stick it. I'm not paying them crap.
Verizon business (no CAPS -- when FIOS comes) is $74 for 25/25 and phone, so that seems safer. I would take uncapped internet over cable ANY day. | |
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| | Some thoughts... If you scourer the web you will find people that have a work around for the "required" $99 truck role.
Now if the xBox had a blu-ray in it, I would be all over this and put one on each of my other 4 TV's, but right now I will leave it at just the 2.
Also, for those that don't know or remember, if you have more than one Gold account it is worth getting the Family plan as it includes 5 accounts. | |
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|  BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: Some thoughts... said by Skippy25:Also, for those that don't know or remember, if you have more than one Gold account it is worth getting the Family plan as it includes 5 accounts. It's 4 accounts not 5.
»www.xbox.com/en-US/Live/JoinLive···yPackFAQ
Q: I have more than four people in my family. Is there an option to add more people to a Family Pack?
A: Currently, the Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack will only include four Xbox LIVE Gold accounts, but we’re looking forward to the community’s feedback and it’s something we may evolve in the future.
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| | takes too long to break even By my calculations, it takes nearly 3 years before you start saving money by using your xbox instead of a $7 per month ATT Uverse box if you don't have an xbox live gold account. If you already have a gold account, then it's nearly two years before you save the cost of the ridiculously priced software and installation from ATT. | |
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 digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | Electricity and heat? So.... how's the wattage and heat addition to the house (not a bad thing in the winter) working out compared to a little set top box?
No thanks.. I wouldn't run my XBox all day long just to watch TV.
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| | digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | Re: Electricity and heat? Think you need to read your own links...
According to the study, the most efficient DVRs tested came from AT&T, and drew about 18 watts when on and 12 watts while in a light sleep mode.
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| | |  Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY | Re: Electricity and heat? Do you not understand what "peak usage" means?
The majority of the Xbox 360's processing power would not be used by the U-verse application.
It would likely have comparable performance to a STB. | |
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| | | | digiblurGot Sipura?Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana | Re: Electricity and heat? said by Xizer:Do you not understand what "peak usage" means?
The majority of the Xbox 360's processing power would not be used by the U-verse application.
It would likely have comparable performance to a STB.
Ha...even the Xbox360 slim model wishes it could only pull 40-50 watts while idle at the dashboard, the same amount of wattage as a sloppy quad tuner dishnetwork receiver.
70 watts at idle is a lot more than 20 watts of a STB. And that's a dvr. The older xbox360 is over 100 watts when it is doing nothing.
So as I said before...no thanks on an Xbox as a STB replacement. I will use their box, cheaper all around. Less electricity usage, less heat, and they fix it for free when it dies.
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