{"id":651662,"date":"2013-04-10T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T18:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgr.com\/?p=428920"},"modified":"2013-04-10T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T18:50:19","slug":"next-generation-xbox-will-reportedly-take-over-tvs-with-deep-set-top-box-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/651662","title":{"rendered":"Next-generation Xbox will reportedly take over TVs with deep set-top box integration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Microsoft<\/a><\/center>It’s becoming clear that Microsoft<\/a> (MSFT<\/a>) doesn’t want its next-generation Xbox<\/a> to be just a gaming console. Unnamed sources have told The Verge<\/em><\/a> that Microsoft will “introduce a feature that lets its next-generation console take over a TV and set-top box in a similar way to Google TV” that “will work by taking a cable box signal and passing it through to the Xbox via HDMI, allowing Microsoft’s console to overlay a UI and features on top of an existing TV channel.” Since Google’s<\/a> (GOOG<\/a>) Google TV platform has largely been a dud so far<\/a>, it will be interesting to see what Microsoft plans to make the Xbox appeal more to consumers who are primarily interested in enhancing their TV experience. The Verge’s<\/em> sources claim\u00a0that the console “will go a step further than Google’s TV implementation thanks to Microsoft’s partnerships with content providers,” although it’s not clear what this next step entails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s becoming clear that Microsoft (MSFT) doesn’t want its next-generation Xbox to be just a gaming console. Unnamed sources have told The Verge that Microsoft will “introduce a feature that lets its next-generation console take over a TV and set-top box in a similar way to Google TV” that “will work by taking a cable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7438,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7438"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}