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Good news, the Xbox One TV capabilities are being enabled for Sky and Virgin Media this month:
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Microsoft has confirmed that UK Xbox One owners will finally support Sky and Virgin Media electronic programme guides (EPGs), empowering their tellies with the Xbox One's media smarts - just in time for the World Cup.
After the Xbox One update rolls out (which Microsoft assures us will be before the World Cup kicks off on 12 June), you'll be able to access your EPG directly from the Xbox itself. And you don't have to have a Sky or Virgin Media box for it to work either.
Microsoft tells Stuff that EPGs will be pulled from other set-top boxes too. Just plug your box into the Xbox One's HDMI input, and it'll pull all the information through automatically.
Currently you're able to view set-top box content via the Xbox One, but the lack of EPG support means that you can't take advantage of Kinect's voice controls to go directly to your channels of choice.
After the update lands, you'll be able to tweak the guide in a number of ways. for starters, you can set HD channels to be the default option, so that SD versions of the same channel aren't cluttering up your guide.
You can also save a favourite channels list for each Xbox profile, so little Timmy's cartoons won't drag down your favourite movie and sports channels.
Additional channels also appear in the guide, ranging from Twitch streaming content, to TED talks and gaming clips recorded to Microsoft's OneDrive service. But EPG guide support is only one half of the update...
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/129152-xbox-one-june-update-coming-next-week-oneguide-for-uk-and-external-hard-drive-support
Nice to know they've getting around to supporting other countries a lot faster than I thought they would. I don't think it will persuade me to get an Xbox One however, but I can imagine it being a handy feature for those who do, only having to go through your Xbox to control both your games console and set top box.
Interesting that it says it will let you set the HD channels by default; Virgin Media doesn't offer this at the moment (Sky does but not with the main 5 terrestials) so I'd definitely welcome that feature.
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Microsoft has confirmed that UK Xbox One owners will finally support Sky and Virgin Media electronic programme guides (EPGs), empowering their tellies with the Xbox One's media smarts - just in time for the World Cup.
After the Xbox One update rolls out (which Microsoft assures us will be before the World Cup kicks off on 12 June), you'll be able to access your EPG directly from the Xbox itself. And you don't have to have a Sky or Virgin Media box for it to work either.
Microsoft tells Stuff that EPGs will be pulled from other set-top boxes too. Just plug your box into the Xbox One's HDMI input, and it'll pull all the information through automatically.
Currently you're able to view set-top box content via the Xbox One, but the lack of EPG support means that you can't take advantage of Kinect's voice controls to go directly to your channels of choice.
After the update lands, you'll be able to tweak the guide in a number of ways. for starters, you can set HD channels to be the default option, so that SD versions of the same channel aren't cluttering up your guide.
You can also save a favourite channels list for each Xbox profile, so little Timmy's cartoons won't drag down your favourite movie and sports channels.
Additional channels also appear in the guide, ranging from Twitch streaming content, to TED talks and gaming clips recorded to Microsoft's OneDrive service. But EPG guide support is only one half of the update...
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/129152-xbox-one-june-update-coming-next-week-oneguide-for-uk-and-external-hard-drive-support
Nice to know they've getting around to supporting other countries a lot faster than I thought they would. I don't think it will persuade me to get an Xbox One however, but I can imagine it being a handy feature for those who do, only having to go through your Xbox to control both your games console and set top box.
Interesting that it says it will let you set the HD channels by default; Virgin Media doesn't offer this at the moment (Sky does but not with the main 5 terrestials) so I'd definitely welcome that feature.