10 bit per channel has benefits if you are encoding/mastering/fiddling, same as things beyond the sampling limits of the human ear have benefits when you are encoding/mastering/fiddling. For end user use though....
Maybe on a laptop with a quality screen with your face really close to it, but when you shove the disc into a player, sit back and enjoy the ride 3-4 meters away from an average-sized telly then I challenge you to that duel. Difference in framerate? Maybe, maybe. In image quality? Doubt it.
Microsoft never planned on making the system incompatible with used games - they wanted to systematize their distribution and although the methods regarding disc-based content were questionable (Gamestop monopoly, meaning the complete opposite of communism), trading digital downloads would've been a first and it would be great - a lot of people are looking forward to that kind of functionality.
Nobody wanted to spy on you - please turn off your cellphone, the evil BTS towers and GPS satellites are connecting you (to provide you with a service, but that doesn't sound nearly as well as spying) and return to the stone age if you actually believe that. I can assure you with 100% certainty that nobody gives two flips about you as an individual - location data is collected to provide you with better services and better advertisements (live shop tiles and whatnot, proposing content that is relevant to you based on your previous purchases, gaming habits etc.) - Google does it all the time, y'know.
Just... stop.
Now, I don't know if you've noticed... but if you're using a laptop, there's a 90% chance that there's a camera staring right at your gob as we speak."Originally... the company [Microshaft] said the Kinect would be a mandatory part of the system that needed to be plugged in at all times"
They don't want to spy on you, they simply want to have an internet-connected camera pointed at you 24/7. Totally not spying.
Now, I don't know if you've noticed... but if you're using a laptop, there's a 90% chance that there's a camera staring right at your gob as we speak.
The Kinect was supposed to be mandatory because the OS was supposed to be controlled almost completely by the Kinect rather than the controller (which is still an option for Kinect users). It was initially mandatory for the exact same reason why the Wii U Gamepad was - because it was designed as an integral part of the system. Of course the world is filled with completely paranoid people who honestly believe that Microsoft has a secret basement where aprox. 10.000 nerds stare at Kinect feeds and masturbate to them, which is why Microsoft had to retract innovation to appease the witch hunters.
They're not data mining live feeds of video because they have absolutely zero marketing value. They might monitor your purchases so that they can give you offers relevant to you and thus make you spend more, they can monitor location data to provide you with offers from your location so that you spend even more, they might monitor your Internet browsing history to know your interests and make you open your wallet yet again, but they sure as f*ck aren't interested in a 24/7 feed of you sitting with a remote in hand flicking through the channels - this is not something that can generate any profit or business opportunities whatsoever. If you think that you're so important that a global corporation that earns more in a second than you earn in a year actually cares about how you look like, you are out of your mind.And the NSA isn't monitoring your call records or emails.
Microshaft is data-mining just like Google, Apple, and many other companies are doing. If the FBI comes knocking, you don't think they will provide access to the information/live feeds?
I use SMB to this day to stream *cough cough* my legitimate PS2 backups to the console (because juggling DVD's is 2000-and-late), it's still as capable as ever.DNLA is so slow and troublesome, a simple 4tb NAS full of movies takes forever to index. Whatever happened to old fashioned SMB folder sharing?
Nintendo is the only still-true gaming console. Their competitors [The XBOne and PS4] are basically trying to make miniature PCs to appeal to customers, while Nintendo is strictly making their consoles for one purpose: gaming.
They wanted to use Kinect for targeted ads. To know gender, age of user and how many people watching.but they sure as f*ck aren't interested in a 24/7 feed of you sitting with a remote in hand flicking through the channels - this is not something that can generate any profit or business opportunities whatsoever.
Finally, a set-top MKV player...
Could have fooled me, XBMC on the xbox ran every AVI file with xvid stuffed into it that I threw at it, and some more exotic stuff besides, which basically means everything that was readily available back then. Beyond that it fetched stuff via basically every network protocol that matters for transferring files of reasonable size, had some basic scrapers (though I used the more advanced technique of have good file/directory names), supported a remote control (eventually even network remote control) and had library and resume functionality beyond that. I would have liked some nicer USB support but that was mostly a hardware limitation.
There were a lot of extra niceties that were added to it since it left the xbox as a directly supported platform, and several added throughout its run. That aside it definitely wiped the floor with anything that was not a PC connected to the TV at the time as well, however before I start rocking in the corner as I recall trying to make discs that play in a "MPEG4 capable" DVD player I think I will leave it there.
Do you play the DVDs in your blu ray player by any chance? If so then that's why, the player upgrades the quality of the dvdI have a confession to make. 9 out of 10 times I don't see the f*cking difference between various 1080p encoding. Hell, I barely see the difference between DVD and BluRay.
Apparently my mate was watching a movie he bought off Netflix/store I can't remember but when his gf walked into the room the movie stopped and asked to pay again. Don't know if its true 100% but seems weirdThey wanted to use Kinect for targeted ads. To know gender, age of user and how many people watching.
Do you play the DVDs in your blu ray player by any chance? If so then that's why, the player upgrades the quality of the dvd
Maybe he had an early build and never bothered to update. I never had a problem with 99% of AVI contained video but MP4 was extremely iffy unil XBMC4XBOX came along and that was all fixed along with MKV support.
Edit: I can't tell the difference between any video encoding or a static image with my contacts out.
Could do with a bit more detail on mkv, rather than just, it plays mkv.
What formats does it support being contained in it? Is it going to support 10bit h264, what sub formats etc.
Just saying .mkv is a bit useless. 360 played .mp4 for example, but was limited to what could be in there (h264 & AAC only).
The MKV container is superior to the MP4 container format.
You are literally reciting a patent idea, not an actual technology that was ever implemented in any shape or form.They wanted to use Kinect for targeted ads. To know gender, age of user and how many people watching.
Yeah and?
Just because mkv supports X format, doesn't mean it will be supported on xbox one.
.mp4 supports plenty of audio formats, but was limited to aac on the xbox 360 . The same could be true of the xbox one, just because mkv supports X codecs, doesn't mean the xbox will support them all, so they need to expand on it and let us know what combinations of video/audio it will support.