Microsoft Corp. planned to modify XBox 360 so as to be able to be used as the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) receiver. That was expressed by Microsoft in the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
As being explained by Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division, the change that will happen eventually only in software that used, not in XBox 360 physical display.
The consumer eventually could use XBox 360 features like online voice chat and messaging when playing games and watching television. “This merging will benefit XBox and IPTV business” added Robbie.
To running IPTV, needed the telephone channel to send the high quality television signal through the closed network. At least at the end of this year, the companies that used IPTV system could offer the choice to get XBox 360 and IPTV receiver at the same time.
Microsoft XBox 360 also could become digital video recorder for IPTV, althought the capacity only 20 Gigabyte which the capacity is too small for the recorder of digital video.
