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Why does the xbox have HDMI in? My only guess is they are getting into the business of HDMI switching, so the XBOX can sit behind any DVRs or other media boxes you have. If they do this, they might have an interesting remote control to unveil (either physical or app-layer)

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Funny coincidence, that the guy who originally cracked the xbox 1 DRM also implemented a way to overlay graphics on a HDMI HDCP-encrypted stream without decrypting the source video (and thus claiming to be non-infringing of the copy protection)

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2117

Would it be worthwhile just to get away from a shared bus (USB) for the Kinect->Console connection?

There is a dedicated Kinect In though.

It seems more likely that they are trying to push xbox towards being a media hub, and to get people used to always consuming media through their xbox.

You mean sit in front of my cable box and let me play games between commercials ;)

That's actually a very good market there if you think about it. I usually pull up a game of Ruzzle or Words w/ Friends on my phone in-between commercial breaks. If Microsoft could feed you content via this it might be a good money maker for them.

piss off a lot of advertisers though.

Or they work together, Beat this new level, and earn a coupon to try new SURGE™!

Who'll promptly switch/add advertising on the Xbox. Which sends more cash Microsoft's way.

I don't even need to think about it. That would be HUGE.

The biggest problem with consoles right now is what I call TTP (time to play) which is the time between switching the device on and playing a game. For the old consoles e.g. SNES it was seconds. For today's consoles it is in the minutes. The iPad is back in the seconds.

As people get busier the ability to bust out a quick 5 minutes of game play is going to be so important.

Targeting the short attention span immediate gratification market is definitely a win.

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