Microsoft Patent Hints at Possible DVR in Xbox 720

[jryan388]

Not if they charge such ridiculous prices for hard drives.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

I hope the sizes of the hard drives definitely increase to accommodate saved media from the DVR.

 

[proton2]

The RRoD was essentialy solved after Microsoft started to use the 65nm Jasper chipset in 2008. I imagine the 720 wil be using closer to the 21nm process node technology by the time it comes out in retail, or at least 45nm.

 

[belardo]

In other words .... The ability to replace the cable box?

I have a tuner card with the ability to run media center with windows 7. But I don't.
A) flexibility of the video files for archive/management. But the cable company may be happy with it.

B) limited guide interface... Made for big screens only... Stupid. I loved using another DVR package which allowed you to have a 20 channel x 4 hour grid! Not a 4 channel 1.5 hour grid. But after market DVR software costs $100 and the big three have odd ball issues.

So I used the crap software that comes with the hauppange tuner... No guide. But it has a usable scheduler.