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If you want TV DVR on your Xbox One, speak up, Microsoft is listening
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Published onJune 27, 2016
published onJune 27, 2016
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Last year at Gamescom, Xbox head Phil Spencer revealedthe Xbox One would get DVR capabilitiesfor Over-the-Air (OTA) broadcasts.
The feature had a great deal of promise. The Xbox One can already connect to OTA TV tuners to display broadcast TV channels right in OneGuide. But with the proposed update you could set your Xbox One to record TV shows in advance and rewatch them on your Xbox One or other Windows 10 Devices. The tuner would turn the Xbox One into an even more compelling option for thoselooking to cut the cordwith their TV cable providers.
Microsoft began testingthe feature earlier this year, but, just days before E3,Microsoft revealed the program was on hold. A spokesperson told the Verge:
We’ve decided to put development of DVR for Over-the-Air TV on hold to focus our attention on launching new, higher fan-requested gaming experiences across Xbox One and Windows 10. We’re always listening to fan feedback and we look forward to bringing more requested experiences on Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Live this year.
On the one hand, it makes sense to put the program on hold. The Xbox One tooka lot of flakfrom the gaming community when it launched because its features were not focused on what gamers want. And ever since, sales havepaled in comparisonto the runaway success of Sony’s PlayStation 4.
And Microsoft has plenty gaming-focused Xbox projects in the pipeline to concentrate on betweenthe Windows 10 Anniversary Update,Xbox Play AnywhereandProject Scorpio, to name a few. But if you feel that the Xbox team shouldn’t neglect full OTA DVR capability for the Xbox One, now is your time to be heard.
In an interview withGamespot(viaWindows Central), Xbox general manager Dave McCarthy alluded to there still being a chance. But only if enough people request the feature. McCarthy said:
We listen. We look at that User Feedback site on a regular basis and try and respond to what people want the most. I wouldn’t rule it out entirely, over time.
So, there is still hope that OTA-DVR capability could make its way to the Xbox One in a timely fashion, but only if enough people are requesting this non-gaming focused feature. To make your voice heard, you can head over to theXbox Uservoicepage and vote on a request for Xbox One OTA DVR.
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
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Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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