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Originally Posted by theburner
You have to remember Gates big push is to integrate your PC into your home theater. This is the vehicle he thinks will accomplish this. Don't forget that this is the guy that bought WebTV, so he does have plans for the Xbox.
My bet is eventually the Xbox (or a derivative) will end up providing for a Music Interface (preload your cd's into a HDD in the xbox), PVR (Xbox already has a HDD, all you would need would be the software), DVD Player (Ok, it already has that capability), gaming, email (Xbox live is already providing some of that functionality), voicemail, VOIP (again, Xbox live is already doing this to a certain extent) and maybe even TV over IP (he is already exploring this).
I think we are seeing a HUGE push to consolidate all of those black boxes you have hanging off your TV.
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That's right, a huge push to remove that nasty competition. I mean, why buy a new CD player/DVD player/Computer when the big ol' box does it all for you?
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