not restriction to paid tv, but movies and such, bought through zune and xbox marketplace. It wouldn't surprise me, however, if you couldn't use your x1 in conjunction with cable if you don't have a gold subscription.

good thing you're not.

Oh I agree, it's not 100% MS's fault, but I do fault them for creating such a device to be used in such a way in the first place.

as I pasted in another post:

is it REALLY that ridiculous? When our own government is BLATANTLY caught illegally tapping phone line in San Fransisco, and now this: thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/03/21/full-disclosure-microsoft-releases-and-breaks-down-government-requests-for-user-data-the-world-around/

and you believe this after they can't even get their story together about used games?

dont forget this!

at lasst count, I bought over 600 cds in my life. where are you going with this exactly?

i absolutely hate demotivationals, but I can't help but look at the dancing group at the beginning and think: "White People"

they originally stated that they would leave it up to the publishers. I imagine they'll stick with that.

do we have timetables for conferences yet? If Sony's was before MS and they announced that, I imagine MS would be scrambling to beat all hell.

I only buy arcade games digitally, everything else is a physical copy.

I tend to use trade ins for new games I want, and now that we're ending the console cycle, I'll go back and buy those games I originally bought new and traded in, but now I'll buy a used copy to fill out my library. I think this is actually a pretty square deal, since if I couldn't trade in games, there would be a lot…

I don't think it's so much of a problem that he may be Jewish, I just think it would be coincidentally cool if he was. On the other hand, before someone blows this article out of proportion, it is absolutely cool that he's not Jewish as well. I don't personally see the necessity of making it a personal vendetta if…

oh yeah, I surprised by the size of it when I got one on black friday

gotta have dat 1080p supa spy camera!

well, that's certainly one way of looking at it, I guess. I wouldn't say that, but I see you would.

looks like the sync button to me

the original kinect is pretty massive.

BECAAAAAUUUSE, one is an HDMI IN, for your cable tv super awesomeness