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Xbox Live HDMI TV passthrough
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Is not working for a friend they have a V+ Virgin Box and it works but when he turns the box off and back on, it stops working, and only works again when he physically turn the plug off and back on again.
Any possible reason for this?
Any possible reason for this?
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But how come it works when I turn the plugs off and on at the mains?
The One Guide is useless here, but the actual passthrough itself still works full-screen and snapped and is quite handy.
Sadly, Mrs D does not like the idea of having to use two boxes instead of one just to watch TV, nor does she want to "talk to it" or use an extra controller.
... So I've swapped it with the Apple TV (which also works fine through the passthrough). Not as handy as using the Sky, but I needed to plug something in there as I have 4 things that use HDMI and only 3 sockets.
Doesn't work at all with tivo. We tried it last night
worked fine with my tivo, had it plugged in for a few hours when i first set it up, ok so you can't change channels or anything with it but you can just say 'xbox watch tv' and it goes right to TV then you use the tivo remote as usual
for now its back to normal though, the snap feature is not very usable to be honest, might be handy if you were watching a football match or something that didn't really need your full attention. might think about putting it back in if they ever get round to introducing the full features that US services have
The result is juddery pictures via the pass-through, especially while watching sport - the football on Saturday was a mess to watch.
Yup. Same with 360.
I expected a better kinda hz rate on the Xbox One (Blu Rays can be played at 24hz) and the result is juddery picture but watchable.
Surely it can't be hard for them to put a 50hz option in a patch update? Would make Netflix a bit more watchable for others.
Not sure if I'd use the xbox guide if it does come in a future patch for Virgin and sky boxes, i like it just the way it is.
Must admit it does sound good. Flicking between things instantly would suit my impatient nature, I can stand in queue in at Tesco for ages but if I decide to stop watching tv and play a game, it's a right process at the moment.
Quick question, the snap feature, does that only work with the game disc in the drive, unless you bought it digitally?
Thats entirely useless
It will be useful if you can control it entirely without your TV remote. No doubt if you not on Sky or virgin you'll be stuffed.
Its just a pass through, you could put any HDMI through it.
gotta say thats a really cool feature
can ps4 do that? hope so
You can snap during any game digitally or cd bought. You can't snap games if that what you mean?
I only ever use 'snap' to bring up the activity feed or use the excellent Machinma app. Everything else is a bit poor, Netflix for example just brings up a box that says 'switch to full screen'.
I'm also disappointed that you can't snap Sype. i thought video calling friends while gaming would be a feature i use often.
Voice or even hand movements to navigate the sky menus would be awkward.I like being in a game and saying 'Xbox go to TV' then i pick up the remote and its business as usual. If i fancy playing a game with friends i simply say 'Xbox snap activity feed' then the tv tells me who is online and what they are doing without leaving my Sky feed.
It'll take some getting used to, especially as i have a 5 year old daughter who is also getting used to the system, but i honestly think I'll be using the tv though my xbox for the foreseeable future. I didn't think i would before i tried it.
As far as I know the PS4 doesn't support HDMI passthrough.
I'm pretty sure you can do this, I'm getting a splitter for my Sky box so will post back with the results when it arrives.
I've got a HDMI 3 port switch already on the Xbox One so I can plug in multiple devices at once and switch between them.
Less of an issue on 360 due to a lack of a HDMI pass-through.
Suffice to say that when I get my HDMI splitter, Xbox One will be relegated to Input 4.
Not only is the picture upscaled to 60Hz, but the picture quality is degraded as well. HD channels look like SD++ in quality, I'm sure the picture is darker as well, as if the blacks are being crushed. The Verge mentioned this in their XB1 review.
Plus you have DD 5.1 sound missing in action when the audio is sent via optical cable. Sure, DD gets converted to DTS, but I'd rather have the sound unmolested thanks.
So, this media-hub is messing about with both picture AND sound passed through it. XB1 should be improving my media experience, not degrading it. Hopefully the next firmware upgrade fixes these issues, because the lack of 50Hz especially is gonna get noticed as XB1 rolls out through the rest of Europe next year.
http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/xbox-50hz-201311233468.htm
Sky and Virgin both have mobile apps available that allow you to use your phone or tablet to control a Sky+HD box / VM TiVo, and access the EPG to view listings / change channels / set recordings, and access the planner to see what has been recorded and choose to playback something...
Now imagine if Sky and VM made similar apps for the Xbox One? You could view the Sky+HD/TiVo output through the passthrough, and then use the app on the Xbox One (with voice control of course) to *fully* control the STB... Much better than having the Kinect act as an IR blaster for basic stuff and still needing the Sky remote.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=721891
I guess this is enforced because otherwise any transitions between functions would not be smooth (the TV itself might have a brief 'blackout' switching modes). I don't know how this could be fixed without either dropping the console's refresh to 50hz globally (not ideal), or offering the option to accept a brief delay in switching from game (60hz) to TV (50hz) input?