BT are the biggest rip off here in the UK (ISP wise) so its only fitting for them to team up with M$.

IPTV is a standard which offers many services, BT decided to offer a huge selection of on demand content including 280+ premiership football matches, movies, music and tv content.

Pretty much all of this is NOT AVAILABLE on the tv channels that are part of the freeview platform.

PLAYTV is simply replicating what i have in front of my TV right now which is a freeview PVR (cost me £80 from argos), if i forget to record a program tough luck ive missed it.. im doing this right now series recordings, playtv offers nothing new.

BTVision offers 7 days of catchup on channel 4 and bbc programs so basically programs can be rewatched ondemand even if i haven't recorded it for up to seven days after it airs.. i can also watch movies, listen to music etc all without having to record them in advance.

This reports doesnt seem to grasp that IPTV is service led and each implementation of it will be different for that media provider. It comments that you need to use BT broadband to use it well of course you do because the IPTV solution is developed by BT why would it be available to other providers and the content servers are in the BT network..

For example VirginMedia use IPTV through cable which is more like the traditional IPTV solution that MS have talked about in the past.

So you have to have BT Internet Connection which is sub-par, and also hope that the shi**y Lines that are laid throughout the UK meet the standard for the IPTV subscription. This is bad news, 360 owners who are happy with another ISP HAVE TOO change if they want this service, and hope that the line quality is ok for it. Also why even watch it through the Xbox when you can just use the Provided Reciever, it just seems like a waste of time. BT £ = You WILL obey.

And the PS3 PlayTV is kind of pointless, its just Free-view.... Free view boxes cost £15+, don`t need to record the crap they show on there as its almost ALWAYS repeated, same as Sky.

I think T.D in Fight club said it best.

"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy sh*t we don't need"

Have you ever seen 9min video of "IPTV on Xbox360" on Youtube?

* Live HDTV
* Record Live HD-TV programs
* Playing Xbox360 games, While Recording
* Playing even Xbox Live online supported games while recording

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

playtv is better ;) (didnt have anything to say)

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its Microsoft!!!

Bend over xbots , here they come again !!! LOL !

this is a new feature being implemented, which has never been done on a console, why fanboys so quick to bash? fn Trolls

Look at PSN still no in-game XMB, but no one is calling that a disappointment...

jeeze louse..you fanboys have nothing better to do. Every little mishap is Magnified by sony loosers..When it's Sony everything will be ok.

I can't believe that people still expect Microsoft to deliver good products and services after all the problems users have had over the years with the Windows software.

Microsoft = Making money; no matter how.

i already have bt vision. i only have this for the on demand services as i live in a secluded area with poor tv reception and i cannot receive freeview through an aerial. To recieve digital tv i have to have sky (which i do). i think everyone is missing the point here, what microsoft is doing is out-sourcing its movie download service. what took so long to get the video marketplace to europe was getting the licenses, however bt already has these licenses so it makes sense for microsoft to team up with bt to provide this service!

PlayTV is going to offer 'freeview' from countries with the same format from around the world which your set-top box will not do - maybe you should have a look at their website (doh!).

What I can't find out from Sony or PlayTV is what the minimum line speed requirement will be but I have no doubts that my sh***y 2.5 mb provided by my BT phone line won't be enough for either service.

Why are people talking about PlayTV on this article? wait I know.. because it's Sony's.... as clearly indicated by lockload BT is only one service of the many to come to offer their own unique service via the xbox 360... their service is already in place even without an xbox 360... so why are these morrons expecting any different? that's BT service! Other companies that microsoft will deal with will offer seperate services like recording live TV, or just movies like Netflix... you people failed again to understand what IPTV is and how it works... how companies can implement their services the way they believe they should.

Comparing PlayTV on the PS3 is like comparing Local TV to your cable TV... you actually think that you are going to get HBO, Cinemax, and other premium channels via PlayTV? hah! most if not all the content offered on BT will not ble available on PlayTV.. better yet.. what if you forget to record a show on your PlayTV or DVR? what if you want to record 3 shows and can't because they are playing at the same time? yeah.. that's right... you can't and that's where BT service kicks PlayTV @$$.

Cuz sum of you seem so immature.its actually disapointing to owners of ps3s. Really.the whole mine is bigger than yours agument. Lame

Not sure why some individuals are getting so defensive against Sony's PlayTV service; it's simply not as convoluted and mind boggling as Microsoft & BT's solution.

Can you blaim these idiots?, The Round Peg blows up half truths, all he does is look for bad 360 news with posts that are not clear and easy to fool ignorant people. I don't know if he's really this stupid or posts this sh*t to max points; kissing ass to Sony fanboys due to them outnumbering 360 fans and Wii fans now.

The header should read: BT Vision disappoints.

The average Sony idiot will be running around saying PlayTV is better thinking MSFT's responsible for what providers provide or that the limitaions of any one provider some how means limitaions of MSFT's offerings, its what the morons are doing now.

Do we have to do this with every anti 360 thread?.

For Xbox 360 owners; how many of you intend to get the IPTV service in general? I just wanted to know how many were interested

So basically if you got BT Broadband, you receive a BT Vision box anyway but you download the stuff onto your small hard drive Xbox 360. lol

IPTV supports Streaming, recording, scheduling, looking at the guide and HD resolutions.

It is just that with BT Vision you can only do Video-on-demand with JUST the 360. The rest of the above stuff needs the aid of a B.O.X. What is stupid is that you HAVE TO HAVE BT Broadband.

Who's to say that other providers might pop up and offer freeview channels in HD for free. And you need to pay for the pay-channels and video-on-demand but every company does that.

The only VERY BAD thing about BT vision is BT Broadband connection requirement and that it has an expensive launch.

not many people are interested in IPTV anyway..... its a bit too ahead of its time- people just don't have that HDD space or strong broadband yet, it might be big 2-3 years from now but for now- hard disks are still the best thing by far

PlayTV for me....(laughs as the Xbots get owned at EVERYTHING now)

YOu do not have to do this with the PS3...playtv has it own tunners..

[edit] PlayTV
"PlayTV" redirects here. For the Brazilian youth-oriented terrestrial television network, see Play TV.
Officially announced August 22, 2007; PlayTV is a twin-channel DVB-T tuner peripheral with digital video recorder (DVR) software which allows users to record television programs to the PlayStation 3 hard drive for later viewing. Wi-Fi connectivity with a PSP allows for portable viewing of live or recorded television programming. Recorded programs can be transcoded and transferred via USB to the PSP for viewing programs on the go. The software features a 7-day electronic program guide for utilizing the DVR features.[22] PlayTV is officially set to release in Spring 2008; with SCE New Zealand's head of marketing Warwick Light stating that the product is hoped to be released around the same time as the region's terrestrial Freeview digital broadcast service launches (currently expected in March 2008).[23]

I'm not getting PlayTv or IPTV, both of them are really not that great tbh and Virgin Media while they do crap things are much better than BT by a mile. Yes you can get freeview boxes with hard drives in them, which can record one program while you watch another.

Comcast announced support at CES.

But PS3 blew ther doors off and they gota make BreakBox More then it was designed to be so
it will fail in every way no chance other then playing Last Gen HD-ized Games.

M$ made the XBOX do IPTV cuz Apple made Apple TV to be a Media streamer just like Xbox try's to be.

like aways M$ Follows, u just have to read between the lines to know why they do what the do.

why does it disapoint? the games are great! the work that has been done on all consoles is great! the fanboys on this site do not get the point of gaming,why?................... ......ru12?

where is he gone, hes the one who told us that IPTV from BT n MS would rock and take over in a different direction,

all i can see is that they are heading to quick sand.?? but they are plannin on strugggling while their in it??

dont matter, it can still do something???????? right??