OTA TV Lets Xbox One Be a Cable Killer

The end result is that, at least for me, Xbox One is closer than ever to achieving its vision of becoming a dominant device in home entertainment.

This is the vision that Microsoft set for it when it released XboxOne. In fact, many people criticized Microsoft for focusing too much on the general entertainment features of the new-generation Xbox and failed to pay enough attention to the game. However, to meet the needs of the mass media users for media consumption, this reality means to cover a wide range of content sources, and it is an arduous battle to achieve that.

However, Xbox One recently acquired some new capabilities, which means that my TV basically only needs to connect to an Xbox One. I am very happy about this.

Netflix is ​​a key factor, and it is one of the longest-lived features on the Xbox One. However, the recently added Plex is also very powerful. Now, providing support for OTA TV broadcasts is almost done.


Over the years, I haven't used any cable or satellite TV. I also live well. However, I can now quickly and inexpensively add TV broadcasting capabilities to my Xbox One without any recurring costs, enjoy excellent picture quality and sound effects, but also integrate OneGuide as well as possess other things such as TV pauses and Speech control features like pleasure.

I can receive all of my major TV broadcasts in Canada (sadly, I can't receive signals from the United States across Lake Buffalo). One obvious advantage is that I watch live sports events (I’ve watched the hockey season Race). Then I immediately realized that I did not care about sports events and turned it off, but that was a very good feature for sports fans.

My wish list for Xbox One media features is shrinking: Adding HBO One would be nice. Once the exclusive agreement signed by HBO with Apple expires, I would like to be able to display media content through mobile phones, but that will require Xbox One extra support for AirPlay. The possibility is not great. However, if you reduce my home theater configuration to only Xbox One, I'm now more or less satisfied.

Currently, you still need to join the XboxOne Preview program to use this feature, but universal support is coming soon.

Note: The picture shown above was projected using a projector in a windowed room during the day. The effect was not ideal, but I barely watched TV after dark.

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