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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35648498)

Yes

PS. Snoopz you drivatar is a cheating so and so. Coner cutting all the time and even worse corner cuts the last corner which ends up passing me, gggrrrrrrr

Lol it was my first game, still no idea what i was doing and understand how it works i wasn't even playing multiplayer.

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Has anyone got the TV feature working?

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Originally Posted by MadGamer (Post 35648511)

Has anyone got the TV feature working?

Which TV feature? If you mean can i watch TV through my Xbox, then yes i can but i can't change channels as we all know that isn't supported in the UK yet.

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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35648429)

I have put in a Blu Ray film and when you bring up info on the Xbox to shows resolution, audio details, bit rate, etc, it shows the film was using DTS-HD codec. When i changed the audio in the film settings in then changed to DTS so from that i assume it is decoding it but the AMP still shows as LPCM which it did this with my old PS3 Phat as the PS£ did the decoding and then sent it to them AMP instead of sending the codec to the AMP for the AMP to decode. Means i dont get to see the pretty lights on the AMP that says DTS-HD, DTS-MA etc

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35648491)

Can we launch individual games using voice?

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Originally Posted by Bulky (Post 35648492)

Yes but you have to say the full title , works a treat

Yeah. It's annoying having to say the full name, though. Quicker to just click on the tile for Forza 5 than say "Xbox, go to Forza Motorsport Five".

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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35648498)

Yes

PS. Snoopz you drivatar is a cheating so and so. Coner cutting all the time and even worse corner cuts the last corner which ends up passing me, gggrrrrrrr

I apologise in advance for the behaviour of my Drivatar ;)

I am an awful driver...

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Originally Posted by MadGamer (Post 35648511)

Has anyone got the TV feature working?

Yep, although Mrs D was not happy with needing to have the Xbox on every time she watched Sky so I swapped it out and am just passing the Apple TV through the HDMI in instead.

It's limited in the UK because we don't have the One Guide with full guide integration and STB control.

But as a straight passthrough it works well, and the ability to have notifications pop up when watching TV, or to use another app and have TV snapped to the side, is quite cool.

It's just a pity that it is not a passive passthrough. Great if you live on your own or have the Xbox and Sky box hooked up to your own personal TV and not a family/household TV. But if you don't...Needing to have the Xbox turned on every time you want to watch TV is obviously annoying for anyone who does not give a crap about using the Xbox, does not want to waste energy on another device, does not want to talk to the Xbox, and does not want to use yet another controller in addition to the TV and Sky remotes.

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Going off Bulky's recording. 1.6gb per hour at 720p, isn't that bad at all. Make it a gold only feature. Allow removal of the file via USB.

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Does anyone know if the lack of passive pass through is a hardware issue or can it be fixed in a software update?

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Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35648518)

Good to know :tu:

Hopefully it will get full bitstream output support added, as not every HDMI AV receiver can handle uncompressed multichannel LPCM, AFAIK.

Of course, I'm still using optical myself anyway... really should get a new receiver at some point so I can have HD audio.

Yeah. It's annoying having to say the full name, though. Quicker to just click on the tile for Forza 5 than say "Xbox, go to Forza Motorsport Five".

I apologise in advance for the behaviour of my Drivatar ;)

I am an awful driver...

Yep, although Mrs D was not happy with needing to have the Xbox on every time she watched Sky so I swapped it out and am just passing the Apple TV through the HDMI in instead.

It's limited in the UK because we don't have the One Guide with full guide integration and STB control.

But as a straight passthrough it works well, and the ability to have notifications pop up when watching TV, or to use another app and have TV snapped to the side, is quite cool.

It's just a pity that it is not a passive passthrough. Great if you live on your own or have the Xbox and Sky box hooked up to your own personal TV and not a family/household TV. But if you don't...Needing to have the Xbox turned on every time you want to watch TV is obviously annoying for anyone who does not give a crap about using the Xbox, does not want to waste energy on another device, does not want to talk to the Xbox, and does not want to use yet another controller in addition to the TV and Sky remotes.

Although we will get the one guide in 2014, will we be also able to watch things we've recorded via sky +?

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Originally Posted by MadGamer (Post 35648523)

Although we will get the one guide in 2014, will we be also able to watch things we've recorded via sky +?

You still have full control of your Sky box using its remote, you just watch it through the X1s HDMI port, so yes you can everything you currently do now. :)

Have you not connected your Sky box up through the X1 to test it? :)

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Yep got it hooked up now. What I meant was will we have full control via the one guide when it's released?

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Originally Posted by MadGamer (Post 35648533)

Yep got it hooked up now. What I meant was will we have full control via the one guide when it's released?

We can only hope so and i have Virgin with V+, it could be a year or so before i would be able to say 'Xbox Watch Sfy HD' and for it to work, at the end of the day though all that command would need to do to make that work would be for it to be linked to the remote code for channel 165 so hopefully it'll happen sooner rather than later.

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Does anyone else occasionally have their TV picture freeze for a second or 2 with their X1?

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35648537)

Does anyone else occasionally have their TV picture freeze for a second or 2 with their X1?

Yes me and sometimes the sound doesnt come on for a few secs afterwards

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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35648522)

Does anyone know if the lack of passive pass through is a hardware issue or can it be fixed in a software update?

It would be great if they could add it.

I'm doubtful, though, as the way it's intended to work means the signal can't just go straight through - the Xbox One has to process it in some way because of the overlays etc. You can tell it isn't simply going straight through unmolested by the way it looks... darker... than if connected directly.

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35648537)

I think that's how it is in the US, where the One Guide allows full channel control by using the Kinect to mimic the STB remote. I don't know though if they also have planner control, or if it's only any use for live TV.

Theoretically, though, MS could go far further than that in the UK... if they had the full support of Sky and Virgin Media.

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...

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35648537)

Does anyone else occasionally have their TV picture freeze for a second or 2 with their X1?

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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35648563)

Yes me and sometimes the sound doesnt come on for a few secs afterwards

Same here.

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I thought I'd replied to someone earlier but hadn't. The invisible ball in fifa is just one of the everlasting list of fifa bugs and not your Xbox :)

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Originally Posted by adzii_nufc (Post 35648580)

I thought I'd replied to someone earlier but hadn't. The invisible ball in fifa is just one of the everlasting list of fifa bugs and not your Xbox :)

Thank goodness its not just me. I havnt seen it since i restarted Fifa.

On a side note, does anyone know how to fully restart a game? Only way i know at moment is to start another game and then go back to game i was in

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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35648581)

If you press start on the last thing you ran which is in the big tile then you can quit it fully. Do that then just play it again.