XBox Lite?

[adam1991]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevange ... or-gamers/

At E3 2011, Microsoft made a vague but exciting announcement centered around “Xbox TV,” but the majority of the content they promised has yet to see the light of day on the Xbox 360. Instead, Redmond may be prepping an “Xbox LITE” that will ship alongside (or at least be unveiled alongside) the next-generation Xbox game console.

Several sources tell The Verge that this set-top box will run a version of Windows 8 (I’m guessing a variant of Windows RT), and will likely include access to more casual games, such as what is currently seen on the Windows Phone 8 store or certain areas of Xbox Live Arcade. The box will boot quickly and remain “always on” to provide speedy access to a suite of streaming video and TV options like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and Hulu Plus.

...and, one hopes, Media Center.

I like it. I'm not a gamer, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't dabble (although, admittedly, I don't dabble today on either of my 360s...) But I do need my extenders.

Competition for Echo is heating up.

[mark1234]

I don't see any future Xbox including extender capability. MS are building various streaming services into the Xbox Live service. That's the direction they're going; Media Centre is legacy.

[masonstorm1979]

Say it aint so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Media center forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobbob]

xbmc on a raspberry pi using dvblink as the back end is the future of low powered devices for UK users, i reckon. its 90% there