Windows 10 and Xbox One Primer Tutorial
Windows gamers and other users looking to set up entertainment centres involving their television, most likely, will be interested that the lines are blurring between Xbox One and the Windows 10 PC, and the trend is for more blurring as time goes on, especially when Xbox One introduces a major upgrade to Windows 10 soon.
There’s a great article in February 2016’s PC & Tech Authority magazine that you should read on this subject, or about “Smart Home” in March, 2016’s magazine. It has far more detail than we can ever go into here today, and any quotes you see below came from this article, so, thanks.
The bottom line is that the old Windows Media Centre app is being phased out, in favour of connecting your PC with the Xbox One, so long as your WiFi wireless router bandwidth is up to it, and with your telecommunications “plan”. The three pieces of hardware recommended for this, along with your television, probably, are …
- dual-band router … you need lots of bandwidth if you do not use a wired Ethernet connection
- Xbox One SmartGlass app … available in iOS and Android or for Windows mobiles and tablets
- Kinect … allows Xbox One to be used as a DVR
With this setup …
you’ll be able to stream shows from the Xbox to your Windows 10 devices
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The Xbox SmartGlass App supports Cortana and Windows 10 reminders, so movie interrupts, not involving drinks and/or pitstops, are supported. It can even turn a Windows table into a …
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… use the [Windows tablet] as a glorified remote control …
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… turning your tablet into a portable television.
You might say Welcome to “Entertainment Central”.
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