Cloud Gaming Coming To Xbox Series X/S, One Consoles
This holiday season, Microsoft will be enabling xCloud gaming for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members through its Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One consoles, the company revealed during its Gamescom 2021 Xbox stream Tuesday. According to the announcement, with the addition, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate…
Microsoft Reveals ‘Xbox Series X’ Name, Details
Looking ahead to next year’s holiday season, Microsoft formally unveiled Thursday the name and further details of its forthcoming next-generation Xbox console — called the Xbox Series X. The new gaming platform, which previously went by the code name Project Scarlet, will launch around the…
4K Ultra HD Media Streamer Deals Await BF Shoppers
Anyone planning to give a streaming media player, a gaming console or a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc player as a holiday gift to that certain 4K Ultra HD lover will find plenty of bargains for media streaming add-on options this Thanksgiving weekend. Black Friday…
Game Streaming Takes Bite Out Of Traditional Pay-TV
More than half of U.S. millennials surveyed for a recent Deloitte digital media usage study showed they are leaving traditional pay-TV services and subscribing to a video-gaming service. Deloitte’s 13th annual digital media trends survey was conducted by an independent research firm between December 2018…
Microsoft Teases Upcoming Xbox Code Named `Scarlett’
Microsoft used an E3 2019 press event to announce basic plans to launch a next-generation video game consoles under the code named Xbox Project Scarlett. Plans in play under Scarlett include multiple consoles Microsoft’s next generation video game hardware offerings. Phil Spencer, Microsoft gaming executive…
Report: New Xbox One S Will Omit Disc Playback
In another ominous harbinger for the end of physical media, Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a new “disc-less” version of its popular Xbox One S, which was the first gaming console to support Ultra HD Blu-ray disc playback. Website Windows Central posted photographs Thursday…
Futuresource: 4K UHD TV Sales To Pass 100M Unit Mark
Sales of 4K Ultra HDTVs are now entering the mainstream around the world, with estimated global shipments surpassing 100 million units for full year 2018, according to a market tracker update just released by U.K.-based market research firm Futuresource Consulting. The analytics firm said shipments…
Firmware Updates For `eARC’ Begin To Arrive
If you recently purchased a better-performing AV receiver, soundbar and 4K television, there is a good chance a significant boost in performance and convenience is heading your way soon. That’s because manufacturers including Sony, Denon and others have either recently pushed to select step-up products…
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