News Microsoft officially announces the Xbox Series S

That’s a lot cheaper than expected, if you only have a 1080p tv and don’t want or need a 4k version could turn out to be some bargin

 

They're baiting Sony. They want a price for the PS5 so they don't look stupid lol.

 

Consider it this way, for £250 you have a system that lets you install Call of Duty: Warzone and one other game. Then you either travel to throttled connection purgatory as you download/re-download games constantly or you start buying external drives and this thing's expensive again. This thing's going to annoy a lot of parents into buying an upgrade, or smashing it over their teenage child's head.

 

It looks like a subwoofer for a cheap 2.1 system, btw. Or an old announcement speaker at the airport.

 

I dunno, this is looking pretty temtping to replace the aging Xbox 360 we use as a streaming device (i.e. access to netflix, amazon, etc.) and would allow us to get disney+ and nowtv on our non-smart TV.
Yeah, i'd love the series X, but if its half the price, will be easier to sway SWMBO...

 

If this is just a streaming device, why not just use a fire stick/roku/shield?

 

More oompf, and the ability to play decent games!?

 

Interesting, I'd imagine this is predominantly for streaming content than owning much stuff, which is fine if it delivers.

 

I was using an Xbox One S as a media device. I used it for about a year, but recently sold it and bought a Roku Premier Stick Plus.

Here's what I found:

• TV set top box connected to Xbox via HDMI in.
  • The Xbox TV guide is great.
  • You can pause TV etc, but no PVR function in the Xbox.
• Netflix app - works well.
• NowTV app - outdated and buggy.
• Plex app - old and ugly, but a new beta was launched just before I stopped using the Xbox.
• Other apps - outdated and buggy.

It also used a lot more power than the Roku for an older rarely updated experience.

 

I use an Amazon stick with VLC. Streams right from the NAS.