Xbox 360

By John Herrman One of the most potentially groundbreaking features of Windows 7 is "Play To," the ability to send music, video and photos to any compatible devices on the network, without running any kind of proprietary software, and without any initial setup. Sending a song to a Sonos or a video to an Xbo...

By matt buchanan The first thing I spot—and ask about—when I walk in is the Xbox 360 on the shelf, a ghostly reminder of the promise of a ubiquitous IPTV box. The status? Microsoft and AT&T have to "come to terms" on it. Whatever that means, but the shaky laughter dotting our exchange implies you'll probab...

Tversity Adds Entertainment Diversity to Your Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 EndScore, WA - already multi-tasking PS3, Wii, or Xbox 360. Tversity allows you to stream just about any multimedia from your PC to your TV via your gaming console. ...

By Adam Pash Microsoft released an update to the Xbox 360 today that introduces several feature updates to the Xbox, most notably support for DivX and XviD video playback without the need to transcode the video to WMV format. The good: You can now easily stream and playback those BitTorrent videos on y...

By Rayleigh Scatter Xbox 360 Similarly to Sony's Playstation 3, Microsoft has (almost) announced the availability of DivX playback support on the Xbox 360. On Tuesday Microsoft announced that its forthcoming fall dashboard update will enable Xbox 360 owners to download original Xbox titles such as Halo,...

By (Joel Hruska) If you're not familiar with Tversity, it's a handy application that lets you transcode (in real time) virtually any video into a format that the Xbox 360 is capable of displaying. The latest version of the program adds support for the PS3 and Wii as well. Read More...

However, since the Wii and PS3 have limited format support already, TVersity transcodes into flash video (FLV) format in order to play back on these two consoles. But, you can also play back YouTube, Yahoo, and Google Video on your consoles now with TVersity. Now your grandmas can record an...

By Jason Chen Did you have to ask your daughter's nerdy—and honestly, kinda creepy—friend to come over and set up your TiVo? Then you've no doubt had trouble getting your Xbox 360 to play media other than standard DVDs. Good news for you, as Tweaktown's got a huge guide on setting up a PC and a 360 to stream D...

By Chris Tew I mentioned a few days ago how you could use the Xbox 360 as a media extender and watch videos from your PC over a home connection on your living TV using the Xbox 360. Unfortunately the Xbox 360 will only play WMV files which means you could end up converting your whole movie collection to WMV fo...

By Ryan Block Filed under: Gaming, Home EntertainmentWe realize the fall update's only been out a few weeks, but it seems like an eternity for those of us that have been waiting since last November to stream media to our Xbox 360s without the need for a Media Center PC. A new TVersity patch allows users to t...

By James Ransom-Wiley Filed under: Hacks, PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, OnlineTVersity has released a patch enabling on-the-fly WMV transcoding for efficient-minded users seeking to stream video content from their PCs to Xbox 360. While incomplete, the patch previews the sort of functionality the final versio...