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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
Has anyone looked into the upgrade to XBox gold that is now required to use the XBox as a set top box. I received a letter from Telus explaining that it would be required and the first year would be free. It seemed like a money grab at first, but the money doesn't go to Telus, you sign up directly with Microsoft so I assume Telus wouldn't put up with the complaints unless they thought it would be worthwhile for the consumer. (or maybe they get a kickback)
My question is what am I actually getting with the upgrade? 95% of the time I use the XBox as a STB so I don't think I will appreciate any of the non Telus related perks of the gold membership. Is it now $60 a year to be able to use hand and voice commands to change channels or is there more to it?
Thanks
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Microsoft has made most of their video streaming related content part of their "Platnum Applications" which you need XBox Live Gold to use.
So now in order to use the XBOX as a TELUS Set Top Box (or a AT&T Set Top Box in the U.S., Rogers On Demand in the East) you will need to have a Xbox Live Gold account.
So it's not just to be able to use hand and voice commands, its to actually be able to use the XBOX as a set top box.