Glad this is finally out. Headset going in wasnt really a backpedal so much as a collective Really? internally. At some point I hope to share the story behind that, but its not a 180 the way you guys think about. Doesnt matter Im just glad we put it in.
IR Blaster. Kinect has and IR blaster array built in. Can turn on your TV, Cable Box, etc. so when you say Xbox On it will actually power your equipment, switch inputs, etc. (I know, TV TV TV but when you get to see it, youll understand.). As someone pointed out, if for some reason your setup doesnt work with Kinect IR blasting, you can get a cable and connect to the port in the back.
Storage is about HDD space. This is a generic disclaimer. You lose some of the 500gb in formatting (just like every HDD), and we reserve some space. No different than 360 or PS3. Its just a legal disclaimer, no shenanigans going on.
Be nice to Larry. I know you guys hate him, but he really is a great guy. Doing what he does is hard being filmed, trying to be concise, trying to be personable and official. Its rough. I guarantee if any of you could spend 10min with him face-to-face, youd get what Im saying. Thats my plug for Larry.
4K rated HDMI cable you can blame me for that. My point was, we have in fact tested this cable against 4K, and made sure we didnt get EMI interference with our internal radios. So I wanted people to be confident it wasnt a POS generic HDMI cable to make it work great, you need to test it with the system you ship, to make sure at full resolution youre not getting any interference.
By the way wouldnt it technically be Xbox ONE EIGHTY?