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On the other hand, the XBox One can serve as more convenient media device since you can route your cable through it. So, you can watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, regular TV, game, etc. through the XBox system and never have to bother changing the output on your TV.
Sony is offering a new service which has up to 100+ regular tv channels and cloud based DVR storage for about half the price of cable and no contracts...it also plays all of the streaming apps
at the very least, i may try it for a month or so to see if we can get rid of cable