The Xbox One tunes in to free OTA TV in the US and Canada

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http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/dff72a30c0110b68e9e7083eb0d8e860/201800410/Details_Blacklist02-1.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/08/the-xbox-one-tunes-in-to-free-ota-tv-in-the-us-and-canada/)Last year Microsoft added a feature to European Xbox Ones that brought broadcast TV directly to the box (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/22/hands-on-with-the-xbox-ones-europe-only-tv-tuner/), and now it's starting to roll out the same thing in the US and Canada. Currently available for users in the Preview Program (http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/system/xbox-update-preview-faq), it combines with a TV tuner from Hauppauge (BYO antenna -- the tuner retails for $80 but is currently $61 on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001DEYVXO/)) to cut out the cable middleman, and let owners watch the TV signals that are floating about freely. A $60 version of the tuner built specifically for the Xbox One is coming soon. While it doesn't turn the console's hard-drive into a DVR, it does have DVR-like features with the ability to pause live TV for up to 30 minutes, and it canstream TV to a phone or tablet (http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/12/xbox-one-gamescom2014-new-features/) running the SmartGlass app.

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