I hate every one of these ideas:

"During the Streaming Media West show last week, Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten said it's entirely possible that Natal could replace remote controls on Xbox 360-connected TVs.

"I believe that this will be the largest leap of TV experience since the remote control," Whitten said (Yahoo! Tech, via Kotaku). "With the flick of my wrist I can change a channel. With the power of my voice I can start a movie."

But according to Whitten, the possibilities go beyond simply replacing current controls with hand waving: Natal technology could eventually be used to make television viewing a more interactive experience. "Laughter is an input. Yelling at the TV when I know an answer on 'Jeopardy' is an input. Attention is an input. The number of people in the room at one time is an input," Whitten said, insinuating that Natal could be able to read all of these "inputs" and put them to use."

I don't want to flick my wrist to change a channel. I have an extremely easy and efficient way of doing so already that doesn't involve arbitrary flailing. Pressing 2 and 5 takes me to channel 25. This is easy. This doesn't need to be "improved" with wrist slinging. All of these other things sound bad too.

I liked the Xbox more when it was about games and not trashy community add-ons and home electronic synergy.