but you are right about the first thing. older consoles look like toasters you can stick a disc in to but they are still great and fun machines
the TV thing: as you said one question down. why tag on unnecessary crap we don't need that is going to take up a lot of space. what kind of TV will we get? will it be global? do i have to change provider? what channels do i get? what will this cost extra? i am not complaining about them trying to innovate, and since playstation and netflix have now combined forces i suppose xbox had to come up with something too but this just seems like one step forward and two steps back. it will just jack up the price. it is unnecessary and like the kinect or the playstation home it's a byte consuming feature that will decay.
the backwards compatible issue: no. the people who already own a functioning xbox will be fine and dandy but what about everyone else. there is really no secret that old games are awesome. and there is more chance you'll spout wings than a release happening. for me this is a bird being flipped to me because i have a lot of xbox 360 games laying around. but my 360 itself is so destroyed on the inside it is just a very expensive brick to me now. and i would really like to play my xbox games again but it would cost more to fix it than to buy a new.
the name: it's just a weird thing to call it. like as if they are trying to overwrite the first xbox from history.
the noise thing: well, yes and no. when i was moving i sleept on the couch for a few days because my bed order had been delayed (thanks IKEA) and i started hearing the xbox hum in the middle of the night(even in off mode). and haven't been able to stop noticing it since. when ever i would sit in the same room as it, i would always hear it. taunting me from the shelf next to my tv.
