Various mechanisms are disclosed herein for integrating media on a gaming console. For instance, a dashboard having a plurality of media selections can be displayed, where such a dashboard is native to a gaming console and where at least one of the media selections is a television selection. Moreover, users can be provided with the option of switching back and forth between the television selection and other media selections in the plurality of media selections, such as music, video, VOD, DVD programs, and so on. Users can be provided with the option of selecting starting of the gaming console as a set-top box, or with the option of selecting remote starting of the gaming console as a set-top using a gaming controller, or with the option of selecting starting of the gaming console as a title.