Xbox dimming when video players are used/syncing controller with kinect

I notice several bugs with the NXOE software update:

1. Controller not syncing with the Kinect. Will sync with the other method.

2. Screen dims out when videos are played. Seems that the software assumes there is no activity, and places the console to sleep. A hard reset may solve this temporarily, but this is unlike the dim screen at startup. Here, the screen is at normal brightness
at startup, but will dim after 15-40 minutes of inactivity of the controller. Moving the controller control buttons and joysticks will wake it up and the screen will brighten up automatically. I was told by MS staff when I called them to change out the HDMI
cable, but I don't think this is the issue. I feel it is a software issue where the operating system assumes there is no activity, where there is with the wifi connection, or drive.

3. I notice that the Kinect is having a tough time hearing my voice, where before, it operated better.

I work with disabled kids and sometimes use the xbox one console in teaching them how to do stuff with the console. What I find with the NXOE update, what I used before, particularly with the motion sensor is not there anymore, or if it is there, it is not
sensitive enough to pick up a small movement of a hand or body. A physically disabled person is limited physically, and using motion sensors that are sensitive in the adaptive section of the system is needed here. A better assistive technology protocol can
improve this.

Seems to change based on the light in the room. Kinda like when your phone screen dims. Dark room = dim Xbox logos on the system, Kinect and controller, bright room = bright light.

This is a known and pending issue since the new update, particularly when streaming videos. Apparently, it affects those with the Kinect, but also those without the Kinect.

As far as I can tell, the screen dim issue is related to the system not seeing activity with the wifi or other systems other than the controller itself.

The screen should normally dim when you go to the left where your profile and other settings are (that p[art should stay bright).

My controller goes dim too. The Kinect one has always been dim. Console bright as day. Controller at varying levels.

@icestorm you missed out part of the quote.

"It can when on tell when controller is passed to another person according to MS. So controller may sync to kinect even when kinect features are turned off."

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you can't unplug it. so its not off Like standby mode in a tv, its still plugged in. and if you press your remote when in standby?

If kinect and the controller interact with infra red when on ,why wouldn't you just sync the controller through kinect when off,

It would make more sense as kinect is a controller too, I think all the tech to sync the controller is in kinect. The xbox then only has one controller input to deal with, and it all comes from kinect, even when kinect is in standby.

There has to be a legitimate reason why you can't unplug kinect, MS not just being funny