Mar 15 2007

Apple TV Ready To Ship?

Posted by J. Angelo as Apple, IPTV

The revolution will be televised, or so Apple says. We mentioned Apple TV a while back when Apple hit the news about no longer being a "computer" company, but instead simply "Apple, Inc." Everyone was excited about this new offering by Apple. The Apple TV promised to change the way you watch TV. Well, it's not really that revolutionary when it comes to technologies used, since IP-based television has been around for a while. But it's Apple. And it's supposed to be cool. Apple TV basically lets you watch iTunes content on your TV. So these can be videos and full-length movies downloaded (or perhaps bought?) off the iTunes store. So it's a bit ...

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Jan 13 2007

IPTV Will Change Everything

Posted by Geezer as Event Coverage, Gadgets, IPTV, Television

In my view, this year's CES is all about enabling pervasive content distribution. And the key to everyone's strategy here, whether Microsoft (via XBox 360) or Apple (via Apple TV), is IPTV. Let's be clear. IPTV is disruptive technology. Seriously. There is no better example of what a disruptive technology would look like. This is VoIP multiplied by a million. So what exactly is the big deal? Simply put: IPTV shakes video distribution to its core. It takes control away from the big cable companies. It makes entry into cable distribution much easier, increasing competition. It puts choice in the hands of consumers. It explodes constraints: limitless channels anyone? At a ...

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Mar 03 2006

MatrixStream HD IPTV set-top box

Posted by J. Angelo as IPTV, Television

OK, that didn't sound like a name for the next pandemic scare, right? Of course, HD IPTV stands for High Definition Internet-Protocol Television. Check out the MatrixStream high-def IPTV set-top box: MatrixStream Technologies, Inc., will soon be releasing the world’s first H.264 AVC (advance video codec) Video on Demand and IPTV Set Top Box (STB) and PC Player capable of the highest of high definition (HD) signal formats with 1080 vertical pixels by 1920 horizontal pixels. The STB also allows users to view HDTV and DVD videos right from their IP network. Simply plug in the STB to the IP network and home theater system, and the full functionality of Video-On-Demand is ready ...

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