Comments on: Next-Gen IPTV Boxes Will Be Cheaper http://gigaom.com/2008/04/14/next-gen-iptv-boxes-will-be-cheaper/ The Business of Technology Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jose Miguel Cansado http://gigaom.com/2008/04/14/next-gen-iptv-boxes-will-be-cheaper/#comment-871293 Jose Miguel Cansado Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:49:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12140#comment-871293 <p>Good news that STB for Mediaroom will be lower cost. HD and multi-room is one of the things that might require fiber. The moment you want to receive 3 HD streams to 3 different STBs at home, you will need fiber.</p> <p>Looking a the next 8-10 years, Samsung is working on Ultra-High Definition at 4096 x 2160 resolution. It will require 300 Mbps of bandwidth.</p> <p>http://tech-talk.biz/2008/02/27/how-will-telcos-fill-the-pipes/</p> Good news that STB for Mediaroom will be lower cost.
HD and multi-room is one of the things that might require fiber. The moment you want to receive 3 HD streams to 3 different STBs at home, you will need fiber.

Looking a the next 8-10 years, Samsung is working on Ultra-High Definition at 4096 x 2160 resolution. It will require 300 Mbps of bandwidth.

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]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/04/14/next-gen-iptv-boxes-will-be-cheaper/#comment-871219 Stacey Higginbotham Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:34:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12140#comment-871219 <p>Geraldz, would extra services, such as interactive TV or easy media streaming throughout the home, make the cost easier to swallow? For many people fiber is a pricey solution to a problem they don't yet have, so I'm curious what might drive more people to adopt it.</p> Geraldz, would extra services, such as interactive TV or easy media streaming throughout the home, make the cost easier to swallow? For many people fiber is a pricey solution to a problem they don’t yet have, so I’m curious what might drive more people to adopt it.

]]> By: geraldz http://gigaom.com/2008/04/14/next-gen-iptv-boxes-will-be-cheaper/#comment-871215 geraldz Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:34:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12140#comment-871215 <p>Something's got to bring down the cost of IPTV. Verizon ran fiber right next to my back yard but there's no way I'm pay that kind of money for FIOS - I don't care how fast it is!</p> Something’s got to bring down the cost of IPTV. Verizon ran fiber right next to my back yard but there’s no way I’m pay that kind of money for FIOS - I don’t care how fast it is!

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