Gartner defines IPTV as a managed broadband network which delivers high picture-quality television and video content to a user's TV set via a set-top box. Content delivered over the Internet or only to a computer is not included.

said by brainlessdog :

I have a 15mbs internet connection. Where can I get a set top box to watch IPTV on my television? Watching video on my computer doesn't count as IPTV to me.

said by brainlessdog :

Thank you both for your input. What I am really looking for is a replacement for Comcast. Since Verizon sold me, I have an excellent connection, but no TV. It would be great if someone could provide their own channel lineups and everything like cable, only over my internet connection

But don't expect FairPoint to fight cable with a me-too IPTV service. While Johnson would not divulge any specific details about his IPTV plans outside of saying that he’s trialing next-gen IPTV, he thinks it will have to offer something better than cable.

"We actually think we don’t want to do what [the cable company] does,” he said. “We think you have to differentiate yourself, and it’s a huge mistake to chase the cable guys and build a 400-channel system; we have to find a smarter way to offer video.”

Whether or not FairPoint uses IPTV or higher data speeds as its weapons, it’s clear that cable has become a strident threat to FairPoint and its telco brethren.

said by pandora :

I've got DirecTV DVR's and download a bunch of stuff over Internet to watch on my TV sets. It looks like Comcast implemented their caps just in time.

Legal video over Internet is going to crunch some ISP's, will Comcast's neighborhood of 100 homes sharing a 30-40mb download pipe really be viable if 5-10% of those homes are downloading video content?

said by TKJunkMail :

No. Hence the justifiable use of a cap or the eventual switch to bill-by-byte.

said by TKJunkMail :

No. Hence the justifiable use of a cap or the eventual switch to bill-by-byte.

We are in the middle of a demand spurt, and what should follow ought to be a growth spurt.

said by Automate :

This one has live TV channels like cable. They need to add more channels but at least it is a start. »www.skyangel.com

said by Codacious :

Are people really trying to save money by doing less spending at leisure activities and sitting at home watching more of the boob tube (or monitor) and creating this demand,

said by Codacious :

or is it because of better and higher quality content that's become available ?
With the amount of companies going under every week, do you really think the one that spends their money on upgrade will win ?

said by Codacious :

On the subject at hand, every digital STB I've played with has an IP, so is this part of the fuss that Gartner defines as IPTV ?

said by funchords :

The majority of us would rather have root canal than go through the fuss of changing ISPs, but we will do it if the advance is compelling enough.

said by funchords :

I doubt it. Mine has an IP, too, but it's never stopped the cable box from being a cable box.

Since the Standard STB receives its info from a "managed broadband network" and not the internet, why does it not qualify as IPTV ?

It doesn't sound right to me, but I've no experience with IPTV and had always assumed it was digital video thru internet connected to a STB ?