markofmayhemI can haz competition?Premium
join:2004-04-08
Pittsburgh, PA
kudos:4 | reply to rahvin112
Re: Allvid is the answer I belive you are referring to this FCC docket:
»www.scribd.com/doc/24455769/Tivo···and-Plan
Note the nice pictorial diagram at the end. TiVo's request, along with others, fueled the current "AllVid" device. This is not open standards internet video from the TiVo. It is another device in the home for which the TiVo can connect to, requireing two devices within the home total for the TiVo to access MPVD service. AllVid does not allow TiVo to access cable, instead, it is a "MODEM" design that the TiVo connects to. In the future, this would most likely be a fine solution, but caution must be given that this will cost us more during inception. We will have to rent this "MODEM" from our MPVD's and then buy our devices as well. Over time, prices will settle and it should be a cheaper (adjusted for inflation) solution than today, for all involved, including the cost of the MPVD's to deliver you content. But take head: the initial cost will be substantial and DRM will exist from source to display. Any device not capable of supporting this DRM will display nothing. This model should exist for ALL television outside of over-the-air. The FCC-Satellite, FCC-Fios, and FCC-Uverse discrimination must end for this to succeed as a consumer benefit. Everyone should be forced to the "MODEM" model with DLNA interface connectivity. An ethernet port will physically deliver the data and anything capable of running an application through firmware upgrades or installed on a "drive" can become DLNA capable, as long as the display output has a content protection enabled system. So your Wii can not become DLNA capable, while a PS3 can as long as all non-HDMI ports are deactivated.
Tru2Way hardware, direct to retail, was a pipe dream. Tru2Way will survive where it's roots started: open cable. A simple premise to offer interactive television, where a broadcaster can connect direct to an in-home device. AllVid will further Tru2Way in this regard, for the protocol between home device and closed network will not need to be known and easily translated between devices and networks. The hardware Tru2Way was dead before it was named.
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I can haz competition? |
Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | What is needed is for the FCC to actually enforce the law that has been on the books since 1996 rather than accepting any more excuses from the cable TV companies. Take away digital cable encryption for all but premium channels such as HBO until a significant third party retail market exists and watch how fast Cable Labs comes up with or accepts a solution that adheres to the law and ends the present anti-consumer digital cable box situation. |
