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Re: Video Trials I'm impressed with this. I knew if Cable Co's stayed with the same model they would be left behind as things evolved. Interesting..
The difference in Coax to setop, and HSI to your Television is becoming more and more blurred. Internet media has a ways to go to mature, but it is coming fast with not just broadband but broadband being commonly at speeds that will sustain high quality progressive feeds (along with leaving room for other HSI activities).
If Charter can keep an eye and be a leader in the evolution they can really take advantage of the changing field.. and be a part of the molding, instead of just following what happens.
Because it is already to the point where everything is simply a data pipe to your house -- all data is then segregated into network programming (ie: TV),.. Internet browsing,.. Gaming,.. Telephone (not so much).. and on and on. I think all of this will be integrated even more so.. where the line between going to your computer for the 'internet' and checking 'email' and such will eventually all be done at all consoles. Yes, you will be browsing any websites (legibly, easily,.. and formatted for the large screens) on your television/LCD/LED-LCD/Plasma/ etc. You will be emailing off of it (but computers aren't going away.. so that privacy will always be around should you need it).. You will be doing on-demand .. and on and on.
I think the set-top model will eventually evolve into full blown high end computers .. And at some point more into a client. Where the Cloud computing becomes a reality and graphics and performance can all be done remotely and your client is built into your television (no boxes.. etc) --
It will become all a matter of extreme data coming over the infrastructure and your Television (or whatever screen you have) will be the input device -- (Keyboards will still be around and other peripherals of some sort) -- but if you select to go to your email inbox,.. it will send that request at an extremely low latency to be as speedy or even faster than what you experience on your computer now.
If you want to play XYZ game -- You connect and are likely just billed a 'gaming packing' fee on your Charter bill, and you can play anything. It all runs remotely, not dependent on your own hardware. The tech is here for such high end graphics and processing to be virtually streamed across the internet to your end, and accepting input and relaying it back in such a way that there is no 'lag'.
So it will all come down to who has the fattest pipe? Who can handle all their customers running this kind of bandwidth. No more will the HSI pipes be quite so leniently 'shared' -- Because the data demand will be on a higher level with more consistency from each subscriber, so the available bandwidth vs the sold bandwidth will have to be more proportionate.
Also there are a million and one things we just haven't thought of yet that will be the 'future' so to speak. Again, if charter is serious about this and continues with all aspects of online/data entertainment and business/casual use -- and APPLYing it they can help mold the way video, the internet, and all things that they are used for evolve.
Sort of like the difference in watching someone else sculpt something out of clay,.. and actually getting involved yourself to make the product (which never actually ever gets made.. is in a constant state of flux).
Only thing I can see limiting in the forseeable future (ie: 10-20-30 years down the road) is how far can you reliably push Coax and the infrastructure in place as it is?
Will fiber ultimately just be more cost effective as it's bandwidth capacity is nearly unlimited and easily expandable? Or will Coax continue to evolve their systems to squeeze more and more bandwidth, that in 20 years will be at levels never thought possible.
Interesting.
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