Rexter
YeeHaw
join:2002-11-17
cloud 9 | Small screen HD.
Yea, nothing better than 1080p on a 2.5" screen. That's quality! |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| What makes you think WiMax will be limited to "cellphone" devices?
Sprint may have an interest in keeping WiMax AWAY from "cellphones" and towards other uses, as they own 100% of the CDMA/EVDO cellphone network but only 51% of the WiMax network.
It seems to me that they're talking about some sort of IPTV system (similar to U-Verse TV perhaps) delivered over WiMax. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
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There's a real possibility down the road that DVD/DVR players connected to an HDTV have a WiMAX connection that stream HD.
There will be a challenge to have enough backhaul to support that but it's distantly possible. Maybe with WiMAX 802.16m coming in a couple years. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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said by Rexter  :Yea, nothing better than 1080p on a 2.5" screen. That's quality! Ha ha, that's what I thought too.
I think HD is relative though. HD on a 2.5" screen is probably just the max resolution of said screen. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| Well, iTunes downloads are 5 Mbps on HD last time I checked. Not great quality, but it's HD. I believe it's 540p though. At any rate, that's ell within the window of 6-15 Mbps. And WiMax as a standard can certainly deliver that. Sort of like how EvDO does very well at times when measured up against the actual standard for performance.
Personally, I'm looking forward to aster wireless access with larger\no caps. So I don't have to just use mobile broadband when I'm not within reach of fixed broadband, but all the time, for everything. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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| said by iansltx :Well, iTunes downloads are 5 Mbps on HD last time I checked. Not great quality, but it's HD. I believe it's 540p though. At any rate, that's ell within the window of 6-15 Mbps. And WiMax as a standard can certainly deliver that. Sort of like how EvDO does very well at times when measured up against the actual standard for performance. Personally, I'm looking forward to aster wireless access with larger\no caps. So I don't have to just use mobile broadband when I'm not within reach of fixed broadband, but all the time, for everything. It's actually 720p, but 4Mbps, and most people are saying the quality is crap compared to everything else out there. |
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HEDP
join:2008-04-27
Miami, FL | reply to Rexter
Ignorance at it's best. |
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