Cable Begins To Embrace MPEG-4 - New MPEG-4 set tops arrive via Comcast, Time Warner Cable.... - dslreports.com
New MPEG-4 set tops arrive via Comcast, Time Warner Cable....
03:05PM Monday Jul 13 2009 by Karl Bode
Users in our Comcast TV forum indicate that both Comcast and Time Warner Cable have begun deploying new Motorola MPEG-4 set tops, the standard providing carriers with additional bandwidth providing room for new HD channels and VOD content. Mari Sibley over at the Motorola blog notes the new set tops come with an embedded DOCSIS 3.0 modem -- which will ultimately open up a new angle of TV interactivity. The new modem component obviously of more practical use for Comcast, who plans to have their whole footprint wired with the technology by the end of 2010. If you recall, one Motorola exec predicted the death of MPEG-2 settops by late 2009.
New MPEG-4 set tops arrive via Comcast, Time Warner Cable....
03:05PM Monday Jul 13 2009 by Karl Bode
Users in our Comcast TV forum indicate that both Comcast and Time Warner Cable have begun deploying new Motorola MPEG-4 set tops, the standard providing carriers with additional bandwidth providing room for new HD channels and VOD content. Mari Sibley over at the Motorola blog notes the new set tops come with an embedded DOCSIS 3.0 modem -- which will ultimately open up a new angle of TV interactivity. The new modem component obviously of more practical use for Comcast, who plans to have their whole footprint wired with the technology by the end of 2010. If you recall, one Motorola exec predicted the death of MPEG-2 settops by late 2009.
