DIRECTV Moving to IP Delivery for Commercial Businesses

[Scott Greczkowski]

Starting in January DIRECTV will be rolling out a new receiver exclusively for Commercial Establishments. The new boxes will not use Satellite but will instead use IPTV.

I was told that the requirements is an 8 meg internet connection for each receiver, and they will allow up to 20 receivers on one account.

I was told that going forward these will be installed in Commercial businesses instead of Satellite receivers.

In talking to my friend from DIRECTV I was told the biggest issue with these boxes, is lets say you have a sports bar you have one of these receivers connected to each TV and lets say you want to show the same channel (or game) on a few of your TV's... well the channels audio and video will be out of sync between each tv, due to the IPTV technology.

I asked why they didn't make this receiver to go into a headend so the same programming will be in sync on all TV's and was told they are looking to get away from Headend setups.

I should be able to see one of these new units next month.

 

[Tom Speer]

That problem occurs with multiple Genie clients on a Genie server in a home installation. Open floor plans create the problem. The only way I have found to solve it is HDMI splitters.

 

[primestar31]

well the channels audio and video will be out of sync between each tv

Instant replay, just by turning your head and looking at another tv set. Bonus! lol

 

[John2021]

Instant replay, just by turning your head and looking at another tv set. Bonus! lol

won't be half bad when ones drunk off there A$$

 

[Juan]

Why does it seem technology is going backwards instead of advancing?

 

[KyL416]

The Streaming TV Support for Business page says bars that need their TVs to be in sync should still stick to satellite instead of streaming:

If you have TVs in the same vicinity tuned to the same program/game, each TV may stream at a slightly different point in the broadcast. Therefore, DIRECTV Satellite service is recommended for businesses, such as sports bars and restaurants, needing perfectly synchronized broadcasting across all TVs, or that do not have adequate internet bandwidth to support streaming.