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PVRblog ♥s Gizmodo

There's an amazing amount of news worth sharing over at Gizmodo — if you don't already visit that site daily, you really should.

Sony and Dell are coming out with Windows Media Center PCs, hopefully sporting the updated edition of the OS set for release later this month.

And not one, but two different companies have announced TCP/IP aware televisions, with KiSS technology announcing what could possibly be the coolest TV on the planet: a HDTV-capable 42" plasma screen with 802.11g integrated. Toshiba is also working on larger TVs sporting ethernet jacks, including a 42" flat panel too.

Although the 802.11g protocol can theoretically attain network speeds in the 55 Mbps range, real world reports are that reliability and reported speeds are much less than optimal. If I were moving video from a PC to a TV and back, I'd opt for the 100 Mbps ethernet and run wires myself.

by Matt Haughey September 5, 2003 in News

Comments

I think ehomeupgrade is better site. They seem to have better written and more informative posts on their tech blog.

http://www.ehomeupgrade.com

Posted by: John at Sep 5, 2003 9:16:02 PM

Wouldn't you just be moving video for streaming purposes? How much throughput do you really need for that? Uncompressed DVDs top out around 10 Mbps don't they? And it seems like I'm usually closer to the 4-6 Mbps range. I would think that any TiVo/PVR type of thing would be WAY less than DVD quality, so...?

Posted by: Will Raleigh at Sep 9, 2003 3:38:17 PM

one reason not to try a tivo: it's not available in my area (europe) :-(((

Posted by: vonragnor at Sep 17, 2003 2:46:27 PM

I like the ehomeupgrade.com site as well. Todd Lokken.

Posted by: Todd Lokken at Sep 26, 2005 7:30:23 AM

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