GNG News Guy
01-03-2008, 04:52 PM
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The MPEG-4 compression standard uses less bandwidth, allowing carriers to provide more HD channels. DirecTV and Dish have already embraced the standard, and the cable industry is soon to follow. Motorola recently stated (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/90398) that they believe MPEG-2 will be dead by 2010.
Motorola geared up for CES today by unveiling their first line of MPEG-4 based set top boxes (http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=9066_8995_23&pageLocaleId=2026). The DCX series come with 1GHz tuners (many cable operators like Cox (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/89444) are upgrading their networks to 1GHz gear), and supports downstream DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding for future IPTV-esque content. Since the migration to MPEG-4 won't happen overnight, the Motorola blog (http://connectedhome2go.com/2008/01/03/motorola-mpeg-4-set-tops/) notes that they'll be backward compatible with MPEG-2.
Lots of other CES Motorola gear was unveiled today, including a new plug and play WiMax modem (http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=9069_8998_23&pageLocaleId=2026), as well as the SBV5422 Surfboard modem (http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=9067_8996_23&pageLocaleId=2026). The SBV5422 is catered toward self-install digital voice service, and integrates a cable modem, VoIP hardware, and cordless phone handset.
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The MPEG-4 compression standard uses less bandwidth, allowing carriers to provide more HD channels. DirecTV and Dish have already embraced the standard, and the cable industry is soon to follow. Motorola recently stated (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/90398) that they believe MPEG-2 will be dead by 2010.
Motorola geared up for CES today by unveiling their first line of MPEG-4 based set top boxes (http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=9066_8995_23&pageLocaleId=2026). The DCX series come with 1GHz tuners (many cable operators like Cox (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/89444) are upgrading their networks to 1GHz gear), and supports downstream DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding for future IPTV-esque content. Since the migration to MPEG-4 won't happen overnight, the Motorola blog (http://connectedhome2go.com/2008/01/03/motorola-mpeg-4-set-tops/) notes that they'll be backward compatible with MPEG-2.
Lots of other CES Motorola gear was unveiled today, including a new plug and play WiMax modem (http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=9069_8998_23&pageLocaleId=2026), as well as the SBV5422 Surfboard modem (http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=9067_8996_23&pageLocaleId=2026). The SBV5422 is catered toward self-install digital voice service, and integrates a cable modem, VoIP hardware, and cordless phone handset.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Motorola-Unveils-First-MPEG4-Set-Tops-90658)