http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/19/XStreamHD-to-deliver-1080p-to-your-home/ Engadget HD Comments for XstreamHD to deliver 1080p to your home http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/19/XStreamHD-to-deliver-1080p-to-your-home/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/19/XStreamHD-to-deliver-1080p-to-your-home/Nov 19th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/19/XStreamHD-to-deliver-1080p-to-your-home/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/19/XStreamHD-to-deliver-1080p-to-your-home/Why?

Even though current cable and satellite television uses MPEG2 (or MPEG4), you can't just hook up a 'pure' feed to your television without their 'proprietary' set-top-box.

I strongly support non-proprietary, open formats for internet, file based distribution. Closed systems that distribute directly to the home are different. They offer a service that is targeted to real-time consumption. You can always use a Tivo like device to capture the video (post proprietary decryption) if you want to generate files or time-shift.

Also, this is a great solution. Even though it's technically possible to distribute 1080p through the internet, how long do you think ISPs will provide 'unlimited' bandwidth once a critical mass of people start downloading that volume of material? They're business model is contingent on people not using up anywhere near a maximum bandwidth. The additional ISPs costs will make all the nice open format, cheap/free (or stolen) online content prohibitively expensive to download once enough people jump on the bandwagon.

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Wow... looks like they are in need of some engineers...]]>Nov 20th 2007 2:35AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/19/XStreamHD-to-deliver-1080p-to-your-home/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/11/19/XStreamHD-to-deliver-1080p-to-your-home/
I wonder what the cumulative bandwidth is and if they are going to be reducing the resolution (pixel and or color) or lowering the bitrate (compression) much like some other DBS providers have done. Is this going to be like Voom Reloaded?]]>Nov 20th 2007 8:16AM