Archive for July, 2010
Cincinnati Bell Launches Whole-Home DVR with MoCA
Motorola just announced that Cincinnati Bell has deployed its multi-room DVR platform to its subscribers. Motorola’s whole-home DVR platform uses a media software application running on a combination of up to eight DVR and non-DVR DCX all-digital high-definition set-top boxes. MoCA home networking allows viewing of TV content on any DVR from any room in the house, including bookmarking features which enable users to stop a show in one room and resume watching from the same point in another room.
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More HD Streaming on MoCA – DLNA on Every Blu-ray Player
DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) features give you the ability to share photos, movies and music between your PCs, cellphones, TV, and storage devices, and are now a standard feature in all Blu-ray players. This year the number of DLNA Certified® Blu-ray™ players has nearly doubled bringing the total number of models to 105. DLNA member companies, including: JVC, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony have all received certification for their Blu-ray players, continuing their commitment to help consumers easily manage, share and enjoy their digital content. With even more ways to stream A/V content throughout the home, a wired network like MoCA becomes even more desirable for the everyday consumer.
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CEDIA Award Finalist – Actiontec MoCA Bridge
Actiontec’s Ethernet over Coax MoCA Network Adapter is a finalist for The Best New CEDIA Product Awards program. Finalists have been determined by a diverse panel of CEDIA residential electronic systems contractor judges. Best New Product winners will be announced at the CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles®Awards Banquet on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom – Building B at the Georgia World Congress Center.
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TiVo and Whole-Home DVR
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iVo has confirmed a new client box for whole-home DVR for MSOs, possibly with Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) technology. TiVo will be developing a client box for MSOs, but they have not elaborated on specifics, such as how many TVs and other devices would be supported by the new multi-room product. TiVo is considering a “couple of choices” when it comes to the home networking technology for the multi-room DVR. “We think MoCA will be a very popular answer for many operators,” a TiVo Sr. VP says, noting that it would be “easy” to modify the TiVo Premiere box for MoCA networking.
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High Speed Gaming Experience Without Using Long Cables or WiFi
From HardcoreGamer:
Connecting a home network can be one of the easiest to make work, yet one of the hardest to make fast. That is until now, using my cable outlets I have turned my gaming home from a slow, stay within 10 feet of the router setup, to an almost anywhere high speed gaming experience. This was done in my home using Ethernet over Coax MoCA Network Adapters by Actiontec.
The first bit of info you need to know is what I had originally. I live in a 2000 sq. ft two-story home, using high speed internet over a wireless-N router. With three televisions, a couple computers, and multiple gaming systems the media traffic in my home can be intense. Mostly during the evenings when everyone was home we would all notice a significant loss in speed as the computers, gaming consoles, and Netflix streaming downloads bog down our shared 150 Mbps of N speed.
Now that you’ve learned a bit about the problem, something rather common for most gamers who don’t have fifty foot Ethernet cables winding through their homes, let me tell you how MoCA solved it. With only one or two laptops we figured out a good chunk of our house should be wired. From the desktops to the Televisions, running on the Wireless-N and sadly the Wireless-G cards was not a very fast option. We first looked at options such as running Ethernet through the walls. This would have been rather costly, and therefore was discarded as an option. Next we looked at getting the range extenders and/or a second internet line into the house. This turned out to also be an expensive route, and even worse there was no guarantee this solution would fix our speed issues. Finally we were presented with MoCA. This solution runs through our already existing Coax lines, which generally have one or two outlets in every room. The cost was rather low considering we just had to pay for the adapters and had to deal with very minimal installation. The last reason MoCA provides the true complete solution to our need was of course its reliable and lightning-fast speed. Since we weren’t relying on our bogged down Wireless Network, the download/upload speeds were fast and near constant. This was very important for the gamers, those streaming media, and for our constant Web-Chatters in the house. I would recommend Ethernet over Coax to anyone looking at a complete network solution. Whether they be in a large home with many media outlets or simply bandwidth-intensive users looking for reliable connections. MoCA adapters greatly increase the various forms of multimedia our household could enjoy, and didn’t sacrifice the performance, flexibility, and reliability of the data streaming options throughout the house.
Awesome Review of Actiontec MoCA adapters ECB2200
Have you ever been in that situation where wifi just doesn’t cut it, forcing you to try other network solutions such as Ethernet over power line and wanted tear your hair out in frustration? Whether you have a HTPC, a network media tank, or a video game console system you’ve been to that point where you just wish you could run an Ethernet cable, however due to constraints in your living situation you just can’t hard wire that Ethernet cable like you want to. Today we look at the Actiontec Ethernet over Coax MoCA network adapter and run it through the paces to see if this adapter is just the answer to all your hard wired woes.
Have you ever been in a situation where you absolutely needed to run an Ethernet cable and you just couldn’t run one due to your living situation? Where you first tried wifi (802.11a/b/g/n) and quickly found that wifi, even N wifi, was not stable enough. Then you went on to try alternative connectivity solutions such as Ethernet over power line adapters and they too just didn’t cut it? Well Ethernet over coax MoCA adapters might just be the solution for you.
Read the review at MissingRemote.com
Comcast and Their New AnyRoom DVR
Comcast is launching multi-room DVR and they call it AnyRoom DVR. You can now share all your DVR recordings in SD and / or HD to other rooms in the house. This is expected to be available by 7/15/2010 at $19.95/month. Equipment may cost extra and the service may not be available in all areas. You also have the flexibility to watch different recordings on different TVs at the same time without having an extra DVR. You can also share , store, and view completed recordings in the other set-top boxes.
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To view a discussion about AnyRoom DVR click here
