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MoCA Roundup at CES 2012
CES 2012 brought a bundle of great news involving MoCA home networking and here are just a few of the big stories.
DISH Network Starts Using MoCA Networking
MoCAlliance’s Channel – YouTube.
MoCA Alliance has a number of great videos including the DISH announcement of their new Whole Home DVR which uses MoCA networking, and videos from the Wi3 and Channel Master booths.
TiVo Updates to Multiroom Streaming on Premiere DVRs
TiVo started to update the new multiroom streaming (MRS) software in their Premiere DVRs which allows streaming saved shows from TiVo-to-TiVo without having to “download” video anymore. Not only does this create a more complete Whole Home DVR experience, but allows access to more shows that might have been blocked by copy restrictions. TiVo recommends a Wired network connection, either Ethernet or MoCA, so expect a lot more TiVo users to be upgrading from WiFi to a reliable wired MoCA connection.
Actiontec Shows First Multi-band MoCA Networking Adapter
The folks at Actiontec who build the MoCA routers and adapters for Verizon FiOS, have now come up with a new MoCA adapter that works in either Cable, Verizon, or DirecTV networks. Called the Multi-band MoCA adapter, it works like the standard Ethernet-to-Coax adapter except now you don’t have to select between a Cable/VZ-only or DirecTV DECA, you can just use a single adapter for either network! It’s also insurance if you decide to switch between Cable and Satellite, and could be bundled with a game console or connected TV at your local electronics store.
Samsung Includes DirecTV RVU Support on All 2012 Smart TVs
Samsung threw even more support behind the RVU standard by announcing support for DirecTV in all of it’s new Smart TVs. RVU is the standard that allows your TV to have it’s own set-top box features, connecting to a central RVU DVR server (the DirecTV HR34 Home Media Center) via Ethernet or MoCA networking. The TV can then access DVR shows, Live DirecTV, PPV, etc… just as if it was connected to a set-top box. Since the RVU software is basically just an App that runs on the Smart TV, don’t be surprised to see more support for DirecTV on other connected devices like bluray players, game consoles, tablets and smartphones.
MyGica Introduces New MoCA Ethernet Over Coax Kit
MyGica, known for it’s TV and PC video products, launched a new MoCA Ethernet Over Coax Kit to complement it’s lineup of USB video capture products and Android set-top box. The kit includes 2 Ethernet-over-Coax adapters, is compatible with MoCA 1.1 networks, and ships directly from their online partner at a great value. New users who are considering MoCA networking now have a lot of options to choose the solution that fits them best.
Wi3 MoCA Product Wins CES 2012 Innovations Award: Discovery News
Faster Home Networks Using Coaxial : Discovery News.
CES 2012 Innovations Award Winners
Building on the success of it’s WiPNET product, Wi3 announced that it had won the CES 2012 Best of Innovations Award in the Home Networking category. The WiPNET replaces the coax outlet in your home and is described by Discovery Channel News:
Each patented in-wall sleeve and interchangeable cartridge features two Ethernet ports and is professionally installed in 5 minutes without ripping apart or drilling into sheetrock. Even better, the system is future-proof. As the technology evolves, you’ll be able to customize/upgrade your home media set-up by simply swapping in a new cartridge.
WiPNET has also won 2011 CEDIA Manufacturers’ Excellence Finalist, 2011 Resi Award for Industrial Design, 2011 CE Pro Best Technologies Award, and Communications Technology 2011 Platinum Award. Congratulations to Wi3 and their amazing MoCA-based product.
MoCA Tech Back at CEDIA Expo, and Bigger Than Ever
The CEDIA EXPO 2011 is coming up, Sept 7-10 in Indianapolis, IN, and this year promises even more MoCA exhibitors and products than ever before. Last year it was DirecTV that was launching their new whole home DVR service and this year should include even more MoCA surprises. See the announcement from MoCA Alliance website below:
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New MoCA Installation Videos on YouTube
New installation videos are now available on YouTube showing how to install MoCA adapters with various connected devices including Internet TVs, Bluray Players, Game Consoles, Slingbox, TiVo, etc… Stay tuned for more videos on MoCA installation, operation and features – subscribe to our MoCABlog YouTube channel today !
Report: Wi-Fi 30 percent slower than wired
Report: Wi-Fi 30 percent slower than wired | Wireless – CNET News.
Anyone who’s ever used a wired connection at work versus their corporate WiFi shouldn’t be surprised that wired is faster. What is surprising is how much slower WiFi makes your broadband- 30% in the US according to this comprehensive study which polled 14,000 users across 4 countries over 4 months. Specifically, US download speeds averaged 7.4Mbps over a wired connection compared to 5.2Mbps for a WiFi download. The significant difference was also seen in the UK (26.5% slower for WiFi), Italy (40%), and Spain (30.1%). Download the Epitiro study whitepaper here.
This should be an alarm for both consumers and their ISPs. If you’re paying $50/month for 10Mbps cable modem service, you’re really only getting 7Mbps on your WiFi devices. Those “wasted” 3Mpbs are leaking out of your home network in the form of retransmissions, lost bits, and general waste. Your ISP should be as concerned as your power company to conserve, even more so since they are getting paid a flat rate.
Moral: Save Bandwidth, Get a Wired Network! And since most homeowners don’t want to rip up their walls, installing a MoCA coax network is the next best thing to wired Ethernet (and less expensive).
3 Antennas vs 1 Coax: WiFi Still Can’t Do What MoCA Does
Three Stream N For HD Streaming: Close, But No Cigar
As the late great Howard Cosell said “I’m just telling it like it is”, and so are the guys at SmallNetBuilder as they once again stage their HD Smackdown using the latest WiFi competitor, 3 stream 11N. Identified by 3 antennas instead of the usual 2, the latest in WiFi technology has demonstrated increased throughput, but can it successfully stream 1080P HD video without interruptions? Sadly, it’s more “Agony of Defeat” as summed up by SmallNetBuilder:
It may seem hard to believe, but all the additional bandwidth provided by three-stream N still isn’t enough to ensure trouble-free 1080p wireless streaming. The best performance I could achieve still had minor, occasional problems during fact action sequences with a strong, next-room signal and the router set to spectrum-hogging Auto 20/40 MHz bandwidth mode.
So how do you hook up to your brand new Internet TV? Not with the (2 antenna) dongle that comes with the TV and it doesn’t look like powerline does the job either. What do the reviewers recommend?
So it still appears that your best bet for trouble-free 1080p network play remains 100 Mbps Ethernet, with MoCA a viable alternative if your setup allows it.
OnLive Gaming – The Perfect OTT for MoCA
Haven’t heard of OnLive? Then you’re probably not into video gaming or cloud based computing. OnLive was started by Apple/WebTV pioneer Steve Perlman to provide an HD gaming service that would never require updating your game console. How do you do that? By putting all the gaming hardware in the “cloud” ie Internet servers so that the hardware required at home is minimal. It’s essentially an HD TV channel that reacts to your joystick/gamepad moves – a TV channel that interacts with you.
And just how do they perform that magic? Start by locating data centers 1000 miles or less from every customer, using the most advanced GPUs and servers, and squeezing out every bit of latency (delays) from your system. OnLive started out on the PC only and is now introducing their $99 microconsole for HDTV play. And how do you connect your living room to the Internet – via MoCA of course! Aside from wired Ethernet, MoCA has the lowest latency of all networking technologies, typically less than 3.5 milliseconds, so your gaming session goes as smooth as silk with no interruptions. Good luck with using powerline or wireless with this system if someone turns on a blender.
As more advanced over-the-top (OTT) services like OnLive launch, the more consumers will clamor for a reliable wired home network like MoCA.
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
Coax Home Nets Could See Five-Fold Rise by 2011
U.S. cable TV providers are expected to roll out multi-room DVR packages later this year based on the MoCA home networking technology. The services let TVs in various rooms link to a single DVR. To date Verizon has led the charge for MoCA, deploying MoCA as part of its FiOS broadband service. Time Warner, Cox, Brighthouse and Comcast, are likely to drive opportunities for MoCA in 2010 with the market moving from two million units per quarter towards up to 8 to 10 million units per quarter by the end of 2011, according to a report from Barclays Capital. MoCA’s next generation technology, MoCA 2.0 will be the next generation of MoCA. It will support two modes, one with throughput up to 400 Mbits/s and another with useable throughput up to 800 Mbits/s and is backward compatible with the current version 1.1.
For the article click here
Samsung, Toshiba and VIZIO now shipping with VUDU « Vudu Blog
5 Down, 2 To Go. Samsung, Toshiba and VIZIO now shipping with VUDU « Vudu Blog.
Fresh off their big deal with Wal-Mart, VUDU announced 3 new Consumer Electronics manufacturers who are now including their movie service in HDTV’s and Blu-ray players. Samsung and Vizio, the two leading flat panel TV players both announced multiple TVs and Blu-ray Players that will be streaming the VUDU service. Toshiba announced a TV that features VUDU Apps, an internet apps platform that includes Flickr, Picasa, Pandora, etc…
With 1080P movies that require up to 10Mbps of network bandwidth, VUDU on a MoCA network is the obvious choice short of stringing Ethernet cable through your ceiling panels. And with more homes already using MoCA including 3 million Verizon FiOS customers and soon to be DirecTV households, many more VUDU-enabled TVs and Blu-ray players will be happily streaming along using MoCA.
