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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.
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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.
The Official Netflix Blog: Netflix Coming to Nintendo’s Wii Console
The Official Netflix Blog: Netflix Coming to Nintendo’s Wii Console.
It’s official – you can now catch Netflix in more places than H1N1. Netflix recently announced that it’s coming to the final missing game console, Nintendo’s Wii, joining the Xbox, Playstation 3, HDTVs, Bluray Players, Roku, TiVo, etc… With all the access to streaming movies, maybe they can start catching up to their DVD library.
Just another reason to add a MoCA home network to your living room. With all the connected electronics available, consumers will need the speed and reliability of a wired network available to their home theater.
Read the article here.
Need a Few Ethernet Ports in your Living Room?
Entropic Communications and Wistron NeWeb Deliver Internet Entertainment Bridge for the Home Theater.
From the “What’s New” file from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, a new product that connects up to 4 Home Theater devices to the Internet from your living room. WNC’s 4-Port MoCA Ethernet-to-Coax bridge uses the coax cable in your living room to connect to your home network, providing up to 170 Mbps to your connected HDTV, Bluray player, Xbox, PS3, TiVo, etc… And since the 4-Port bridge is MoCA-compatible, it can interoperate with other MoCA devices from NETGEAR, D-Link, Actiontec and other manufacturers for a whole home wired network. Just a peek at what’s new for MoCA in 2010.
Read the article here.
Home Computer Network Is Already Linked – Yahoo! Finance
Home Computer Network Is Already Linked – Yahoo! Finance.
Even Investor’s Business Daily is picking up on the growing demand for connecting the home theater to your computer network. The article mentions both Powerline and MoCA as the best wired alternatives. For connecting the home theater, coax networking makes the most sense due to the availability of coax outlets in consumers homes as well as being “far simpler than their electrical system”.
Read the article here.
Amazon, Blockbuster, Facebook to Launch Yahoo TV Widgets – ClickZ
TV is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Brand new Yahoo interactive TV widgets are set to launch in the next two or three weeks for Sony, Samsung, LG, and Vizio HDTVs that support the technology.
When a widget surfaces, the viewer can choose via the remote control to view free content, or purchase immediately downloadable content when offered from retailers like Amazon and Blockbuster. He also hinted that physical products which involve order fulfillment will eventually be sold through the widgets. YouTube offers free video content through its widget.
Yahoo expects that the TV manufacturers will make a big push to promote the Widgets feature for TVs during the holiday season and into Super Bowl weekend. Meanwhile, consumers will be needing to connect their living rooms to their home networks more than ever. MoCA Ethernet-to-Coax bridges along with a 4-port switch will give them a wired Ethernet connection for their HDTVs plus Xbox, Bluray player, and other connected CE devices.
Web-To-TV Video Changes Everything – In-Stat
A new report from In-Stat says that the transition to viewing Internet video on the TV is already happening in the under-35 adult population. This includes streaming to a Game Console or Home Theater PC that is connected to the television. Not mentioned in the report is that this effect might be accelerated due to the ongoing recession as consumers find ways to cut entertainment expenses and maximize their monthly broadband charges. In-Stat research highlights:
- Within five years, the number of US broadband households viewing Web-to-TV content will grow to 24 million.
- Already, 29% of US 25 to 34 year olds with game consoles use the devices to watch streaming video off the Internet.
- In five years, there will be 7.4 million US broadband households that use media center PCs for streaming Web-to-TV content.
- TV networks and pay TV operators currently view online TV as additive to pay TV services, but Web-to-TV will ultimately force a complete restructuring of today’s video services.
- Video content will be optimized for broadcast or Web-to-TV based on content type.
No doubt the next generation of consumer electronics, including MoCA, is banking on this transition and that TV Networks and Pay TV operators are slowly positioning themselves accordingly. Given the success of video sites like Hulu, Boxee, Justin.tv, and others, In-Stat might be underestimating how quickly TV viewers will move to the web for their video fix.
Actiontec Sips MoCA – 2009-05-04 19:18:17 | Multichannel News
Actiontec Sips MoCA – 2009-05-04 19:18:17 | Multichannel News.
Following up on their CES introduction, Actiontec announced new MoCA networking adapters to extend broadband to Home Theater installations. Available through installers and CEDIA distributors, the Actiontec MoCA adapters have been seen on Amazon as well as other home theater online retailers. Actiontec has had extensive experience with MoCA as the technology supplier to Verizon so it’ s no surprise they are expanding the reach of their products.
MoCA Now at Fry’s!
MoCA at Fry's San Jose (Brokaw)
Just spotted at the Fry’s Electronics in San Jose, CA off Brokaw Road. Netgear MCAB1001 Coax-to-Ethernet adapters going for $199! It’s positioned solidly with the other 11N and Powerline bridges and looks good as part of the entire networking lineup. Fry’s had 8 units for sale and I need to check some of the other locations to see if they have the same. Come get ‘em while they’re hot!
