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New MoCA Installation Videos on YouTube

poidawg — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:56:51 +0000

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 !

Filed under: adapters, Blu-Ray, cable, Connected TV, DECA, Gaming, Installation, moca, netflix, Networking, ps3, Samsung, Sling, tivo, Uncategorized, Vudu, WiFi, xbox360 Tagged: bluray player, coax networking, home networking, Installation, internet tv, moca, moca adapter, ps3, slingbox, tivo, wii, xbox, YouTube

MoCA POE Filters and Splitters Explained

Smart Phone Dojo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:02:01 +0000

In this video, you will learn some MoCA basics, what is a POE filter, and how a MoCA filter-splitter is used. This is for the advanced MoCA user who wants to improve his MoCA network performance and support more MoCA devices in the home.

To watch the video click here

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DIRECTV launches Whole-Home DVR using MoCA!

Smart Phone Dojo — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:43:09 +0000

It’s here, officially on the DIRECTV website! With DIRECTV Whole-Home DVR service now you have the power to share all your recorded programs with any TV in your home. Thanks to MoCA networking you only need one DIRECTV HD-DVR to record your favorite shows and programs and watch them in any room inside your house. MoCA is represented by all the dotted yellow lines on the diagram which connects all of the receivers through the coax. See the website for official launch information.

For more info and a video click here

Filed under: DirecTV Tagged: DirecTV, moca

Rogers 8642 HD PVR

Smart Phone Dojo — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:07:12 +0000

Rogers just lunched a new HD PVR model 8642 manufactured by Cisco on April 19 2010. The set-top box features dual tuners with hard disk drive storage ranging from 160GB to 500 Gigabytes; 1 GHz tuning which could allow Rogers to expand network bandwidth to provide additional services; MPEG-4 (H.264) decoding support; support for tru2way, MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) and DLNA technologies (Digital Living Network Alliance) which may or may not be implemented by Rogers in the future.

For more info click here

Filed under: Cisco Tagged: moca, Rogers

Verizon FiOS and MoCA

Smart Phone Dojo — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:53:49 +0000

FiOS is a bundled communications service (Internet, telephone, and TV) operating over a fiber-optic communications network and presently being offered by Verizon. In 2009 they had approximately 3 million TV subscribers and 2.5 million Internet subscribers. Verizon chose MoCA for their in-home networking standard, primarily for HD distribution of Multiroom DVR services but also for data and Internet services. The Verizon MoCA home networks could also support DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) devices including connected TVs, PCs, and Bluray players in future deployments. With up to 175 Mbps of bandwidth, the MoCA network could serve as a backbone for both wired and wireless devices for Verizon’s Connected Home strategy.

Read the article here and see the video here.

Filed under: FiOS, Verizon Tagged: moca, Verizon Fios

Google’s New TV?

Smart Phone Dojo — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:48:08 +0000

A new TV has surfaced that works on the Google Android operating system, code named Scandinavia. The HD LCD TV comes in various sizes ranging from 42” to 55”. The Internet connected TV offers a variety of applications including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube apps, Gmail, and Google Maps among others. The TV also features a web browser. And because it’s using an Android base OS you can download applications and games from an App Store. This is an awesome device; you can download apps for the weather channel, play your favorite music, play games, listen to radio over the internet, and lots and lots more. Android is getting a lot of momentum in the phone world, and a lot of demand for faster Internet connections. If the same happens with TVs, MoCA will be there to provide the high-speed networking connection.

Read the article here

Filed under: Android, Google, HDTV Tagged: Android, Google, HDTV, moca

New Xbox Coming Soon? Motion Control better with MoCA

Smart Phone Dojo — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:38:20 +0000

Microsoft is rumored to be coming out with a new controller free motion control technology that’s not just an add-on for Xbox 360, it will be a standard for the next Xbox console called Natal. Natal has a camera in it that will capture your motions and apply it directly to games, similar to the Wii. With the new Xbox you can play current Xbox 360 games on it, but future games would be able to take advantage of the added muscle. Natal will be the next evolution of the Xbox 360; similar hardware but upgraded, repackaged, and rebranded. With this new console you can talk to your friends, play with them online and see them over Xbox live, as well as go online shopping. For this, you need a fast internet response and that’s where MoCA comes in. The technology underlying MoCA provides the elements necessary to use your coax cable to distribute high-quality multimedia content and high-speed data, with throughput up to 175 Mbps and millisecond latency so there is no lag.

for more info click here

Filed under: Xbox Natal, xbox360 Tagged: moca, xbox 360, Xbox Natal

Parks Associates: PC and Game Consoles Extend Online Video to TV

Smart Phone Dojo — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:41:57 +0000

Consumer interest for Web-on-TV applications is increasing, and consumers are rapidly making their own connection via PC and game consoles. According to Parks Associates, from 2008 to 2009, the number of U.S. households using Web-connected game consoles increased by 64%, and the number connecting a PC to a TV increased by 36%.

Over three-fourths of U.S. households with PC-to-TV connections and one-third of Xbox 360 owners are using these connections to stream online video. These households, as they extend online video and other Web experiences to the TV screen, are laying the foundation for future behaviors with connected CE and entertainment services.

This bodes well for connected Blu-ray players and networked digital media players such as Apple TV and Roku, says the article. With more consumers using these devices to stream HD videos, the demand for MoCA networks will increase as well.

Click here for the article.

Filed under: Blu-Ray, Gaming, HDTV, ps3, xbox360 Tagged: moca, Web-on-TV

MoCA Looking to Tap into Europe’s Home Networking Market

Smart Phone Dojo — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:24:21 +0000

MoCA is growing everyday in the U.S., thanks to Verizon FiOS and soon DirecTV and other MSOs. Now MoCA is beginning to turn it’s attention towards Europe . According to a study conducted by IMS Research, 56% of UK respondents said they had two or more coaxial outlets in their home and 27% reported three or more. France had similar figures of 55% and 25%. Poland had the greatest number of available outlets at 71% with two or more coaxial outlets and 36% three or more. The Netherlands – the most highly cabled market to be surveyed – had the least number of available outlets: 45% of respondents said they had two or more coaxial outlets and 15% with three or more.

The technology underlying MoCA provides the elements necessary to use this cable to distribute high-quality multimedia content and high-speed data, with throughput up to 175 Mbit/s. The MoCA Alliance will use this IMS Research data to begin developing interest for its home networking standard in Europe.

Read the article here.

Filed under: Europe Tagged: Europe, moca

MoCA Forum

Sharath — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:18:47 +0000

On the AVS forum, a thread has been started that talks about MoCA. Check it out, it is a great place to get your questions answered.

AVS Forum

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