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Verizon To Launch a Home Media Server In 2012, Plans To Eliminate Set-Top Box | TechCrunch
@Yoni Ende
Pretty exciting technology. Looking forward to it.
@Marc Bigbie
This is where it should have been headed all along, the "Set to box? is a stupid idea in 2011. We had them 30 years ago because our tvs had knobs and could only get a few channels, the set top box extended that tuning, but come on, its 2011! I wrote a post about this almost a year ago because of Comcast forcing me to get one http://mb168.tumblr.com/post/2602907488/got-a-letter-from-comcast-about-needing-to-get-a and even and even made reference to a device exactly as described here.
@Jeff Kibuule
Nice idea, but I need to see execution. Plus, the real problem is Verizon has stopped expanding its FiOS footprint. They only have 3.8 million subscribers from 15 million potential customers, and due to the recent deals with SpectrumCo (consortium of cable companies), they will probably never grow larger in size to reach more people. Yay competition!
@John S. Wilson
True, but they could license this, especially now that they are playing nice with other cable companies.
@Daniel Dlugos
I'm really interested to see where the pricing is going to fall on this device. It seems like, for the past 10-15 years or so, STB's and DVR's have been guarded as a revenue stream from the CableCo's (Look towards the failure of Cable Cards for evidence). If you wanted digital TV, you needed a box per TV at a cost of $5/month. You want HD on that TV, now you're at $10/month/tv. HD-DVR, $15/month/TV. And finally, a multi-room HD-DVR is $20/month/tv. All of a sudden, your great promotional monthly rate for $100 TV/Internet/Phone ends up being $200 with all the STB's you are renting from the CableCo. So, the idea that one media can handle all the devices in my house is pretty appealing.
@David William Baum
The STBs are needed to protect content (DRM). The monthly rate should fall because Verizon does have to pay the CAPEX for the STBs and rent them to the customers.
@John S. Wilson
Amazing. It's about time cable companies invested more in providing service over wifi.
@Ian Alden Jones
I all I have to say is about time. There is no need for those lame set top boxes.
@Daniel Ostrower
Sorry. I don't get it. If all the content is in the cloud (including my own, increasingly) and the devices are all internet connected, what do I need a server for? Why do I need a box that everything comes in through and then distributes to all the devices? Right now I can get Netflix on my TV, computer and iPhone all because they have app's (or a browser) and are connected to the internet. No server needed.
@Mark Bretl
Netflix, VUDU, Hulu, and all the others all have content...but the thing you are missing is the linear channel feed. Now there is WatchESPN and others, but then you need an app for every channel...doable, but not all channel providers have the resources. And then what about the local channels to get your news? You can say you don't care about local news, but there is nothing out there right now for 'cord-cutters' to get their local channels. What Verizon is not saying here is that this will help their own bandwidth by only sending to one set top box instead of each one in the home. These companies do not 'improve' technology only for the consumer, it would have to help them as well.
@Wes Hanemayer
Mark Bretl Interesting perspective
@Nick Fleker Felker
With Google TV, Apple TV, and now this, 2012 is looking to be an awesome year for television.
@David Vo
If Verizon is going to stream HD over wireless (to other TV's in the house), the house's wifi will be saturated necessarily.
@Jeff Martens
I love this but am pissed that Verizon sold FIOS in Oregon/Washington to Frontier, meaning I wont get this :(
@Dave Mora
I am glad to see that they are moving forward with this idea. I can't wait for the transmission to change 100% to IP and the delivery type becomes optional. I have been enjoying this idea of a single box and streaming the content over my network to my computers with DirecTV's. http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/directv/technology/directv2pc - I am still not sure why is Beta and not a full supported product. But, I hope a day comes where I can live in an non Verizon FIOS area such as in an AT&T area and select my Fios TV to be delivered via LTE through Verizon Wireless to a fixed antenna into the so called media server. If I can get Awesome Netflix quality video on my TV over existing high speed DSL. I am sure I can get HD quality video over the faster LTE speeds. Since, your TV only how's you 1 channel at a time. You don't need a crazy amount of bandwidth for the provider to send you all the channels at once. #my2cents
@David Cramer
Great. Sounds a lot like Windows Media Center.