[opendtv] Re: IBM out of the PC business
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:02:14 -0500
Last week I purchased a Linkplayer2, a DVD & network HD media player,
though it does not have a receiver. But one of the options on the menu
was to update firmware over the Internet, which I promptly did.
And a few months ago when I (temporarily) purchased a USDTV HD receiver
at Walmart I found that it could be upgraded by them mailing me a USB
memory stick, though I did not take advantage of that function.
So these sorts of boxes are indeed arriving.
- Tom
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> At 10:16 AM -0500 12/7/04, Kon Wilms wrote:
>
>>Whatever happened to your vision of the software upgradable STB that we
>>keep for x years? Are you giving up? :)
>
>
> Well. to a limited extent, some already exist. But for the most part,
> the STB industry has thus far rejected the soft/upgradable box
> approach. I think part of the reason for this is that the required
> technology has not been cost competitive with boxes based on cheap
> commodity chips, and in part because many major industry players do
> not want to see the upgradable approach take hold...they like product
> obsolescence.
>
> But I think things could change with the next generation of STBs. The
> programmable technology is now available to build such boxes with
> only a small premium over dedicated ASIC designs. And the next
> generation of applications will require more programmability.
>
> We shall see how this plays out.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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