When "Fat Pipes" are deployed, one of the uses will be MPEG-2 Video. Other video standards will be availible, but if your talking Broadcast video quality, its MPEG-2. The modems will need a MPEG-2 decoder, but not for data services. Games are now being developed with MPEG-2 video, you need a decoder.
A US home in the future will need a MPEG video decoder for, DVD, DVD-ROM, settop box/ or the TV set, your telephone, and I think audio DVD disks will include the videos/concerts/interviews in MPEG-2. You could buy 5 decoders, or 1 decoder in a system that does it all. We will see, "Home networks" that use one box that does it all.
With Dvx, you have have a consumer Encoder with decoding functions. If Dvx cost under $50, it can replace those 5 chips, plus the storage functions of VCR, Cube's MVP, and Computer data storage of Boardcast quality video.
In the end, each home needs only one devise. How soon? It depends on the "Fat pipes" that feed the homes. |
