I'm glad it will go higher. We've been waiting for this. Here is the background
apan's Pioneer Electronic said today that it had joined hands
with Canal Plus of France and U.S. firms C-Cube
Microsystems and DiviCom to develop an advanced digital
cable TV system.
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Then on Monday. Now we know why they wanted that booth next to CableNet. We need more details as to what features and price....
C-Cube sets set-top strategy
By Stephanie Miles
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 27, 1998, 4:00 a.m. PT
C-Cube is developing a multimedia platform for TV
set-top boxes that is designed to improve picture quality
and Web graphics viewed on television sets.
C-Cube's Avia@TV, which will be announced on Monday, is
designed to replicate the way Web graphics and Internet
content appears on the PC, with an embedded processor
which delivers "high-speed rendering comparable to that of the
PC," according to C-Cube.
Internet appliances such as "intelligent" set-top boxes are
expected to explode in popularity over the next five years.
Cable service providers and satellite television broadcasters will
begin to lease intelligent set-top boxes to their customers in an
effort to add Internet connectivity to their traditional services.
Set-top boxes will be available at the retail level in the next few
years.
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C-Cube's new decoding and processing solution is aimed at
replicating the full PC experience on a set-top box.
"Subscribers' expectations for television entertainment have
shifted the set-top market into supplying a more feature-rich,
multimedia solution," said David Baillie, vice president and
general manager of C-Cube's Consumer Network Products, in
a statement.
Avia@TV also offers what C-Cube calls a "flicker filter," a
feature which compensates for television screens' low refresh
rate, which the human eye perceives as a flicker. This feature
makes it easier for the user to read text over the TV, C-Cube
says.
C-Cube will market the chipset to set-top box manufacturers
and cable service providers, the company said. Pioneer has
already signed on to build a box based on the platform, C-Cube
said.
This must be used in the 6 member team exhibit. Sure hope it looks good!!
We have till Monday to talk this over. |
