Ted- It looks like Boca's sneaking up on SFA and GIC. If they
keep it simple the ST2001 could become the Palm Pilot of the set top
boxes.
AT&T and Microsoft will be using General Instrument DTC-5000
and it sounds like a beast in addition to having to run with CE.
The original vision of interactive cable has now stretched far beyond 500
channels to include telephone service, video on demand, stereo audio, video
games and Internet access. As a result of this "all things to all people"
impulse, the DTC-5000 has sometimes been derided as an information-age
Cuisinart.
Indeed, the joke inside AT&T labs, where engineers are testing the box, is
that DTC-5000 has so many connectors that the physical integrity of its
back panel has been compromised. The prototypes include connections for
cable, power, Ethernet and Firewire networks, Universal Serial Bus,
telephony, audio, video, infrared, PCMCIA card, smart card and computer
monitor.
nytimes.com
Here are more details on the AOL deal. Shipments don't start until next year.
dailynews.yahoo.com
Harvey
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