Giz Explains: IPTV, or Cable From the Phone Company

If you still rock the bunny ears we pledge you . But odds are , you in all probability get idiot box one of two ways : cable’s length or satellite . There ’s a newer fashion : IP , that is Internet Protocol , telecasting - in this case , the telly have over the internet by your phone company . Verizon and AT&T advertise FiOS television and U - Verse , severally , in choice part of the country where their fiber networks have been built out . ( Update : As has been point out , FiOS TV is n’t really IPTV , my bad . ) In a lot of ways , it’sthe TV of the hereafter - in part because most of you ca n’t get it yet . Beyond that , the technology that delivers it to your nursing home , as well as who is doing the delivering , opens up some jolly sweet new interactive possibilities . And even for veritable old boob tube , the way it ’s architected think of its good for HD buffs .

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But first , the basics . The difference between the video you ’re used to and this fancy IPFreelyTV stuff is thatIPTVis deport to you like any other data sent over the internet - in data packets . You even plug an Ethernet cable into your receiver box / DVR . Of course , the cyberspace ’s a messy place with lots of dung bouncing around the pipe and you ’d be really pissed if the Yankees secret plan stuttered or crapped out , so this is all run on the telephone company ’s “ palisade garden ” connection with a fat , dedicated lane for video . ( Your net service , which is bundled since it ’s running on the same mesh , runs on a dissimilar lane , define by quality - of - service , or QoS , protocols . )

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Now that that ’s out of the means , back to why its good for HD . With a standard transmission line frame-up , the channels are essentially always being piped into your abode , whether you ’re ascertain or not . To add more channels , they’vegotta compress ’em downfarther or open up the pipe up , especially since HD eat up a set of bandwidth . Since IPTV is sent in regular ol’ data packets and the system is two - fashion ( the nature of internet protocol ) , they ’re basically only sending what you postulate for , when you ask for it . So theoretically , they could offer way more HD line than cable’s length , since they ’re not as limited here . Also , like thatmythical Xbox 360 IPTV box , the bit of streams you could see / record simultaneously is basically only circumscribe by your bandwidth .

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The two - wayness of the base is another point of awesomeness . It can be used for in reality useful interactivity - one of AT&T ’s apps for the Olympics can wreak in a stats provender you may break out while watching the game . Or even internet telecasting , like YouTube , can be piped in and integrated with the other picture on your box . It ’s all just regular data over standard cyberspace protocols , so there ’s a lot of flexibility to do stuff and nonsense you merely ca n’t with a traditional setup .

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Still , there ’s a lot of potential difference in IPTV , even if it ’s taking forever to get to your doorstep . AT&T actually indicate me some of the stuff that could be at your door in the 6 - 9 month - and beyond - and it ’s definitely deserving stupefy unrestrained about . We ’ll be evidence you all about it by and by .

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