Comments on: More hope for SDV on TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/08/27/more-hope-for-sdv-on-tivo-series3-and-tivo-hd/ TiVo, Slingbox, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever tech I feel like blogging about... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: megazone http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/08/27/more-hope-for-sdv-on-tivo-series3-and-tivo-hd/#comment-7085 megazone Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:07:43 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/08/27/more-hope-for-sdv-on-tivo-series3-and-tivo-hd/#comment-7085 The problem is 'IPTV' is an almost meaningless term. Broadly it simply means television delivered over an IP network - but IPTV has been used to refer to everything from private networks like AT&T U-Verse to downloading video over the Internet. I don't see where SDV has anything to do with IPTV in general, they're unrelated really. Unless there was a hybrid system where IP was used to deliver content to the home, then within the home it was redistributed over coax as SDV cable to inter-operate with standard devices - much as how FiOS arrives at the home on fiber, but is then redistributed within the home over coax. Depending on the IPTV network and how it works over all, it *may* be possible for TiVo to update their software to connect directly to the IPTV network - at least on the newer units which have sufficient Ethernet performance. Alternatively, an external adapter/tuner could be used - something that takes the IPTV signal and outputs it as QAM for the TiVo to capture via the tuner. The problem is ‘IPTV’ is an almost meaningless term. Broadly it simply means television delivered over an IP network - but IPTV has been used to refer to everything from private networks like AT&T U-Verse to downloading video over the Internet.

I don’t see where SDV has anything to do with IPTV in general, they’re unrelated really. Unless there was a hybrid system where IP was used to deliver content to the home, then within the home it was redistributed over coax as SDV cable to inter-operate with standard devices - much as how FiOS arrives at the home on fiber, but is then redistributed within the home over coax.

Depending on the IPTV network and how it works over all, it *may* be possible for TiVo to update their software to connect directly to the IPTV network - at least on the newer units which have sufficient Ethernet performance. Alternatively, an external adapter/tuner could be used - something that takes the IPTV signal and outputs it as QAM for the TiVo to capture via the tuner.

]]> By: Christopher D. Heer http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/08/27/more-hope-for-sdv-on-tivo-series3-and-tivo-hd/#comment-7082 Christopher D. Heer Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:56:58 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/08/27/more-hope-for-sdv-on-tivo-series3-and-tivo-hd/#comment-7082 So the real question is...can this be adapted to IPTV? I expect IPTV to come front and center over the next few years, and in fact IPTV will be orderable where I live early next year. Would love to be able to use Tivo. So the real question is…can this be adapted to IPTV? I expect IPTV to come front and center over the next few years, and in fact IPTV will be orderable where I live early next year. Would love to be able to use Tivo.

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