Satellite Tv On PC

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Thursday, November 09, 2006

satellite tv on pc

Direct TV and Direct PC ( Satellite Technologies )

Direct PC Technology

Some would like to call it 'Turbo Internet' ( the request part of it )

Basic Idea :

dial up link running some kind of IP ( PPP/SLIP )
requesting ( provider software ) files/data
request is served from Satellite Uplink location ( they have a 'really fast link into the internet') and upload the data to the satellite -> to home ( your PC )
400kbps for data downlink
special dish ( might merge with direct TV dish some time soon ) [ 21 inch ]
ISA adapter with RISC processor that interfaces to the LNC and filters out the packages that you are 'allowed' to receive
DES encoding for data transfers
COSTS : $800..$900 for equipment
$16 for 30MB Internet/month + ticker services

Uses

What do you actually receive

framed packages of requested internet data
ticker services ( CNN, Financial Ticker, Sport highlights, ….. )
MPEG movie streams
regular ( scheduled information services )
software updates etc.

Where does it pay of, whom do they target ?

( advantages and disadvantages )

guaranteed bandwidth ( as long as there is enough space )
scheduled services ( like daily updates and information services )
information on demand ( 'as it happens' )
company wide teaching services ( scheduled trainings )
software updates, scheduled company data distribution ( broadcast )
expensive end user equipment
expensive single user costs ( bytes per $ )
good for global data distribution ( 'try my software' )
has high throughput and can be used for 'fast' transmission
can reach virtually everybody ( no infrastructure needed )
it is available today ( no startup period like xDSL or ISDN etc. )
all broadcast services can be supported

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