Issue 13, Volume 3

” I mostly  Wander” –Bertrand 

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Cisco to Buy Video Surveillance Firm BroadWare

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Although Cisco is much better known as a leading maker of routers and switches that provide the backbone for directing traffic over Internet, the San Jose, Calif., networking equipment company has recently been expanding into video equipment and software with the goal of selling a broader range of products.

Cisco already sells video surveillance products, including video encoders, which enable users to connect their analog surveillance equipment to a digital Internet protocol network. The buy, however, will likely enhance its presence in the industry

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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/57517.html

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T6 Commentary:  A few years ago Crestron went to INFOCOMM with the marketing tag of Convergence. The purpose was to point out how the AV Geeks and the IT dept were already encroaching on each other playgrounds and that each better get ready to play nice and learn a little bit about the other.  Corporate AV presentations teams who did not take convergence to heart watched as day-to-day operations were enveloped by IT.  Now the IT equipment manufactures are within striking distance of traditional home AV.

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Wilson Adds SO/HO Cellular Repeater

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The 50dB-gain 800/1900MHz repeater, or amplifier, improves in-door cellular coverage and simultaneously amplifies the signals of multiple phones operating on multiple carrier networks.

The amp, which can be installed in an out-of-the-way interior location, connects to a separately available window-, roof- or attic-mounted antenna. A second antenna inside the house or office wirelessly redistributes the cellular signal to multiple handsets to reduce the number of dropped calls, improve call quality, accelerate data downloads and reduce battery drain

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http://www.twice.com/article/CA6444600.html

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T6 Commentary:  Another addition to cellular in house repeater systems marketed to the average homeowner as well as commercial establishments such as hotels.  The creeping of whole home cellular technology could explode suddenly into a massive market.  Every one of us knows at least 4 people who no longer have standard POTS lines or even VoIP installed as they use their cellular phone as THE phone.  This is true even when the same people have high-speed connections via a company that offers phone service as part of a package.  I have often invoked the Swanni inverse square law –(the more Phil Swan states no one wants to watch small screens, the audience for such content doubles)- a viable in home | building infrastructure only increases the potential speed for mass deployment.  Many of these in home devices are DIY not needing a custom installer for the first application – insuring your cell stays connected at home –(Pssst, com’on kid try it the first one is simple to install). Sooner then later other manufactures and consortiums will jump in to fill this pre installed base with all manner of ‘network’ devices.

See article quote –“ Hawking Begins Shipping The HomeRemote System” 

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Hawking Begins Shipping The HomeRemote System

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Hawking Technologies, Inc …  announced that it has begun shipments of its long awaited HomeRemote home control system.  HomeRemote is an affordable, easy-to-use system that lets users control their household appliances and lighting both from within their homes and from anywhere in the world via a standard Internet web browser or mobile phone.  For added security, HomeRemote also allows users to monitor their home with live video from HomeRemote Wireless Video Cameras .   The HomeRemote System consists of an InternetGateway and a handheld remote control for convenient, in-home control of lighting and appliances.

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http://www.z-wavealliance.org/modules/iaCM-ZW-PR/readMore.php?id=188743680

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T6 Commentary:  With the recent announcement of  DDG (Digital Delivery Group) partnering with the  Z-Wave alliance things have begun to get interesting- [see T6 issue 3 Volume 2 for more detail and links ]-http://www.twice.com/article/CA6446159.html ].  The Z-Wave alliance has some interesting players. The official website http://www.z-wavealliance.org  list over a hundred members which include the likes of Intel and Leviton. It is interesting to note that a google search for Z-Wave brings up hits for X-10 above the Z-wave links. The alliance is no hobbyist effort as this is meant to be a full attempt to push home automation into the main stream as well as insinuate themselves into the predicted total home media distribution and control via wireless.  Currently all purchases are via each manufacture or as the web site FAQ states “…your home/building products retailer…”, no major retailer has stepped forward yet. 

For those who have not heard of Hawking they are a high level wireless manufacture who produce very nicely made – (the units  feel real nice in your hands, heavy and solid) – Wifi routers and access points.  The Z-Wave centric product announced on the alliance website provides for access and control of home systems from nearly any Internet capable phone, not just Windows Mobile.  You have read here where I prattle on about WiMax and I have some high hopes for the medium –[so long as it is really not killing all the bees] – Here is where a test of a similar infrastructure can prove out a great deal.  If mid-level customers are willing to trust the cell based interface, If such customers are ready in numbers sufficient to support the economics of such an alliance and if it all continues to work in harmony in the years to come. 

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A Programming Language Like Playing With Blocks

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Scratch is a creativity tool from the M.I.T. Media Lab that turns abstract programming concepts like recursion into snap-together puzzle pieces. It is like a multimedia sandbox, where children 8 and up are welcomed as media producers, following the same philosophical blueprint that inspired software projects like Logo and Squeak.

Scratch’s drag-and-drop programming technique demands experimentation, and the software’s programmable objects, called sprites, can take on the form of your pet dog in a maze, or haiku words that self-narrate when clicked

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/technology/24program.html?ref=technology

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T6 Commentary: This is a very cool application that is damn easy to learn and Loads of fun to play with.  I have always been a proponent of learning most concepts new to me by looking over the Kid books that boil things down to a less technocrat babble and more straight conceptual explanations. The Dummies series of books and their plethora of copycat publications are exactly based on this sort of premise.  (Although I do feel that the dummy, et al, books in attempting to be the Cliff Notes of EVERY subject are beginning to lose sight of this founding concept. Or maybe I am just getting old).

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Sony Makes Paper-Thin Video Screen

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Sony has developed a display screen so thin it can bend like a piece of paper while at the same time showing full-color video.

In the continuing race to shrink the size of gadgets while increasing the amount of cutting-edge technology crammed inside, Sony has topped its competitors with the release of a 2.5-inch display that is only 0.01 inch thick.

"In the future, it could get wrapped around a lamppost or a person's wrist -- even worn as clothing," said Chisato Kitsukawa, a Sony spokesperson. "Perhaps it can be put up like wallpaper."

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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/qcdPkJQualzsiT/Sony-Makes-Paper-Thin-Video-Screen.xhtml

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WHV HD Title Passes 100K

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http://www.twice.com/article/CA6446363.html

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T6 Commentary:  The 100K number is based on the sale of both formats and while remarkable Sony still has the milestone of being able to ship more then 100K of the Blu-Ray version of ‘Casino Royale”.

Do note the distinction here; Sony claims a total shipment to retailers and the Warner Home Video numbers appear to be from actual units sold.  Unfortunately no break down of sales in relation to format is given in the article. 

So, for those of you looking for a sign of true victory in the war will have to wait a bit more.

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Blu-ray Will Win HDTV DVD Price War

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Swanni says says player prices will drop below $200 this year.

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http://www.tvpredictions.com/bluvideo052207.htm

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T6 Commentary:  I have been reading Phil Swann’s HD commentary all the way back to his Broadcast Television Magazine days and I respect his knowledge, opinions and even his predictions.  First, the link above goes to Swanni’s link to his YouTube videos. In the video linked he comments on the coming summer price wars and predicts Blu-Ray to become the clear victor with Sony’s ability to withstand cutting margins.  I will not take issue with this prediction, as I see no clear winner – at least from the sales figures and data.  I do wonder what the box stores must be feeling right about now with yet another high ticket \ high profile product losing its margins. No wonder Best Buy fired all its “high paid” and knowledgeable floor sales staff, drastic measures were needed to prop up earnings in light of this and flat panels. 

Secondly:  I am not sure what to make of Phil’s Video Vignettes.  For a man who so mercilessly skewers actors who look awful in HD and berates those who would demand special filtering, Phil baby – you look very uncomfortable.  The audio is great –better than most ‘pro’ You Tube offerings I have seen- but what is with the background.  It looks like he is sitting at a preschooler’s desk and their little shelves just behind him. Somebody RocketBoom this boy STAT!

In all honesty Mr. Swann has the pretty camera loving face but lacks the snarky charm of Amanda Cogden.  Phil, baby, I am asking you as a friend, lose the crib sheets at your feet! Try taping them just under the camera – connect with your audience, look them in the eye.  But hey, I love ya man.  I see what you are trying to do, hell I want a video blog, but right now you look like a poor mans David Pogue– your better than that.

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Trying to Figure Out HD Radio

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In a survey released May 23, radio researcher Bridge Data estimates there are only 450,000 weekly listeners of HD Radio—compared with 15 million satellite subscribers and 57 million Internet radio listeners. (About 93.5% of all Americans tune into traditional radio every week.) "A majority of Americans are now aware of the term HD Radio. But fewer than 5% of them understand what it is, what is the benefit,"

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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2007/tc20070525_027388.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories

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T6 Commentary: What is it with large numbers of the populace and HD anything being mystifying.  It is bad enough that HDTV has so many – who will be forced one way or another to give up Analog – who clearly have no idea what makes it better, let alone care.  The way many feel outrage about how so few shows are in HD video, I have begun to feel about HD radio.  The clarity, fullness of sound is fantastic, but the potential for dramatic variety of programming offerings is what whets my pallet. I have in the past and continue to criticize the cookie cutter Clear Channel-esque content and formats but it appears there is some improvement.  The potential is obvious, exponentially more stations filling nearly every niche market demand while still giving the consumer ‘free’ radio.  Advertisers get wider exposure and hip cache across several sub-cultures all in one shot.  The problem is that the edgy content of Sirius and XM is not entirely possible on terrestrial radio, and this is a card that trumps superb audio in HD.  Satellite Radio may already have the vast majority of alternate genre demanding clients out there.  How many Can | Could HD-Radio draw over and is this enough to sustain an advertising base?

The article quoted above states “(About 93.5% of all Americans tune into traditional radio every week.)”.  My question is just what they are lisenting to.  From the Arbitron ratings I have read –( and I am admitidly stating from memory, not having time to find the supporting links, but I feel confident anyone researching will see I am correct) –show a good percentage of this 93.5% are listening to News|Talk and for Traffic| Weather.  Most listen to radio – by choice- only a small portion of the day. Folks like me, and I suspect a fair number of you dear readers, listen to or download podcasts of numerous formats from stations as diverse as WFMU, WNYU, NPR, ESPN-radio, WKCR and search out downloads of BBC music programs or Oddball podcasts via iTUnes.

Terrestial Radio is by no means suffering the loss of  listener base in numbers equal to  subscribers to Satillite radio or as dramatically as print media, yet many question the viabilty of HD-Radio’s format diversity and business plan.  To be sure more manufactures and vendors are coming on board but I do have to question under what incentives from HD- Radio industry.  Even with the insuing death of true internet radio diversity would I switch to HD to get my fix?  Not yet.

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Check out T6’s ‘Culture Corner’ with links to bands you should know and Inspired technical links from those who inspire me.

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Does anyone actually read the liner notes? Let me know, the comments section of T6 is now open.  At the end of every issue find the Comments link.

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All quoted material is the copyright of the respective sites and \ or authors- except were noted or comments are clearly mine.

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All T6 commentary opinions expressed are mine alone and are not necessarily those of Crestron Electronics, its employees, associates or even their families. Just my big mouth

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Issue 12, Volume 3

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Wimax forcast : The next Irdium? 

if WiMAX delivers what it promises, says In-Stat analyst Daryl Schoolar, then cellular-data and Wi-Fi hot spot providers face serious competition for laptop users who want Internet on the road

Just as did the Iridium community before it, the WiMAX community is failing to take into account how established technologies will evolve and improve over time.”

If WiMAX delivers what it promises, however, it stands to win over a plurality of people, who want to connect their laptop wirelessly to the Internet when they’re on the go,

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6434761.html

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T6 Commentary: Ah, Irdium.  Such promise, so many rabid investors looking for the next bubble to ride.  Unfortunately the folks at Irdium did not see the mass-market acceptance for lower priced multi function ubiqui-appliance cell phones.  In a similar fashion, Sprint’s creation of the WiMax standard was born out of a desperate need to create a market for frequencies it owned; before the FCC decided to declare it unused and auction them off for public safety.  A standard was born in embryo and grand promises of the next wave were pronounced.  Much like a hopeful parent having visions of their child getting a full scholarship to Harvard –(then becoming rich and giving the parents the use of the 3k square foot pool house year round – Sorry, private joke with my dad. Hiya Pop! )- Sprint and investors are anticipating a great outcome for WiMax.  Sprint has made great strides in gaining important partnerships and excellent coup’s by getting municipalities to agree to helping install | maintain WiMax infrastructures. Sprint gets help establishing a foothold; the municipalities get free public access to high-speed wireless networks. 

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There is a very real possibility those who revel in the vast possibilities WiMax may hold for delivery of Audio and video and the interoperability between mobile device and home media distribution are overlooking the VHS and Iridium lessons.  Will greater numbers of consumers look to the cheaper and more established Wifi technologies?  Wifi could not deliver the promise of WiMax but it is cheaper, readily understood by large numbers of ‘non-techies’ and is already in many homes.

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Fon, Time Warner to Let Users Set Up WiFi Hotspots

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Time Warner Cable has struck a deal with WiFi provider Fon that will let its home-based and business broadband customers turn their Internet connections into public wireless hotspots.

The access points are controlled by the subscriber's secure Fon router, which splits a WiFi connection into an encrypted channel for the subscriber and a public one for neighbors or passers-by.

The router can decide how much bandwidth to share with the public -- other subscribers can log on to any Fon router without charge and nonmembers can pay a modest US$2 or $3 for 24 hours of access.

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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/SNFCOwBAZXivqn/Fon-Time-Warner-to-Let-Users-Set-Up-WiFi-Hotspots.xhtml

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T6 Commentary:  I have always been divided on the value of ‘public’ wifi access points or free Ad-hoc networks.  The altruistic netizens among us hail such as the great informational equalizer, given opportunity – I would not share.  That’s me – the bastard that I am.  So how do you get someone like me onboard? Share the wealth! This is exactly what Fon is built to do.  You, the intermediary, get a cut of the non-member fee  local users pay for access- all while reserving bandwidth for yourself.  Time Warner gets a wide distribution network established and a nice ROI on the install with recurring income which requires little oversee or maintenance.

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Magnolia To Offer Global Caché Products

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Best Buy’s Magnolia Audio Video subsidiary will now include Global Caché network-enabling devices in its stores and in its residential and commercial installations

More and more our customers are looking for automation and control solutions with carrying performance and economic requirements

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http://www.twice.com/article/CA6434723.html

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T6 Commentary:  Best Buy is clearly moving to expand its home automation install base and move the Magnolia stores into some commercial projects.   Home automation as a mainstream ‘must have’ for homeowners and small businesses with mass brand product recognition continues to show a strong growth potential.  Box sale home electronic stores have begun to look at installation services and niche market applications as a way of regaining sales margins lost as flat panel margins continue to fall, even as sales of actual units rise sharply.  (See T6 Issue 8 and 9 for expanded commentary on this movement).  Providing several tiers of automation sale and install can provide a great deal of interflow traffic and sales between the main store and the magnolia. A customer buying a Mid range receiver, DVD Player and Plasma would be interested in controlling all the components with something more sophisticated then a pile of remotes. 

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I would keep an eye out for a move by Circuit City and its home theater and automation store within a store’ to be looking at Global Cache’ or perhaps floating relationships with the Insteon product lines to attract the entry level customer.

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Sony enters blue-violet laser market . .

Sony said it is capable of fabricating 5 million blue-violet lasers a month of devices are low-power playback diodes.

Sony failure to establish volume production for blue-violet laser diodes limited the initial shipment of its Playstation 3.

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http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3XAVPCR2FSVDIQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=199200905

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T6 Commentary: If anyone needed more explicit evidence that SONY is in the format war to win, then this should be it.  Sony already has since the grey days of the first format war, bought complete or controlling interest in music and video production, recording, content creation, playback, storage and most importantly the distribution networks for each.  The intent of each purchase was not to diversify the companies’ holdings (which has happened), but to establish a fail-safe platform to literally force victory in each and every format to come.  Truth be told this has not worked so well with the relative lackluster success of DAT –(though used widely in recording studios for years), Mini Disc –(used by many project recording studios) to the belly flop of the CONNECT and KINOMA products. 

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Now Sony also wants to insure essential components will not be in short supply and therefore avoid market share loss based on long lead times for Blu-Ray players.  As the article points outs (and I quote above)  a shortage of blue-violet lasers diodes played a significant role in Playstation 2 being unable to meet initial demand.This PS2 shortfall gave HD-DVD positive attention, as X-BOX was able to ship more units early on.  Sony appears to be taking on a modified version of Apple Computers manic overseeing of every stage of production.  This can be a very good thing but also can raise the cost and therefore the final price of Blu-Ray devices.  If Sony becomes the largest manufacturer of ‘Blu-Ray diodes’ its ability to shop the market for competitive priced suppliers is cut down.

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Blu-ray outselling HD DVD? Arguments rage

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There is an argument that Blu-ray sales are being somehow artificially inflated by sales of the new Sony games console PlayStation 3, which incorporates a Blu-ray player. While there is no doubt that PS3 sales are helping to get Blu-ray players into the homes of consumers, the Home Media data focuses on sales of movie titles not players. If the data is correct, then HD DVD could be on the ropes

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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/11558/532/

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T6 Commentary: Every week, nay, every hour there is a new report from some tech news service declaring unequivocal evidence that one format is completely clobbering the other. While the number of players based on this gaming system or that are bandied about- even those who purchased a system are left to wonder ‘who’s using the DVD players anyway ?’

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Best Buy to sell HD Radio in all U.S. stores

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Best Buy said on Monday it will carry the U.S. broadcast radio industry's high-definition radio technology at all of its stores nationwide, a move that could boost exposure for the nascent system.

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http://news.com.com/Best+Buy+to+sell+HD+Radio+in+all+U.S.+stores/2100-1027_3-6178449.html?tag=nefd.top

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T6 commentary: Best Buy along with Wal-Mart are jumping on board with HD Radio in an effort to push HD Radio into the mass market.  Shortly before the Wal-Mart announcement a number of articles pointed out many manufactures were lowering HDR prices substantially. [Hey it looks like some one read Crossing the Chasm!].  I have tattered on here in T6 about the lack of creative content on HDR often paraphrasing the Bruce Springsteen line “…200 channels and nothings ever on”.

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What actually may be HDR’s salvation is the death of Internet radio.  Yes, you read correctly. Internet radio is dead. I hold no hope that representative Inslee’s “Internet Radio Equity Act” will make any progress by May 15^th.  The recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board to hike rates to irrational heights by increasing rates AND tying those rates to a per stream\ per song formula will all but end a great run.  The Clear Channels of the world now can get attention by brushing aside the carcasses of independents and regain control of all mediums for ‘cultural’ popularity. It is my opinion that this will hurt all labels but especially the independent small market outfits. (Too much diversity hurts ‘taste maker’ broadcasters by diluting the mass market – besides the independents could never afford the payola fees!) 

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Pet conspiracy theory warning: Is it any wonder that the CRB which is a branch of the library of congress and our intrepid senator Stevens from Alaska had oversight on this? (it made of tubes damit!)

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AT&T Launches Mobile Remote Access for AT&T U-verse TV

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AT&T U-verse TV and Internet customers can use any compatible AT&T wireless phone or handset to search U-verse TV program listings, schedule program or series recordings, and manage or delete stored DVR content. The option to wirelessly access the U-verse DVR system adds to a previously available feature that gave U-verse TV and Internet customers Web remote access to their DVR on a PC using the AT&T Yahoo!^® broadband portal.

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http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23702

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T6 Commentary:  Why did take AT&T to finally come up with a truly remote access and control for DVR recording and incorporate slingbox type functions?  With a phone that is a remote and remote that is truly remote, could this be the stealth threat to the i- phone.  The ATT website states limited availability currently.  Does anyone have any experience with this product? I would like to hear you comments. 

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Check out T6’s ‘Culture Corner’ with links to bands you should know and Inspired technical links from those who inspire me.

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Does anyone actually read the liner notes? Let me know, the comments section of T6 is now open.  At the end of every issue find the Comments link.

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All quoted material is the copyright of the respective sites and \ or authors- except were noted or comments are clearly mine.

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All t6 commentary opinions expressed are mine alone and are not necessarily those of Crestron Electronics, its employees, associates or even their families. Just my big mouth