Your Cable TV Wiring Will Handle 400MBps Soon

MoCA's ratification of version 2.0 provides operators and OEMs with a technology roadmap of continued high performance and reliability for multi-room DVR, personal content sharing, OTT content sharing and IPTV applications. MoCA 2.0 offers two new performance modes with net or actual throughputs of 400 and 800 Mbps, respectively, each with a corresponding turbo mode. Likewise, two new lower power modes increase energy savings. Expanded operating frequency better accommodates all pay TV service providers. MoCA 2.0 is both evolutionary and revolutionary. Like MoCA 1.1, MoCA 2.0 is backward compatible with MoCA 1.0 to ensure preservation of operator investment in current equipment.

* Two new performance modes with industry leading MAC and PHY rates. "Turbo" mode for each.
* Two new low power modes – sleep and standby
* Expanded operating frequency
* Packet error rate (PER) improvements.
* Backward interoperability with 1.0 and 1.1 assured.
* MoCA 1.0/1.1 meet operator requirements today. MoCA 2.0 serves operator requirements of tomorrow.

Throughput

Baseline Mode

* 400+ Mbps MAC throughput
* 700 Mbps PHY Rate
* Single 100 MHz Channel

Enhanced Mode

* 800+ Mbps MAC throughput
* 1.4 Gbps PHY Rate
* Dual bonded 100 MHz Channels ("Channel Bonding")

"Turbo" mode for a point-to-point configuration that allows

* 500+ Mbps MAC throughput between two connected devices when operating in Baseline mode
* 1+ Gbps MAC throughput when operating in Enhanced mode.

Energy Savings

Two new power saving modes

* Standby (reduced power)
o With Wake on MoCA (WoM) for quick response
o "Wake on MoCATM" produces similar results to "Wake on LAN (WoL)" but specialized for MoCA as a coordinated shared network
* Sleep (minimum power)
o Reduced power for one node

Additional network-level power saving mode

* Network standby mode is defined as all devices in the network are in standby, including the NC, and can wake up synchronously and reform the network
* Reduced power for all nodes

Expanded Operating Frequency

500 MHz through 1650 MHz (center frequencies)

This spectrum expansion allows multiple MoCA networks simultaneously coexistent with provider services

Reliability Improvements

Improved packet error rate (PER)

* Programmable on a per flow basis
* One packet error in 100 million for improved video delivery
* 3.5 ms latency for all received packets

3.5 ms latency (on average) over all received packets.

Improved robustness by re-transmission

Backward Interoperability Assured

No nonsense backward compatibility!

MoCA 2.0 nodes interoperate with 1.0 or 1.1 nodes on the same network.

MoCA 2.0 capable nodes communicate in MoCA 2.0 mode when talking to MoCA 2.0 devices even when legacy devices are present in the network.

Summary
* Highest and truest performance in industry
* Energy efficiency improvements
* Expanded operating frequency
* Backward interoperability
* The only home entertainment networking standard that works in all three pay TV segments-cable, satellite and IPTV.
* MoCA 1.0/1.1 meet operator requirements today. MoCA 2.0 serves operator requirements of tomorrow.

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Watching the World Cup in 3D: The (More) Beautiful Game

(Gizmodo)

DirecTV's new n3D channel is the first to bring home all 3D, all the time

DirecTV and Panasonic flipped the switch on the nation's first 24 hour 3D network this morning, sending n3D out on channel 103 to all properly equipped viewers. Of course, if you've got your 3DTV, your H21 or higher satellite receiver and some 3D specs, what will you be watching? Besides events like the upcoming NASCAR race from Daytona, an exclusive 3D feed of the MLB All-Star Game and (locally available) broadcasts of a Yankees/Mariners series, July's schedule is packed with demo content like Guitar Center Sessions with Peter Gabriel and Jane's Addiction and Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia. Beyond that there's a few IMAX flicks on the new DirecTV Cinema in 3D channel, and World Cup games from ESPN 3D through video on demand, check Zap2it for a full schedule but don't be shocked to see a lot of repeats, for now.

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Flash Player investing in a 3D future, plans coming in October

Christie creates baffling 3D HD CAVE 'visual environment,' or your average Halo display in 2020

Whenever the word "Christie" is involved, you can generally count on two things: 1) you can't afford it and 2) you'll want to afford it. The high-end projection company is at it once again, this time installing a truly insane visual environment at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. The 3D HD CAVE is intended to help researchers find breakthroughs in biomedical studies, and while CAVE itself has been around for years, this particular version easily trumps prior iterations. For starters, it relies on eight Christie Mirage 3-chip DLP projectors, all of which have active stereo capabilities and can deliver a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,920. Yeah, that's 3.68 megapixels per wall. The idea here is to provide mad scientists with a ridiculous amount of pixel density in an immersive world, but all we can think about is hooking Kinect and the next installment of Bungie's famed franchise up to this thing. Can we get an "amen?"

(engadget)

LG aims to up 3D notebook shipments by 30 percent

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Monday it aimed to raise shipments of 3D notebook computers by 30 percent in 2011, as it makes a huge bet on booming sales of 3D products led by televisions.

LG, the world's second-largest maker of TVs, forecast global sales of 3D notebook computers would increase five fold next year to 1.1 million units and jump to 13.8 million units by 2015.

"With the availability of more 3D content, consumers are enjoying a new experience, and we think that'll drive growth of the 3D computer market," Harrison Park, LG's mobile communications PC business team leader, told reporters.

Interest in 3D has grown fast driven partially by the blockbuster movie "Avatar," released at the end of 2009, which single-handedly raised awareness to 60 percent from 40 percent among U.S. consumers.

LG introduced on Monday three models of 3D notebook computers priced at between 1.6 million won ($1,331) and 1.9 million won, a roughly 20 percent premium to conventional 2D products.

With the need to wear glasses to watch 3D content singled out as a major obstacle to the technology's takeoff, 3D is more likely to succeed on screens watched by a single viewer like computer and cellphone displays, some experts say.

LG said earlier this year it was aiming to sell one million 3D televisions this year.

(Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

sony 360-degree volumetric display: the stuff sci-fi dreams are made of

Sony just introduced a video demonstrating this amazing new 360-degree display technology that’s something you might find in a James Cameron movie.

The new autostereoscopic display projects 360 individual slices of an image onto an array of special LEDs, providing a volumetric display you can walk around and view from any angle – without glasses. It can even recognize gestures, allowing you to manipulate the object displayed on screen.

Check it out in the demo video below:

If you happen to be at SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles between July 25th and 29th, you’ll be able to see the Sony 360-degree display in action at the Emerging Technologies section of the show.

Sony Patents Alternative to Split-Screen Multiplayer

A couple of patents published recently show that Sony's looking at stereoscopic video for more than just 3D gaming; it could take the place of split-screen local multiplayer.

Broke My Controller noticed the patents, filed a year ago and published on Thursday, that show a method for rendering separate images on the same screen, which are then filtered by glasses worn by player 1 and player 2. The glasses also look like they have earbuds, meaning players get a separate audio feed, too.

Ideally, this would allow both players the view of an entire screen, without either the distraction of their opponent's activity to the side, or the ability to cheat by looking at his screen to see where he is.

The drawback, of course, is you need a 3DTV. And you have to wear the glasses. But as something that's more functional than cosmetic, I could dig it.

You can see the two patents here and here. Both are .pdfs

Sony Files Two Patents Related to Stereoscopic Screen Sharing [Broke My Controller]

Samsung's new plasmas will do 3D for much cheaper - Update: $989 for 50-inch 720p

By Richard Lawler posted Jul 20th 2010 4:31PM

Looks like Samsung's 3D Blu-ray players aren't the only ones coming in cheaper versions, as it's unveiled the new 680 Series and 490 Series plasma HDTVs. Both were shown off in Korea yesterday, though the US website only features a product page for the 50-inch PN50C680 so far, showing off its 1080p specs and DLNA access. You will give up a few features from higher end plasmas, which add picture-in-picture, widgets, a higher contrast ratio and slimmer designs to the mix. The PN50C490's situation is a bit murkier, but FlatpanelsHD reports it will be the first 720p 3DTV of the current generation. With current series 4 plasmas retailing for around $720, it could also be the first flat 3D set to crack (or at least approach) the $1,000 barrier -- if you're willing to miss out on the extra pixels.

Update: A listing on ABC Warehouse shows the PN50C490 with a few specs plus $1,099 MSRP, but already up for preorder for just $989. Perfect for some PS3 gaming or ESPN3D watching, right? Of course, as a few commenters have mentioned, you can get a 60-inch 1080p projection 3D capable HDTV from Mitsubishi for even less, so that's hardly your only cheap 3D option. [Thanks, John Doe]

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