Full-Screen Video Over 28.8k: The Claims Continue

gwernol writes "Over at Screen Daily they are claiming that an Australian company has demonstrated a high quality, full-screen video-on-demand service that is delivered over a 28.8k modem. They claim this will 'eliminate the need for broadband.' If this is true, then they'll change the world. Of course, the basic technology has been around for a while, see this article from 1998 or this one from earlier this year. I remain extremely sceptical. If this is real, why won't they allow proper independent testing? But it is interesting that they're getting funding. Could this be the last great Internet scam?"

Several readers also pointed out this brief report at imdb.com as well. We've mentioned this before, but the news here is the reportedly successful demo. It would be a lot easier to swallow if he'd let people test it independently, but video-over-28.8 sure is tantalizing.

Comments

Multicasting

[CrusadeR]

Been implemented by Microsoft and Real already, the problem is that most ISPs don't support it:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/s erve/multiwp.asp

http://service.real.com/help/library/guides/doc/4m ulti.htm