from http://www.mphasetech.com/, mPhase is the first company to develop a product with the ability to provide up to 400 channels of digital television, high-speed Internet access and voice service, all delivered simultaneously over the installed twisted-pair copper infrastructure. mPhase offers a specific type of DSL, called RADSL (Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line), allowing high speed data transmissions at speeds 200 times faster than 28.8K and 50 times faster than ISDN connections...
Dont count on CNN to bring you the real details! there is plenty of info on the site explaining the how it all works.
I do understand that this technology has been around for a few years but mphase has been working with gatech to perfect it. I have seen it and it is really nice.
btw, this system is really only in its first stages of rollout. the phone company in hartwell is just the first test of the mphase system.
And for all you geeks out there, the system runs on top of redhat.:)
I just picked up a AD703 at Circuit City last month and I just replaced it with a Toshiba yesterday. I could never get it to play a few of the DVDs that I own including my newest, Gladiator. It seems to have problems keeping up with decoding the mpeg causing it to pause and switch to different audio settings a random.
My other main problem with it is the poorly designed remote. Bottons that should be next to each other appear as far away as possible. ie, the angle and audio switching buttons are at opposite ends of the remote. Also the navagational arrows make it a two handed nightmare when moving through the menus.
I had no problems returning it at Circuit City. They didnt even ask me any questions about why I didnt want it. I suspect that I'm not the only person who has returned this thing.
If you want mp3 playback, then wait a few years til they get it all worked out or buy a cheap computer.
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from http://www.mphasetech.com/, mPhase is the first company to develop a product with the ability to provide up to 400 channels of digital television, high-speed Internet access and voice service, all delivered simultaneously over the installed twisted-pair copper infrastructure. mPhase offers a specific type of DSL, called RADSL (Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line), allowing high speed data transmissions at speeds 200 times faster than 28.8K and 50 times faster than ISDN connections...
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Dont count on CNN to bring you the real details! there is plenty of info on the site explaining the how it all works.
I do understand that this technology has been around for a few years but mphase has been working with gatech to perfect it. I have seen it and it is really nice.
btw, this system is really only in its first stages of rollout. the phone company in hartwell is just the first test of the mphase system.
And for all you geeks out there, the system runs on top of redhat.
The toshiba plays everyone of my dvds with no problem. The video even looks better than the apex.
I just picked up a AD703 at Circuit City last month and I just replaced it with a Toshiba yesterday. I could never get it to play a few of the DVDs that I own including my newest, Gladiator. It seems to have problems keeping up with decoding the mpeg causing it to pause and switch to different audio settings a random.
My other main problem with it is the poorly designed remote. Bottons that should be next to each other appear as far away as possible. ie, the angle and audio switching buttons are at opposite ends of the remote. Also the navagational arrows make it a two handed nightmare when moving through the menus.
I had no problems returning it at Circuit City. They didnt even ask me any questions about why I didnt want it. I suspect that I'm not the only person who has returned this thing.
If you want mp3 playback, then wait a few years til they get it all worked out or buy a cheap computer.