IPTV: Can anyone help?

[one eyed jack]

Does anyone or anyone know of anyone with an IPTV box? Even if you have signed up to BTs mvoie download package.

Not you Phil! You are the zen master of IPTV. I just want to know if anyone has purchased one of those set top boxes yet and if so...well how are you getting on with it?

The reason Iask is that I cant see the consumers going for it now the X 360 and PS3 are capable of playing hi def 1080i downloads onto the tv.

[Jacques]

I have Linux box running Ubuntu and MythTV. It's small, it's silent, plays hi-def, freeview, terrestrial, streaming media, I can use it as a PVR, burn CD/DVD....

It cost ?250 ready built, of course much cheaper if you build it yourself.

Not bought a dedicated IPTV box yet - don't really see the need.

[one eyed jack]

Well with the exception of Jacques I'd say this pretty much says it all really. I know the boxes have gone on sale and that BT have started something with online download movie rentals but if this is the extent of a response...Well its a pretty poor show out.

[Jacques]

I must admit, I only know one other person who has bothered with an IPTV box.

[MANU]

Jacques moving the topic slightly off course. I need a new TV. Im thinking of LCD rather than plasma. Got a budget of around ?600 any ideas.

[Jacques]

LCD is better than Plasma. Sony build quality is shit. Panasonic are a bit hit and miss, get a good one and you'll be happy for a long time, get a lemon and you'll soon be reaching for a shotgun.

If you are going HD than anything less than 37" won't do 1080 justice.

HD Ready doen't mean you have a HD TV, it means it can cope with the signal and down grade it.

[one eyed jack]

Jacques wrote:

HD Ready doen't mean you have a HD TV, it means it can cope with the signal and down grade it.

Yes but it still looks knock your eye out quality though. I've got a 50 inch plasma...Oo-er!

[Ned]

LG sets have a good reputation. I know of a few tv professionals (broadcast engineers and such like) who think they're the bollocks.

[Phil mCc]

Anyone needs to know Just ask me, There are no IPTV set-top boxes as we know them available to consumers today. I have 500 here, and we are adding the channels right now. Consumers will buy the box because it has channels they cannot get on any other network. We just signed the biggest Spanish network in USA to our platform, we just added a peering client into our PVR box so as to allow filesharing with DRM. The consumer boxes will be under ?100 with Wi-Fi so play anywhere in the house. For an industry that has an insider in IPTV technology to be this far behind sums it up. Like always a few will make bundles out of it leaving the rest to wonder why.

Phil McC, I am the one with an office and a telephone.