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- From: fasten@zeus.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Bernhard Fastenrath)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: black box features!?
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 20:28:33 GMT
- Organization: Universit"at Bonn, Informatik Abt. II, R"omerstr. 164, 53117 Bonn
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- Kevin Taddeucci (kevint@sr.hp.com) wrote:
- : Nick Christie (nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk) wrote:
- : > fasten@zeus.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Bernhard Fastenrath) wrote:
- : > >By the way: is a modem required for an "interactive" set top box?
-
- : > Yes, because broadcast TV is one-way. "Interactive" generally
- : > implies two-way communication, otherwise known as "supplying
- : > your credit card details".
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- : A modem is not necessarily required. Most cable systems, in the U.S. and
- : several other countries have reverse channel capability which they
- : could receive information back from the user on. It's just that they
- : have never been used before. Many cable companies are currently
- : installing amplifiers for the reverse channel and characterizing their
- : performance in an attempt to compete with the phone companies. It will
- : be interesting to see how this all shakes out. I imagine the first
- : interactive boxes will use the phone lines because they are already
- : operating and available.
-
- That's really interesting (German cable television has no reverse channel
- AFAIK). My question should have been "Will the default black box have
- a modem?" ;-)
-
- Hey, the black box remote control/mouse could be remote control and mouse
- in one!
- WIBNI there'd be a mouse with some small extra remote-control-style
- buttons in front of the standard mouse buttons?
-
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