Innovative new set-tops simplify whole-home DVR, sharing
music and photos around the home
LAS VEGAS – 3 Jan. 2005 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today redefined the
digital video recorder (DVR) as a multimedia hub that lets consumers access and
share video recordings, video-on-demand (VOD) content, pictures and music in
and around the home with the introduction of the new Motorola QIP family of
products.
The new Motorola QIP6416 is a high-definition (HD) capable,
dual-tuner DVR with watch-and-record capability; the Motorola QIP6200
is a single-HD tuner set-top; and the Motorola QIP2500 is a
single-tuner standard-definition model.
These three new Motorola set-tops are the first to include built-in home media
networking capabilities. Using a technology known as MoCA (short for Multimedia
over Coaxial Alliance), the Motorola QIP set-tops can create a multimedia
network using the existing coaxial cable already found in the walls of a
consumer’s home. This network is capable of transporting high-definition video,
high-quality digital voice, and high-speed data to televisions, DVR, game
consoles, wireless access points, and home computers.
The products are also unique because they support two different network
architectures within the same device, providing service providers with a choice
in way they can deliver digital video services into the home: The first
supported is the traditional quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) method
commonly used today by cable operators, which sends video information to the
home over radio frequencies. The second is the newer, emerging video-over-IP
method, which delivers video to the home using packets of data.
Verizon Communications is the first Motorola customer to offer QIP series
set-tops, as part of the Verizon FiOS™ TV service now available in parts of
Texas, Virginia and Florida. In an agreement previously announced, Motorola is
providing video network infrastructure and video consumer premises equipment
related to Verizon’s launch of video services on the company’s new fibre-to-the-premises
(FTTP) network. Verizon uses QAM to deliver scheduled programming and IP to
deliver on-demand video to FiOS TV customers.
“This latest Motorola digital video innovation provides exceptional flexibility
for service providers and consumers,” said John Burke, corporate vice president
and general manager of digital video solutions at Motorola. ”Service providers
gain flexibility in the way they can deliver digital video to the home, and
consumers can access both purchased video content and personal media such as
photos and music through the set-top. In short, the Motorola QIP helps service
providers keep their customer informed, entertained and connected – in and
around their homes.”
Source: Motorola press release
