Koolu.com

[Jarod Wilson]

On Feb 14, 2007, at 13:49, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:

>> Unfortunately you didn't answer my question about whether the  
>> KoolU can
>> decode and display 720p and 1080i HDTV.
>
> I did not answer because the issue of "decoding" and where that  
> actually
> is done, versus displaying an already decoded bit-blitted image  
> over the
> net is the issue.
>
> I will let our Technical Director answer that question.  Please stand
> by.

I'm not aware of any support in mythtv for anything but the decoding  
being done on the viewing system, but a dead-silent HDTV-playback- 
capable system for only $500 would be REALLY NICE. :)


>> Does the box have a 10/100/1000 UTP port?  Or is the only  
>> connection via
>> 802.11?   Is the 802.11 only b/g or does it support 802.11(a)?
>
> Thanks to Drew Van Zandt we now have on the web pages that the box  
> has a
> 10/100 Mbit BaseT Wired Ethernet connector standard.
>
> The wireless is currently 802.11 b/g.  We are investigating making "a"
> available.

I'd spend more time investigating 802.11n if the systems can somehow  
handle hdtv playback, since b/g/a lack the bandwidth to reliably  
stream hdtv...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com


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