Acquaintance with Internet TV
It’s presence not only changes our way in watching television, but also changes many aspects. From broadcasting world, advertisement, until mass-media.
The broadcasting technology revolution currently start again with the new system named Internet TV. Whereas the Cable TV, still not enjoyed yet by many people. With the attendance of the Internet TV, the globalization will begin to reach the broadcasting world. Not only the domestic movie that could be watched by people on another country, but also the local media advertisement also can be viewed by people around the world.
This technology has gotten millions dollar investment from various CE and computer companies all over the world, including Microsoft.
You will no need to come home hurriedly to watch your favorite broadcast. You only need to setting your equipment, then the broadcast you wait will be immediately recorded and then you could watch it anytime you want. Moreover by equipping HDTV, certainly will produce the DVD-like picture quality. So you no longer need to buy DVD films. You just need to record it, then you will have film collection you like.
Apart from this example, there still many surplus from Internet TV. That’s why Internet TV will take the heart of many customers who previously using Cable TV.
Internet TV vs Cable TV
Internet TV have the very basic difference between Cable TV. Not only the method of how the broadcast were sent, but also from the transmission aspect until the compression tools is different. The main difference is simple: The protocol of Internet TV using Internet protocol, while Cable TV using cable.
The Internet TV planned will be send via ADSL network. But, the problem from this network is smaller bandwidth. Cable TV have 4.5 Gbps, whereas ADSL2+ only have 25 Mbps.
The compression that used by the Internet TV formation is MPEG2 and MPEG4 (H.264). For MPEG2 format, SDTV quality video in every channel need 3.5 Mbps, and 18-20 Mbps for HDTV quality. For MPEG4 format, the file will experience more compression. For SDTV quality only could reach 1.5 Mbps and for its HDTV quality only reach 20-25 Mbps. Therefore, unlike Cable TV that its channel sent to all end-user. Internet TV will only send broadcasts requested by users.
Internet TV procedure is as follows: the Broadcast catches by network center will be converted to digital compression. Afterward the broadcast become IP packages and will distributed to every local terminal. Afterward from local then distributed to houses. In local terminal the broadcast will be distributed to houses in accordance with customer request, not the whole. In local terminal there also software that arrange the broadcast route channel, arrange user authentication, billing, the change of channel request, or video-on-demand request.
The Surplus
For you who use the Internet with the ADSL modem, possibly have learns that one modem could be used for two functions at the same time, the data and the voice. While you browsing the Internet, your telephone still able to receive calls or calling. Whereas, the channel that used for the TV is different.
So also with some communities that using Cable TV. Apart could accept various broadcasts with the same network, but still to be able to carry out the data communication.
However, to do those three things mentioned before, it could be done with one network. With Internet TV, that three things can be eventually done only through one network cable.
By using the high speed and bandwidth VDSL modem, all these activities could be carried out. Watching television and speak in the telephone while checking e-mail on the Internet.
The superiority of this Internet TV named also with triple-play. With the existence of triple-play service, later, someone might not having difficult when need to pay the telephone, the Internet and the TV separately. All of it could be finished in one action.
VDSL Modem
Not to mention people who use Internet TV will be entertained with the freedom about when you will watching it. The video-on-demand feature not a new feature. With video-on-demand, you can choose the past film to be watched. And you can rewind or pause the film. Or to more free, you can save this film to hard-disk.
The other surplus from Internet TV, it have an interactivity you won’t find on the conventional TV broadcast or even Cable TV. There were various interactive activities that could be carried out, for examples is chats, give the comment about the film/artist while you watching with your friend who also watching it. See how the new Center Microsoft Media, where someone commented on the TV player to their fellow colleague through the Internet.
Whereas, the interaction that could be carried out with the TV station not only chatting with the transmitter. You could replace the camera angle from current coverage. For example the football match that using more than one camera at the same time. Or the presented of broadcast news, you could see more detail data like statistical data or further information concerning the news.
With the existence of the interactive capacity to a news station, this prestige will certainly be increasingly good. The competition will increasingly be difficult for the TV stations because automatically someone will more like the station that have more complete information.
The globalization of Communication
The existence of Internet TV brought another change apart from technology aspect, it is the television broadcasts globalization. Previously an area only could comprehend a certain broadcast. However, signal and wave escort technology developed. Till finally the local broadcast that earlier only could be presented in a small area could be accepted wider. Moreover with help of the satellite. Not only could move between island, but also move between continent.
However, previously the broadcast that could be accepted was limited and the quality did not always good. Depend on the location. If there many disturbances like mountains and high building, the broadcast could be disrupted. But after the emerge of Cable TV, the problem could settled. Unfortunately, the broadcast capacity of Cable TV not much. You can’t watch broadcasts from the not-too-famous country. Several broadcasts from Africa, South-East Asia, and other not available in the Cable TV for overseas list. However, the Internet TV brought the new change. Now you could enjoy broadcasts from African countries or the Middle East, the big country like England, Germany, to small countries in the South America or Africa could watch clearly from the broadcast.
Not only the world of the broadcast that will be encouraged to make the better broadcast. But, also the world of advertising will encouraged to make the better advertisement.
This condition will eventually become the multiple profit, good for the company, TV, and the advertiser who want their product to be sold in more larger areas. The road will be open wide, remained how thought and took more global.
Internet TV is not IPTV
There is 2 terms together with this new emergence of the TV version, Internet TV and IPTV. Both similar, but different.IPTV, the abbreviation from Internet Protocol TV, this means that the TV broadcast on IPTV is using Internet protocol. Whereas that acknowledged as the Internet TV indeed used the Internet protocol. Therefore, in fact the method of this two TVs are distributed together using Internet protocol.
The difference both of them is how this TV arrive to the end-users. Internet TV through a monitor computer screen, IPTV direct to the TV screen.
Because computer’s screen is a digital equipment, then the conversion from digital to analog still needed.
TV screen is an analog equipment and had the limitations control, unlike the computer monitor. Therefore, to be able to display the TV presentation to IPTV, it needed additional feature named Top Box Set or a kind decoder in Cable TV.
Which one will more get interest? Both of them were just the same, remained how the character of users eventually, to choose their own TV.
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