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I've been hopping round the retail sheds comparing HD tellys and I was just
checking connectivity on the back of a Toshiba and I noticed a' common
interface port' in addition to all the other scart optical rf ports I needed
so I thought best ask the question which I was certain I had the answer to"
is it for a decryption module" 3 assistants later I found the 'expert' "oh
no sir its so you can watch Setanta Sports"
I wish I had had more time working at that level I could have probably
negoitiated the TV as a freeby for buying one of their horrendously
expensive TV stands.
One thing did fox me tho' I did spot one TV with a LAN port makes me wonder
what an enduser might need one for - remote access by service engineer?

DerekW

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"DerekW" wrote:
One thing did fox me tho' I did spot one TV with a LAN port makes me wonder
what an enduser might need one for - remote access by service engineer?

In theory, there's a standard called DLNA which would allow those TVs to
have MPEG content streamed to it over those Ethernet ports.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dlna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...ent_Protection

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DerekW wrote:
I've been hopping round the retail sheds comparing HD tellys and I was just
checking connectivity on the back of a Toshiba and I noticed a' common
interface port' in addition to all the other scart optical rf ports I needed
so I thought best ask the question which I was certain I had the answer to"
is it for a decryption module" 3 assistants later I found the 'expert' "oh
no sir its so you can watch Setanta Sports"
I wish I had had more time working at that level I could have probably
negoitiated the TV as a freeby for buying one of their horrendously
expensive TV stands.
One thing did fox me tho' I did spot one TV with a LAN port makes me wonder
what an enduser might need one for - remote access by service engineer?

DerekW


I read somewhere that BBC iplayer will be available for streaming direct
to tellies with a lan port. Lan ports are appearing on a few of the
newer sets.

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"Dhropta Guli" wrote in message
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DerekW wrote:
I've been hopping round the retail sheds comparing HD tellys and I was
just
checking connectivity on the back of a Toshiba and I noticed a' common
interface port' in addition to all the other scart optical rf ports I
needed
so I thought best ask the question which I was certain I had the answer
to"
is it for a decryption module" 3 assistants later I found the 'expert'
"oh
no sir its so you can watch Setanta Sports"
I wish I had had more time working at that level I could have probably
negoitiated the TV as a freeby for buying one of their horrendously
expensive TV stands.
One thing did fox me tho' I did spot one TV with a LAN port makes me
wonder
what an enduser might need one for - remote access by service engineer?

DerekW


I read somewhere that BBC iplayer will be available for streaming direct
to tellies with a lan port. Lan ports are appearing on a few of the
newer sets.

I have always questioned why modern TV sets cannot have a lan port and built
in browser software to get on the net. After all the idea of an internet TV
was around years ago. I had a bush internet tv. A great opportunity for
Opera/Google/Safari/Firefox to get in on the action.

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On Feb 18, 6:16*pm, "PGP" wrote:

I have always questioned why modern TV sets cannot have a lan port and built
in browser software to get on the net. *After all the idea of an internet TV
was around years ago. *I had a bush internet tv. *A great opportunity for
Opera/Google/Safari/Firefox to get in on the action.

I remember the Bush internet TV :) It was RISC OS based, and could
easily have been a much better product if they hadn't stripped away so
much of the underlying OS while making the embedded software build.

I can't really see the advantage of building web browsing hardware and
software into a TV though - you can easily buy a small computer (such
as the Asus eee box, which can even be attached to the wall mounting
screws on the back of the set) to provide internet access and much
more too.

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On Feb 18, 6:16 pm, "PGP" wrote:

I can, for starters you could watch iplayer in the place where it is
intended to be watched, and the viewer could access online banking etc,
direct from their front room, without the need for more separate hardware. I
would like such a feature.....

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"DerekW" wrote in message
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I've been hopping round the retail sheds comparing HD tellys and I was
just checking connectivity on the back of a Toshiba and I noticed a'
common interface port' in addition to all the other scart optical rf ports
I needed so I thought best ask the question which I was certain I had the
answer to" is it for a decryption module" 3 assistants later I found the
'expert' "oh no sir its so you can watch Setanta Sports"
I wish I had had more time working at that level I could have probably
negoitiated the TV as a freeby for buying one of their horrendously
expensive TV stands.
One thing did fox me tho' I did spot one TV with a LAN port makes me
wonder what an enduser might need one for - remote access by service
engineer?


My sony will play music or photos across a LAN - googling for DLNA will tell
you more

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"

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"Jim" wrote in message
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"DerekW" wrote:
One thing did fox me tho' I did spot one TV with a LAN port makes me
wonder
what an enduser might need one for - remote access by service engineer?

In theory, there's a standard called DLNA which would allow those TVs to
have MPEG content streamed to it over those Ethernet ports.



It is more than theory. I can stream music and pictures to my Sony 46W4500.
--
JohnT

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wrote:
I remember the Bush internet TV :) It was RISC OS based, and could
easily have been a much better product if they hadn't stripped away so
much of the underlying OS while making the embedded software build.

The snag with any RISC OS browser - and always has been - is the lack of
all the addons and plugins other platforms have. Basically limited
JavaScript support and no Flash.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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*If PROGRESS is for advancement, what does that make CONGRESS mean?

It depends... sexual congress is good, though[1]. ;-)

[1] Actually, this is an essential element to progress otherwise,
without it, we'd stop progressing altogether in less than thirty years
time.

(You don't seem to have thought this one through... Next! ;-)

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