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Diagnose Your Home Network… From an iPad
Motorola introduced the EDGE Home Center for home network management at SCTE. It’s a cloud-based software tool for diagnosing and tinkering with the gadgets on your broadband network, and it’s designed for consumers to access anywhere. The photo above shows the Home Center portal on an iPad.
Using HTML for the EPG
Motorola’s been showing off a reference UI for the TV since The Cable Show back in May. The goal is to show what’s possible when you shift to HTML to design a program guide.
The 500GB FiOS TV Set-Tops Are Rolling
The new Motorola QIP7232 DVRs with 500 GB of storage are now officially in the FiOS TV line-up. Reports from subscribers in Dallas/Fort Worth, New York City, and Chester Springs PA confirm that the new set-tops are making their way into Verizon homes
SCTE Wrap-Up: 2010 vs. 2009
I’ve been ruminating on SCTE Cable-Tec Expo and trying to determine what was the same, and what was different about this year’s show compared to the one in 2009. Leaving aside attendance and weather, there were some interesting variables across the two years.