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Innovative New Set-Tops Simplify Whole-Home DVR, Sharing Music and Photos
Around the Home
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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 consumers 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(TM) 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 Verizons launch of video services on the companys new
fiber-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."
Motorola is showcasing its consumer entertainment solutions at the 2006
International CES trade show (Las Vegas, NV), at Booth #8545.
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides
seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems
and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in
betweeN, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things information
you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of
technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and
flexible communication. Motorola had sales of $31.3 billion in 2004. For
more information: http://www.motorola.com .
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent &
Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of
their respective owners.
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