CELL analysis
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I can't wait for next week to see what is true and what not. As much as I would love to see this whole network distribution concept working, as much I still can't believe that they really do it, at least the internet part of it. However, I think LAN distribution should be possible and I will be the first to connect two PS3 consoles together. 
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They really need to make some shows and conferences with longer acronyms. ICCSS? Booo-ring! Spice things up!
Spice things up!
It's model is LF-X5. Google comes up with the Airboard LocationFree TV. Here's an official page for it...
http://www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/Press/200502/05-0201/
Check this URL on Sony's Airboard...
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/airboard/index.html
Tommy McClain
http://www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/Press/200502/05-0201/
Check this URL on Sony's Airboard...
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/airboard/index.html
Tommy McClain
AzBat said:
A remote WiFi display is something that existed for PCs since 2002.
(Google "Microsoft mira", buy one from Viewsonic http://www.viewsonic.com/products/mobilewireless/wirelessmonitors/airsyncv210wirelessdisplay/, costs ~$1000)
Mira never really caught on because for around that kind of price you can just get a laptop that is much more functional.
Likewise, for $1000-1500 (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...t?CategoryName=tv_LocationFreeTVs&Dept=tv) , I just don't see Sony's "Location Free TV" ever being more than a novelty.
From the reviews I'vew read of the previous "Air Board" Location Free TV's, they really weren't functional.
Ok, they worked if you were on the same room with your WiFi connection, but if you went further the TV broadcast quality was simply unwatchable.
I'm not sure if they used the slower "b" WiFi, these new ones are sure to use the faster "g" standard.
And if you used it outside of your home, then the isp connection speed that the WiFi hotspot used was surely a limiting factor too (256-512Kbps connections might have been to slow then)
Today, as 1-2Mbps connestions are becoming more and more a standard for broadband, and WiFi hotspots, a Location Free TV type device could work better.
I wonder if PS3 will have this built in in some form, or if there will be a PS3 compatible "Home Base Station" that has LFTV and a HDD.
Remember it was rumoured that you'd be able to watch TV with your PSP via WiFi. It would need a device like this to work, and maybe the "play PS3 games with your PSP" would also be possible via a the "Home Base Station"
Edit: Corrected the 256-512Mbps to Kbps
Ok, they worked if you were on the same room with your WiFi connection, but if you went further the TV broadcast quality was simply unwatchable.
I'm not sure if they used the slower "b" WiFi, these new ones are sure to use the faster "g" standard.
And if you used it outside of your home, then the isp connection speed that the WiFi hotspot used was surely a limiting factor too (256-512Kbps connections might have been to slow then)
Today, as 1-2Mbps connestions are becoming more and more a standard for broadband, and WiFi hotspots, a Location Free TV type device could work better.
I wonder if PS3 will have this built in in some form, or if there will be a PS3 compatible "Home Base Station" that has LFTV and a HDD.
Remember it was rumoured that you'd be able to watch TV with your PSP via WiFi. It would need a device like this to work, and maybe the "play PS3 games with your PSP" would also be possible via a the "Home Base Station"
Edit: Corrected the 256-512Mbps to Kbps
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You don't really understand english either by the looks of it. :? Hell, the thing even says "airboard" on the side of it and you automatically assume it is PS3 related???
Yes, I just noticed the fault in my post.
When the "Airboard" was first introduced, the limiter was likely the broadband speeds (not the WiFi standard).
I wonder if the distributable computing of "Cell" will eventually help the 3rd gen Location Free TV to be taken seriously
When the "Airboard" was first introduced, the limiter was likely the broadband speeds (not the WiFi standard).
I wonder if the distributable computing of "Cell" will eventually help the 3rd gen Location Free TV to be taken seriously
What's the point of having a conference if you want to keep your stuff secret? That makes no sense.
As a paying subscriber of both IGN's and Gamespot's, I'll be deeply disappointed if they don't have someone at the conference to report details on the Cell presentations. They should know that this is a likely glimpse at PS3 technology, and thus of direct interest to at least some of their readers (even if few can comprehend - but those few demand it!! ).
Hopefully they'll step up to the plate, but if not, perhaps one of the more general tech sites will be there, Ars Technica, Anand?
).Hopefully they'll step up to the plate, but if not, perhaps one of the more general tech sites will be there, Ars Technica, Anand?
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