http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/ Engadget Comments for TiVo's AN0100 802.11n WiFi adapter hits the FCC, stirs up imaginations http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/
2006 is calling and wants Series 3 back. Where the hell is our Series 4?]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/
Tivo needs a faster adapter just to deal with it's own streaming requirements.

Being able to tap into user content would probably require a lesser network interface since a lot of that stuff is aggressively compressed with better codecs either by the end user or the source of the material.

Some sort of HW video acceleration dongle would be more relevant to decoding user content on a Tivo.]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/
What I think is somewhat comical is that the TivoHD/HD XL/S3 have had their ethernet ports tested at a max of around 20Mbps, so not only could the N adapter possibly offer an advantage over the older G adapter, it may also offer an larger-than-expected advantage over wired ethernet.

What I'm really hoping is this device is a prelude to home network streaming and/or native playback of the most common video file types, mainly h.264 MKV. The box has the processing horsepower to handle at least 720p h.264 (evident from native playback of HD YouTube clips), so why not open that capability up to a host of media available on a home network. This capability, along with uPnP client capabilities would make the TivoHD much more of a home entertainment hub than just a DVR with a few semi-useful network features.]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/]]>Nov 6th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/
Hopefully, this is ultimately a driver issue and TiVo just haven't bothered tweaking the driver/kernel 'cos the transfer rate *is* good enough to keep you ahead of ad breaks etc as described, but it sure is a pain when transferring to my PC in order to xcode to a portable device as the xfer time is by far the long tail. My xcode spreads neatly across all 4 cores and really pins them, so a 2hr show only takes about 20min to xcode, but pretty much 90 minutes to xfer.]]>Nov 6th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/
I am rather disappointed that we aren't getting a Series 4 this year that makes use of a faster processor and a native HD user interface.

Always hope they pull their heads out and get something on the market next spring that doesn't look like it was designed in the year 2000.]]>Nov 6th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/
All most times the HD is recording 2 streams, and reading another. Adding a high speed transfer to this could probably cause some issues.]]>Nov 6th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/Nov 6th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/tivos-an0100-802-11n-wifi-adapter-hits-the-fcc-stirs-up-imagin/
We need a series 4 box stat. If it could do the sling-thing, it might even sell, too.]]>Nov 6th 2009 1:51PM