Pffft: Doesn't anybody remember Visicorp?

[asian1]

Hi
Their name was Viscorp (Visual Information Service Corporation)  NOT Visicorp. They plan to establish Amiga STB consortium but failed.

STB

News on Viscorp

I still don't know the market for expensive STB based on G3 / G4.

The best selling STB are low end models (less than US$ 100) based on X86 (Geode, Rise, IDT), or ARM chips.  The low end PowerPC (40X) is more suitable for STB than high end PowerPC.

Even low end or mid class CPU (ie VIA 700 MHz) can be used for digital VCR, Movie on Demand, Interactive TV etc.

I don't know how Plexuscom can re-sell the product in Asia. My best guess is for expensive Suite Rooms in 5 star Hotels. The market for expensive STB is limited.

>NTSC
FCC plan to discontinue Analog Transmission in US starting 2006. In 2006 all TV station must start Digital Transmission.

In Europe they will use DVB-T (Terrestrial), not Cable.

Most European Cable / Telecommunication companies had gone bankrupt / in poor financial situation. (ie DT, Granada, KPN, Vivendi etc).