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Digital Living Room 2000 Part 1 (9/19/2000)

What will day-to-day life be like when our homes are wired, when we all have broadband pipes, and when everything that surrounds us has been transformed from the world of atoms to the world of bits?


This movie is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles

Keywords: Episode year: 2000; Interactive TV; Companies: AOL; Music; Networking; Security

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Interactive Television

AOL TV
Powered by an interactive software engine from Liberate, the main difference between AOL TV and Microsoft's Web TV, is that a current AOL subscriber maintains the same online identity on AOL TV.

Web TV
Not to be outdone by AOL TV, Web TV has just announced its own new twist to the convergence of the TV and the PC, a new version of Web TV which lets you use it like a TIVO or Replay Personal VCR.

ReplayTV ShowStopper
The Panasonic ShowStopper with ReplayTV Service is moving toward the next generation of interactive TV by finding new ways to use storage and connectivity to provide a customized television viewing experience.

TV on the Web

Veon
Veon is trying to move beyond AOL TV and Web TV to a new model, where interactivity is video based with TV style content on the Web that you can control.

Esynch
Esynch has com out with a multi-platform player that can play back video in any standard format and automatically synch the video to a web site. The player is called Choicecaster and its a free download.

ON24
ON24 has introduced something called PersonalCast that lets you essentially create a personalized CNBC service for your investor console. You select the stocks you want to follow, the sources and experts you want to hear from, and particular stories you want to read about.

Anteye.com
One site that is focusing on new entertainment content on the Internet.

PSMG
The Play Streaming Media Group has introduced the GlobeCaster which is essentially a computer peripheral that turns your PC into a complete video production studio.

Digital Music

Soundbreak.com
Trying to carve out a new model on the Internet, Soundbreak.com is essentially running an alternative music format called the Global Radio Station on the Net.

Home Networking

Home Director
An IBM spin-off, Home Director is trying to get the real estate industry to recognize the increased appraisal value of a networked home.

Vicinium
Vicinium introduced NeighborMation, a television based networking system run from a set top box which lets you not only network your home but your entire neighborhood.

SOHOware
SOHOware's Net Blaster lets you use your high speed Internet connection on a lap top, anywhere within 250 feet of the home base.

Internet Security

Network ICE
Showed off a new consumer version of its network security product, called BlackICE Defender which does a lot more than just scan your computer for viruses.

3Com
Showed off their new HomeConnect Home Network Gateway which connects people with multiple computers to each other and the Internet via Ethernet or home phone line and comes complete with a firewall protection.

Finjan
Finjan Software's SurfinGuard is another new home security product that can catch hostile executables which can be embedded in innocent sounding programs or games.