NuTech Digital to deliver hi-def over phone lines

Dave Horvath
18 Aug 2007 13:02

It seems like these days high-definition content is being pushed towards consumers through many different avenues, whether it be satellite, Streaming, high capacity discs or otherwise. One company, has a bold and somewhat unbelievable idea that has the potential to push high-definition to arenas it has never gone before. NuTech wants to give its consumers high-definition programming through the plain old telephone system. Thats right, copper dial-up lines to deliver high-definition content.
The official press release seemed rather ambiguous and their website doesn't give much in way of believability towards their cause, but NuTech stands firm with their aim to "utilize a standard household phone line for secure content delivery."
More importantly, their system is said to "enable video Compression and the management and delivery of video, audio and data over a fully switched or routed network configured for ATM and Ethernet protocols utilizing connection speeds as low as 64Kbps to deliver high-definition content."
Of course, they have their own flavor of Digital Rights Management (DRM) software and it is speculated that the phone lines will serve as nothing more than to deliver this copy protection protocol to its users, and the high-definition content itself will be delivered through another means all together. Any way you look at it however, it seems that the technology just wouldn't have the gusto to come to fruition without insanely long download times. In a world where waiting 2.5 minutes for a bag of microwave popcorn to finish has become unbearably long, it remains very skeptical that this technology could actually see the light of day.
Source:
Prime News Wire