Panasonic has launched a new range of TVs with a feature called Viera Cast.
This allows the viewer to access Skype, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook from the couch.
A partnership with Yahoo!7, will give Viera CAST panels access to Seven content. The sole Australian drama content on Plus 7 at the moment is Home and Away. The rest is your regular, recycled US fodder.
So yet another hardware manufacturer scrambles to offer a la carte viewing, with a skeletal content offering.
What I'm curious about is this - I have a BigPond Cable Elite connection. When I look at Yahoo Plus7 on my PC, it plays fine in a small window, but in full screen mode it's jerky and chunky.
If IPTVs like the Viera here were connected through my wireless network, would I experience the same image quality?
Does this apply equally to all the IPTV offerings that are out there now? Do these sets come with a minimum bandwidth spec for good quality viewing?
Probably too early to get consumer feedback yet, but these questions must be top of mind for IPTV players attempting to deliver a FTA-like experience.
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