Poland's Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. testing HD IPTV

News flash: Poland has gone absolutely berserk here lately, with a slew of carriers introducing HD channels / services all within the last few weeks. Keeping the trend alive is Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., which we'll refer to from here on out as TP. Judging by local reports and the image above, said telco is currently testing out HD IPTV. As you can see, an HD set-top-box is connected to an ADSL router in order to beam Filmbox HD to the set. Unfortunately, a go-live date is still unknown, and the biggest hurdle yet to be overcome is the purported dearth of ADSL availability (or possibly just affordability) in the region. Baby steps, baby steps.

[Thanks, Arsenal]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 3rd 2008 11:02AM]

That thing is soooo polish, when you push the play button, the toilet flushes...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 3rd 2008 12:37PM]

You're so ignorant!. Go play in traffic.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 3rd 2008 1:14PM]

you guys are r-tards... it was a joke, and considering im polish, i take NO offense to your joke andyg8180... why thank you andyg8180... youre welcome andyg8180...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 3rd 2008 1:16PM]

but andyg8180, not everyone can be superficial people like Kay and Arsenal... remember, polish jokes are racist... So are black white puerto rican and Blu-Ray fanboyism jokes...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 3rd 2008 12:49PM]

Wow. That was amazing andyg8180. So it's true what they say about you, Americans.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 7:53AM]

We have three DVB-S platforms in poland (Cyfrowy Polsat, Cyfra+, N) In england is only one - SKY and now freesat. We can watch in polish language lots of HD channes (HBO HD, Eurosport HD, Polsat Sport HD, TVN HD, Discovery HD, National Geogr HD, Filmbox HD) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 6:53AM]

As before - I want to mention that Iceland's former state incumbent telecom Siminn has been delivering HD via IPTV set-top boxes since last autumn. Still we only have Dicovery HD, but that's a good starter. I was in a test group for it and it worked like a charm.

Delivery mechanism is via MPLS backbone through ADSL2 capable DSLAMS to the home. STB connected to a ADSL2 capable router.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 19th 2008 4:19AM]

The England; old island, old people, the old way of thinking and working – long long time ago we was quite good so now we are also; resuscitation will help maybe, give oxygen?!