D-link isnt a chipset manufacturer.

Perhaps they're the OEM for those Dell models and the exclusivity agreement expired?

Bonded ADSL2+ on short loops = 48Mbps downstream
VDSL2 on short loops = 100Mbps downstream

Rural telcos are already offering IPTV over ADSL2+, with HD IPTV rollouts coming the end of this year as bonded ADSL2+ and VDSL2 gear hits the field.

You dont need FTTH, just FTTN. Copper aint dead yet people.

I dont get it. With HDD technology what it is today, I see no reason to make any mainstream cameras with disc-based recording. 15-30GB on a small HDD would still be quite inexpensive. In another year, 15-30GB of flash memory will be quite affordable too.

I have a Sony mini-disc cam and it has truly been annoying. Would much prefer HDD or flash storage.

Me, once I win this camera.

What is with all the stupid robots lately? Who the heck cares about these lame devices besides Star Wars fanatics? Can you guys find something useful to blog about? I cant decide which is worse of late, the robots or all the DMB devices that are useless in North America. Leave this stuff on the Engadget Asia site or whatever.

Some expansion of nuclear power plants...The USA hasnt built a nuclear power plant since 1973!!! Thank God the country is finally waking up. More nukes and more drilling in my lifetime, hooray!

Michael,

I imagine the Pro Bowl wasnt in HD because ESPN didnt want to put one of their HD trucks on a ship to the Oahu (and out of service for days in transit). Those trucks are too precious to put on ships for days on end.

I agree, watching womens hockey yesterday and today on UNHD, the picture was weak.

I wonder if this is just an issue of carriers over-compressing things. For instance, Directv is sending channel 82 (NBC4 out of NYC) and UNHD downrezzed at 1280x1080i instead of 1920x1080! Not only that, the bitrates are terrible, with UNHD way down in the 13Mbps and NBC4 at 15Mbps, when they need to be at a minimum of 18Mbps (IMHO) to make sports look decent at 1920x1080i.

I would wager that the master feeds NBC is handing off to our carriers look far better and we can just blame our satellite and cable carriers for the poor quality picture. They give us more HD channels but then they ruin the HD channels by downrezzing and overcompressing them. Bums!