Hmmm.... WDTV Live player supports HDMI 1.3a 1080p/24 as well as 1080p/60. It also can do Deep Color (8-bit and 12-bit). So its not exactly apples to apples.

It supports DIVX

Yes it does. I played a number of video files that have DTS-MA just fine.

I can see the supercharged and armored version as a next James Bond's official "007" vehicle.

I have been using Netgear set of PowerLine HD adapter without any issues for almost 2 years now. They work. Obviously I do not get anywhere near 200 Mbps speeds. More like 25-30 Mbps. It's mainly due to the fact that each adapter is on a different circuit and there is also computer, NIC, NAS and gateway mish-mash.

There was nothing wrong with Toshiba's technology. It was comparable to Blu-Ray. People keep on forgetting that HD-DVD was also blue laser format.

Where Toshiba got outgunned was "bribes". Sony literally paid some studios off to choose Blu-Ray. If it was a fair game, in technology to dollar proposition, then I certainly believe that HD-DVD would've won. HD-DVD was cheaper to manufacture, did not require as much of an overhaul for disk manufacturers and delivered as good of a HD video as Blu-Ray.

tru2way was based on a premise that signaling will be delivered via DOCSIS/DSG messaging. Verizon FiOS does not use DOCSIS. They don't need it. FIOS is an IP service.

Theoretically it should not be that difficult to modify tru2way to support a pure IP based signaling delivery mechanism along with DSG. But cable companies call the shots on tru2way which is a CableLabs approved "standard". The telcos are not members.

Having to rent a set-top has a lot of advantages as well as disadvantages. Advantage is that with a rented STB you'll get the latest and greatest software and if the box "goes south" they'll replace one for free. With your own tru2way capable TV or a host you're on your own. As a matter of fact if something does not work the cable company can just wash their hands and will say "Call your TV manufacturer, its not our problem!" Obvious disadvantage is the rental fee and the fact that you need to have an extra piece of gear next to your TV. But frankly that's something I can live with.

I would think that FIOS service at some point in a near future will move to an all IPTV service and will ditch RF overlay. tru2way has been around for many years without much to show for the amount of dollars poured into it. Not a single commercial deployment, no paying customers. The IPTV on other hand has been deployed successfully around the world including many companies here in the US (AT&T U-Verse is the largest). Nothing should preclude Verizon going the same route.

Well, as far as Verizon is concerned they couldn't care less about tru2way. As per FCC requirement they have to support separable security which they'll do with QIP-7xxx series set-tops. Separable security mandate does not say anything about OCAP.

DVS is Broadband Home Solutions now.

Do you think they will place an undisclosed cap on the amount of friends and associations you can have on Plaxo? I can see that e-mail from Comcast: "You have exceeded an allowed limit on the number of friends on you Plaxo network. Your social network is above allowed limit and is affecting 99.9% of all Comcast/Plaxo users. Please cease and desist. We expect by the end of the next month that you will cut down the number of people on your network list. If you will not comply we will be forced to terminate your Plaxo account.'