Connecting Web TV Via Devolo DLan

Web TV using your house's power circuit, Devolo raises the bar in connectivity solutions.  

Web 2.0 has been the most sensational networking, innovation and communication venue of the last year or two. When we think of technology and Web 2.0 we generally focus on Web companies, startups, widgets or user empowered communities. There is another aspect to Web 2.0 that often goes unnoticed, and that is the home or business architecture that will be integrated into Web 3.0 and above.

How are we going to integrate all of this global media into the places where we live and work? How do we increase the bandwidth and overall network architecture to meet the needs of an HD gulping world?

I ran across an article by Mark Ward of the BBC today, and it appears as if one high tech German company is developing technology that could revolutionize the way we network. Devolo is demonstrating technology at the Cebit Technology Fair that can network TV signals via the main power circuit in your home! That's right, maybe no more dedicated network cables!

Data networks using this system could be used to stream video and Internet TV to displays and gadgets throughout your home or office. Other companies have developed similar innovations but Devolo has found a way to route standard TV signals over similar infrastructures.

The revolutionary system converts TV signal into an IP signal that can be sent to any device with a power outlet. I remember being a cable Internet technician and "praying" that someone would come up with a way to avoid 40,000 wires behind people's devices. It figures they would come up with it 5 years later.

Devolo hopes to have technology ready soon that can pipe satellite and cable TV signals throughout the home. I know some of the big players working on set-top setups for Web TV may not be thrilled with the new developments, but the implication that Internet and video could be piggybacked on power distribution systems is awesome.