[November 02, 2009] Pace Readies 'Home Content Sharing' Solution Tweet Nov 03, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Pace, a developer of digital TV technologies, announced that multiple cable operators, including Buckeye Cablevision, Mediacom, Sunflower Broadband, and others, are already nearing completion of field trials for Pace's Home Content Sharing (HCS) solution. In addition, the National Cable Television Cooperative has agreed to offer the product to its vast membership of service providers. Pace's HCS solution is now commercially available and enables full dual tuner HD-DVR functionality on every connected television in the home. The solution is built around a single Network Attached Storage (NAS) device that provides centralized storage and a shared list of recordings that can be accessed from multiple set-top boxes within a home network. Access to key features such as "watch and record," pausing live TV, and managing recordings from connected televisions is being made possible through the Rovi Interactive Program Guide. The initial group of cable operators and industry cooperatives working with Pace opens up a target market of up to 26 million subscribers for this new technology, according to the company. Joe Jensen, Chief Technology Officer at Buckeye Cablevision, said, "Pace's architecture provides a NAS platform that can improve the viewing experience in today's environment and potentially evolve into a gateway device to offer next generation services to our customers. I have been testing the system in my home, and I am confident this will be well received by our customers." "The Pace solution is a true multiroom DVR versus other 'multiview solutions,' meaning that the subscriber gets the same complete dual-tuner DVR experience they are familiar with today in every room of the home, rather than a subset of features," said JR Walden, Senior Vice President of Technology at Mediacom. Sunflower's COO, Patrick Knorr, said, "After evaluating numerous options for multiroom DVR it became clear that the Pace solution was clearly ahead of other offerings with respect to functionality and deployment flexibility. This solution is simply more powerful than what cable's competitors can offer." HCS connects multiple set-top boxes to the NAS over "in home" coaxial cable or Ethernet. The NAS eliminates the need for hard drives within the individual set-top boxes while still enabling full DVR functionality on lower-cost HD boxes throughout the home. The NAS is a MoCA 1.1 integrated device available with various hard drive capacities and an eSATA port for expansion. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]