Emerging Tech Standards for 2007

It’s hard keep up with the tech Jones, but if you are going to try, make sure to add the following tech terms to your vocabulary in 2007

TV Standards
Full HD (aka 1080p)
Currently the best image quality you can get on high-definition television. But content is iffy.

Slingbox
A device from Sling Media that makes live or recorded tv from your home system available to PCs and handhelds over the internet

IPTV
Standards for Internet Protocol television – means TV delivered over the web


Mobility
Follow-me TV
Lets you start watching a record TV show in your family room, and then move to your bedroom without losing your place

HSDPA / EV-DO
Two superfast 3rd generation mobile networks, the former from Cingular Wireless, the latter from Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless

Home Servers
Put all your photos, music, and video on the server that can dish them up on different devices in your home


High Definition
Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD
Two rival standards for next generation, high definition DVDs. It’s still too early to call a winner


GPS
Location Based Services
Global positioning chips in your phone lets companies figure out where you are and point you in the best local shop or restaurant


Set Top Box
HDMI
A new strand for connecting HDTV source, such as a cable set-top box, to an HD display. What is unknown is much the cable connection will cost (range between $80 to $120)

Mobile Internet Standard
Wi-MAX
A new mobile Internet standard, more advanced than Wi-Fi, that will soon be available from Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, and others