Standards:

The issues associated with the Ieee 1394 and DVI are in large part issues associate with the best way to handle high-end graphics.   Is the Ieee-1394 bus able to send the graphics it renders in the set top box to the TV because todays 1394 link (box to tv) transferred graphics seems to me to be insufficient as well as the fact that 1394 implies a decoder because it transfers require compression.  DVI has uncompressed base band but the DVI, when connected to a desktop, still requires Ieee 1394 bus. So which will win out, intelligence in the tv or intellience in the Set top?

                    Stream                                Archi      Command    Applications
                                                             tecture     and control
                                                                                       AV Support

                                     IEEE 1394                                  DVI

Stream                         Compressed                               Uncompressed   
                                   MPEG-2                                     Baseband               
                                   Transport                                         

Bit Rate                         1394:100-400                             DVI:4900 single     
Mbits/S                          1394b:800-3200                         DVI:9800 double

Architecture                   Peer to Peer                                Point to Point

Command &
Cntrl AV support               yes                                                 No

Applications            storage & networking                          Interface to graphics chips

Frames/Sec                        30                                                  60

Comparisons              sends bit maps using                           No EIA support, requires
                                EIA 775, EIA 799                               software to support graphics

standards for vpn servers. (vpn: the secure gateway to corporate LAN):
         Vpn servers encrypt information from host server for over the net to/from remote user. ( It provides a secure twoway link)  Issues: server size for activity, server licensing, upgradeability, client needs, simultaneous users, and packet throught put(acceptable speed) and Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) vs IPsec. and don't forget the w3.

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