A LAN cable connects it to the supplied VLAN-capable wireless router (D-Link DIR 615). The current Unifi set-up involves routing the fibre-optic cable from the pole to a Broadband Termination Unit (Huawei Echolife HG 850) inside the house. Users can also purchase titles via VOD (Video-On-Demand) and subscribe to premium channels with a few clicks on the remote control. Most of the programs can be moved back by two hours with variable speed rewind/forward and pause function. What’s interesting about IPTV is that it incorporates ‘time-shift’ viewing. HyppTV is naturally happy to gloat about the fact that its reception is not susceptible to rain and other atmospheric conditions. I’m guessing it is due to licensing restrictions imposed by content providers. HyppTV is available to residential users but not for Unifi Biz installation at commercial or business premises. Additional free cable channels include Bernama TV, Hikmah, Channel NewsAsia, Luxe.TV HD, Euronews, DW-TV Asia, Australia Network, Bloomberg TV and The Travel Channel. The terrestrial channels are TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7, 8TV and TV9. The technology inside and the delivery path is of course fundamentally different.
This is done via a set-top box, similar in concept to the Astro satellite decoder. One of the gadgets (and services) that comes with TM’s Unifi fibre-optic broadband is the video/TV streaming application.
