Undaunted, Blockbuster and 2Wire - heretofore known more as a provider of residential gateway networking - have teamed in a manner similar to Netflix and Roku to deliver MediaPoint.

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You don't need that kind of industrial-strength hardware to build a home network, but you will need a piece of hardware called a residential gateway, which will do the same jobs.

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Furthermore, the ShareTV system "allows IPTV subscribers to legally share their stored TV content using peer-to-peer technology running in the Jungo Residential Gateway software, " essentially opening up a new realm of recorded television to access just in case your forgot to schedule a crucial recording.

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