Nowadays media streaming technology is applied to many important fields, such as digital library, remote education, on-demand video, real-time IP TV and cooperative communication.

流媒体技术正在被应用到许多重要领域，如数字图书馆、远程教育、视频点播、实时网络电视和协同通讯。

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At that rate, in four years many homes will have access to reliable 2-megabit-per-second service, the magic number at which real video-on-demand can work.

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OnLive is the pioneer of on-demand, instant-play video game services, delivering real-time interactive experiences and rich media through the Internet.

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Besides obviously needing a CableCard-ready TV set (most new digital HDTVs have to have CableCard slots), there are a few downsides, like you can't access your cable company's onscreen programming guide and you can't order pay-per-view or video-on-demand programming (at least not using your remote), but the real deal killer for us is that you won't be able to use it with a digital video recorder.

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