Thomson has just launched Cobra, touting it as a new video delivery platform using advanced video compression technologies to enable delivery of "a suite of home entertainment services" over existing broadband networks such as DSL.

It’ll handle current and next-generation codecs including MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, Windows Media 9 Series, and MPEG-4 Part 10 (JVT), promises Thomson, saying it worked closely with Intel, Microsoft TV and Alcatel in developing Cobra to support:

- A basic set-top box receiver that delivers streaming audio and video content and supports interactive applications.

- A set-top box receiver with a hard-drive to receive video on demand programming over DSL networks.

- A set-top box receiver with a hard-drive and tuners to support advanced personal video recorder (PVR) capability for "easy to use" program recording and playback.

- A set-top box receiver with a hard-drive, PVR capability, and an optical drive such as CD or DVD for program recording and playback.

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