XStreamHD Beams "Blu-ray" Quality Video Direct-to-Home

XStreamHD has successfully tested a transport system that delivers Full HD movies, music, and games directly to subscriber homes via satellite.

The system, tested on the AMC-16 satellite at 85 degrees west ongitude, will be able to provide content throughout North America.

XStreamHD, which first announced its plans for the innovative new satellite delivery system in January at CES 2008, had expected to launch the service in October.

George Gonzalez, founder and CEO of XStreamHD, said today that the service will be able to deliver Full HD (1080p) content to homes, independent of Internet or cable congestion, by unlocking existing FSS (Fixed Satellite Service) capacity.

He said the XStreamHD test had shown that the network's could deliver Blu-ray quality video with up to 7.1 lossless channels of DTS Master Audio.

The company is to offer its customers access to movies, HDTV, music and electronic games.

There's no word yet about partnerships for movies or HDTV content but as XStreamHD will be showcasing its transport system next month at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, more might be revealed then.