SnapStream DVR Records 50 Channels Simultaneously
SnapStream is talking about its new DVR appliance that can record up to 50 channels simultaneously onto 100TB worth of storage capacity. SnapStream is plus writing the software to control that monster (they used to be my favorite Media Center system considering they could record in DivX). that is equivalent to 326 Tivo Premier boxes, [...]
Kylo 10-foot interface web browser video demo
[DEMO Spring 2010] A couple of days ago, we told you that Kylo had just launched a web browser for televisions. Based on a 10-foot interface (that’s the name given for user interfaces created particularly for a TV use), the browser aims at providing a much better web browsing experience than the plain-vanilla browsers built [...]
GlideTV: User Interface To Watch TV with the Navigator Remote
[DEMO 2010] We have selected the GlideTV Navigator in our Uber10 2009 list, and today, the company has launched the on screen user interface to go with it. From the screen shots that I received, the application looks pretty promising, offering a visual gallery of all the shows available across multiple sites categorized by genre, [...]
AVerTV USB HD PVR
AVerTV answer’s Hauppauge offering with their USB HD PVR that features S-video, composite and a set of component video inputs to help you stay connected to your new HDTV from your computer. that is more or less the nearest you can get to HD quality with HDCP shielding HDMI video stream. Thanks to the integrated [...]
XBMC gets 9.11 update
A rather sensitive update number, don’t you think? Still, the XBMC is now in its 9.11 iteration, and that killer open source, cross platform media center is not only easy on the eyes, it is user friendly as well regardless of whether you’re running on a Windows, Mac or Linux based machine. The new look [...]
Asus Eee line gets NVIDIA’s Ion
Asus and NVIDIA have just announced that several new models of the award-winning Asus Eee line are shipping with NVIDIA’s Ion chipset (the same one used in the Macbook Pro). The new products include: Eee PC 1201N: Ion + dual-core CPU (Atom) netbook EeeTop PC EB1012: All-in-one 20″ with touch screen and DVD EeeBox PC EB [...]