Media Extenders Category

Devices that hook TVs and PCs together over a home network so media can be viewed from any TV or PC in the home.

Posted in: News, TV Gadgets & Equipment and Media Extenders by Chris Tew on June 8, 2007
InternetVue

Announced back in January at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the Addlogix EchoView FM PC2TV Wireless Video Converter. Basically it allowed you to watch your PC on your TV wirelessly.

The device has now been re-launched and re-branded as the InternetVue. I definitely prefer the new name.

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Posted in: News, TV Gadgets & Equipment and Media Extenders by Chris Tew on March 31, 2007

Zeros and OnesOn Thursday I said that Media Extender’s will have a short life span and here is the reason. Not so far in the future, maybe within 3-5 years we will have one enabling device that will do absolutely everything. No longer will we have several black boxes of circuit boards all connected together by a mish mash of cables, we’ll have one device: The Ultimate DVR.

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Posted in: News, TV Gadgets & Equipment and Media Extenders by Chris Tew on March 29, 2007

Media ExtenderOn Tuesday I talked about the Xbox 360 and Apple TV, two very hot topics of conversation when it comes to spreading video and music onto your TV screen.

In fact media extenders are a hot topic in general. This year’s consumer electronics show in January was packed with new innovative products designed to meld your home network into one, making all the media in your house accessible on every PC and TV. Well at least that’s the idea.

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Posted in: News, TV Gadgets & Equipment, Microsoft, Xbox 360 IPTV, Apple, Apple TV and Media Extenders by Chris Tew on March 27, 2007
Apple TV vs xbox 360

The Apple TV was finally released last week and as I expected the reviews of the device are not that flattering. I’ve said already that the Apple TV was over-hyped and I’ve noted a number of alternatives to the Apple TV (now there are even more).

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