Archive for January, 2006

Yahoo! Go TV

Yahoo! Go TV will seamlessly bring consumers’ community, as well as content such as digital photos, movie playtimes at local theaters and other personalized Yahoo! services onto the PC-connected television experience.
The new service will allow consumers to take content from their personal computer or from the web and extend it onto the biggest screen in […]

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Brightbox

Entrepreneurs can now migrate their direct-response marketing campaigns from the Internet to Television using streaming video infomercials as a result of an agreement between IncomeHarvest and Brightbox Inc.
An infomercial quickly builds customer loyalty and delivers a powerful, focused message so as to solicit a specific, quantifiable direct response. Infomercials are migrating to the Internet due […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

ViXS XCode II-L

The ViXS XCode II-L video processor allows consumers to enjoy high-quality video and advanced functions, such as dual-stream PVR, watch-and-record capabilities and high-speed archiving to a hard drive, storage device, or DVD. ViXS’s XCode II series are the only chips available that can efficiently compress and scale analog video, or re-compress and scale high-definition (HD) […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

LocationFree

LocationFree allows you to connect a base station to a variety of audio visual devices in your home, such as a set top TV tuner, DVD player and personal video recorder (PVR) and stream content to a 12-inch LocationFree TV. You can then access the base station and watch your favorite TV programming, DVDs or […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Seagate hard drives of PVRs

At CES 2006 Seagate will demonstrate a wide range of CE products that use Seagate hard drives, including the new Xbox 360, MP3 players, DVR/PVR systems, digital still and video cameras, handheld navigation systems, TV’s, cell phones, digital still cameras and digital video cameras and automotive GPS systems. The company will […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

iMedia XStream Storage System

In another industry first, SkipJam has combined multiple server technologies in a single unit: SMB, DLNA, UPnP and Windows Media Connect compatible servers. These server interfaces allow the widest variety of digital media devices to locate content on the XSS automatically and without any PC or user involvement. The XSS broad server support even includes […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

UHAPI 1.1

The Universal Home Application Programming Interface (UHAPI) Forum today announced the availability of Universal Home API specification 1.1 for audio/video (A/V)
technology. In addition to the UHAPI 1.0 functionality, the UHAPI 1.1 specification standardizes the handling of A/V for personal video recording (PVR) functionality that enables playing back to and from a hard disk drive […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

MediaREADY 5000

MediaREADY 5000 is a living room set-top device that offers PVR (Personal Video Recorder), DVD/CD/MP3 record and playback, email, Internet browsing, media on-demand, TV electronic program guide, karaoke, onboard and home-networked photo and music access and much more. Enabling the joint technology are:
— VWB MediaREADY(TM) 5000 - Connectivity to a […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Vaddis 9

The Vaddis 9 family is a fully digital end-to-end solution for DVD players, addressing a wide range of applications from standalone to portable players. The Vaddis 9 product line reduces system cost by lowering system component count while also reducing system power consumption. The Vaddis 9 systems also offer enhanced playability for scratched disks.
Zoran’s Vaddis […]

Friday, January 6th, 2006

MEGA SKY 580

MEGA SKY 580 is a Digital TV receiver, fully compliant with DVB-T standard. It allows you to watch live broadcasting sports or TV shows up to high definition quality (1920×1080) on your desktop or laptop PC anytime, anywhere.
Featuring time-shifting and schedule recording, MEGA SKY 580 is not only a DTV receiver but also a Digital […]

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

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