c0de
join:2004-10-14
Richmond, VA
| you can stream media to your TV???
This does not at all seem new to me. I have been pumping 'backed up dvds' to my TV with a media center pc for a very long time. The biggest problem I have run into, is that if it is not wired (100MBit+ Cat5e), its hard to get the content. With wireless i had to buy a very expensive turbo something something made by belkin, so that the wireless card on the media center could achieve speeds fast enough to stream content from my media server, and even then it was not always reliable. (i have sence wired it) So how are these companys planing on connecting these devices to TVs and other viewers? Compression? and will you have to have a box hooked up to your TV, im guessing so.
here is an idea for comcast:
make your DVR HD Digital cable boxes interact with eachother if they are on the same node. That way I can watch something recored on my DVR in the livingroom on my TV in the bedroom. (I think with dish you can do this?)
And even better, allow the box to be connected via eithernet to my home network and discover shared media files it can play. OMG how happy would i be if i could use one remote to scroll though a m3u of all my music and play it via my comcast box? well i will tell you, I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY!
Why get another box in another room in addition to the one you already have, that has less features or only some features you want.
I say just cram all the stuff into the already,wired, and existing set top boxes that everyone has! |
