If you're still resisting the
onset of the
internet TV revolution, we're here to inform you that your efforts are in vain. Shortly after launching
a dedicated box at CES,
Verismo Networks has announced an OEM program that's apparently drawing lots of attention from manufacturers of TVs, optical media players, AV receivers, etc. Essentially, the company is looking to get its open VuNow platform, which pulls in content from around the web, onto other standalone boxes and integrated within
future devices -- much like Netflix's
Watch Instantly has done, and exactly like we saw at CES
with Netgear. And don't think the cash flow stops at the consumer level, as there are also opportunities within education and medicine sectors for institutions seeking a streamlined way of distributing learning materials. Watch out, pay-TV -- we've got options here, and we aren't afraid to use 'em.
posted February 10th 2009 4:51PM
First of all, I love your avatar "IamnotIeyeISwear" and your comment which shows general apathy towards those about to downrank you.
Secondly, I care not who makes this product, nor why... but, I wonder HOW MUCH PORN IT CAN GET.
you're worse than ieye, ......
oh wait its flashpoint lulz carry on :)
Not REAL porn, but it does get one German channel that is full of lovely ladies at the right time of day.
Hopefully when it integrates into other devices the remote won't be as ugly and tiny.
Oh yes. If there's one thing we should all hate, it's tiny/ugly remotes.
No integrated wi-fi? Why?!
Yeah I thought that was odd too. They sell a USB wireless dongle that runs $15. Why not integrate it and charge $114.99 for the box?
Yeah. Integrated chips for wi-fi are like 43 cents nowadays...I understand the concept of selling accessories for extra profit, but I sort of look at a NIC and wi-fi option as basically essential. It's the same reason that I think the Western Digital HD player is totally awesome...but will never buy one, because I want to stream movies, not plug in a drive or CAT-5 cable.
@K@0s:
because all those extra pennies add up to some serious change
Wow, free tv???
Interesting. So out of the similar solutions that are out there which is the best?
The irony in this is that for most of us, the only way to get decent speeds from our broadband (and thus make this product worth using...) is to get cable...
Cable company owns the tv..... cable company owns the internet....
in the end....cable company wins......
unless some other company not affiliated with any television service provides internet....
even telephone companies own the tv now.......
tv over the internet seems doomed...
U-verse IPTV? The internet and telephone companies got together and gave the cable companies a big FU.
Actually, the baby bells and cable cos. are getting too greedy for their own good. Their conflicted position as pipe owners and content/service providers is starting to pit them against other content/service providers to the general public's detriment. It may well land them in hot water and emphasizes why the pipes should be kept dumb. Watch even the politicians who back them, due to payola, back away when there's an incident where a child dies because a family's VOIP phone wasn't operational because they had exceeded their caps for a specified number of hours in the day. And I predict something like that could happen, especially with TW and some of the other providers that want to set extremely low bandwidth caps.
Anyway, it was the American taxpayer who payrolled the development of the Internet (via DARPANET). It should remain cutting edge in this country, but won't if we continue to allow the lumbering behemoths touch the pipes. I'd rather nationalize the Internet pipes than the banks.
I posted a video review of this Verismo Networks VuNow VN1000HD box at: http://techvideoblog.com/reviews/vunow-vn1000hd-hi-def-pod/