01-25-2006, 06:00 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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MyTinyTV: TV On-the-Go
"No, it's not a replacement for your TiVo, home theater system, big-screen TV or even your regular TV. But it's a great little, ahem, tiny TV that you can use throughout your house. And, you can even bring it along, because it also works across the Internet when you are away from home. Go to your favorite wireless hotspot, like Starbucks, at airports, at hotels, and watch TV. Your own channels from your home cable or antenna, even when you're halfway around the globe. Yes, for remote access you will need a wireless Internet account (for example, as offered by T-Mobile and Verizon) and a pretty decent broadband connection at your house, where the desktop computer with the TV tuner is located."
MyTinyTV allows you to use your Pocket PC to access TV remotely (over a broadband connection), complete with listings if you live in the USA or Canada. There's a free 7-day trial version if you wish to test it first; $59.00 USD will get you the full version. Of course, the way I see it, you could always just use Orb's free streaming service, unless MyTinyTV offers some compelling features that warrant the $59 price tag.
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01-25-2006, 06:08 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 349
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I really like what they say in the System Requirements page:
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At least 250Kbps download capability is required (only wireless broadband and wireless hotspots provide the necessary speed). While slower speeds are supported, the video quality becomes unacceptable. You may want to read a book instead.
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01-25-2006, 06:46 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 73
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Originally Posted by Raphael Salgado
I really like what they say in the System Requirements page:
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At least 250Kbps download capability is required (only wireless broadband and wireless hotspots provide the necessary speed). While slower speeds are supported, the video quality becomes unacceptable. You may want to read a book instead.
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lmao, that's genius.
and what's Orb's service? never heard of it
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01-25-2006, 08:14 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 805
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Originally Posted by Raphael Salgado
At least 250Kbps download capability is required (only wireless broadband and wireless hotspots provide the necessary speed). While slower speeds are supported, the video quality becomes unacceptable. You may want to read a book instead.
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So this means, if a particular hotspot doesnt offer high speeds, I better carry a book :lol:
Sunny
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01-25-2006, 09:00 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,466
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An ebook ....on my ppc.
Funny thing is I have a TV tuner card and finally did set up WME and TSC to allow contro9l of it over my LAN/ WiFi.
Orb has one failing. It is limited to a select number of tuners with hardware encoders. Mine is not
I'm going to check the mytinytv specs.
Edit: Yep! seems like they need "newer " tv tuners read: hardware encoders. Stick with Orb. and PVTL
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01-25-2006, 10:33 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 191
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I feel all Orby inside. Bless the fine folks at Orb.
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01-25-2006, 03:33 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9
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Originally Posted by OneAngryDwarf
Bless the fine folks at Orb.
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word.
Now if only I had a compatible tv tunner card :cry:
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01-25-2006, 03:56 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 651
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Hmm for that price I'd just buy snapstreams beyond tv which does more and for almost the same price. I've been using snapstream for the past 3-4 years to stream to my device.
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01-25-2006, 04:08 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 952
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All these services are pretty cool but how's TV streamed to your PPC without using a PC and Tuner card coming along? Any news about that?
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01-25-2006, 04:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 233
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I've been using a Slingbox, www.slingmedia.com, for the last couple of months to stream to my laptop and have been very happy with it. They have a WM beta floating around now too, so it shouldn't be much longer.
Granted, my solution isn't free. But I don't need a dedicated desktop computer to be constantly turned on and it's a nice simple solution. Took me all of 3 minutes to set up--once I figured out how to open the box, sheesh.
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Linear Mode
