Snapstream is the company who makes the great PVR (personal video recorder) software BeyondTV. Anyone who currently uses a VCR should seriously consider changing that habit and moving into the new millennium. With this software, we can digitally record tv programs to the computer's hard drive and either watch them there, or stream them to a machine that is connected to the TV on the main floor. We can even pull it across the wireless network and watch it on the laptop anywhere in or around the house. It also has the ability to stream LiveTV in the same manner.
Another very cool feature is the ability to connect top to the application remotely. Say you are at work, and you have a change of plans which would make you late for your favourite prime time show (are there any left?), you can simply program it remotely and watch it whenever you get home or on the weekend or that night you cannot sleep. You can burn it to a re-recordable disk and share it with a friend who missed a particular episode or save a bundle on the DVD collection and just tape the entire season.
DW and I like the reality shows as you know. I like Tyra Banks and she happens to have created "America's Next Top Model". So, we had the entire season taped and were feeling particularly couch-potatoish one Saturday, so we watched the entire season back-to-back. Being able to skip the commericals (which the application marks out for you) is an added bonus. Also, the program is able to compress the show into different formats so you can write it out to a DVD, or SVCD or even drop it onto a memory card to watch it on your PDA, portable viewer or even the new PSP (which my pissant LB has and lords over me with now).
SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Longhorn graduates to a real name
Friday, July 22, 2005
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