Podcast #395: brite-View CinemaTube and Philips Prestigo SRU8008

We'll admit it, there are other companies that make remote controls.  We decided to try one this week.  The Prestigo 8008 is a cool remote with a color screen, but how does it stack up to the entry level Harmony 510?  Excellent question.

And we had a chance this week to take a look at the CinemaTube from brite-View.  It's a network media player that supports full 1080p/60 video and Dolby Digital and DTS audio, so it's right up our alley.  After all, who wants to stream video if you can't get it in high def?

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PlayOn Update, Local Media Streaming: Podcast #380

It's been almost a year since we first checked out the beta of PlayOn from MediaMall Technologies. Now there's some new beta functionality in PlayOn, so we've decided to do a little update. The new feature allows you to stream local media content to your connected players.

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PlayOn Beta - Stream Internet video to your PS3: Podcast #307

It was a hot topic in the inbox last week, and we promised to check it out. So keeping to our word, we spent some quality time with the PlayOn Beta from MediaMall Technologies. MediaMall is all about allowing set top boxes to access Internet video. PlayOn is the consumer software version of that technology. In short, it's really cool; well worth installing if you have a windows computer and a PS3, Xbox 360 or HP MediaSmart TV.

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