Since our PVR seems to have died been having a look around and found this thing [url= http://www.fetchtv.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=2145863727 ]Fetch TV[/url] - anyone heard of it or got one? Looks interesting, PVR features plus iPlayer, wifi PC trickery and on-demand stuff without a subs. £219 so not cheap but if it works it might be an idea. Anyone?
Anyone? Anyone?? Bueller??
How 'bout Media PCs? Anyone know much about those? Quite like the idea of a bit more functionality than a PVR to be honest...
I have seen the ad. on the Fetch box. Looks good!
Have you seen the popcorn hour C-200?
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Networked media technology has dropped in price and i reckon this will produce a revolution in how we access media.
I'm going to install CAT6 infrastructure in my house. Wifi just can't reliably handle the bandwidth, especially with HD material. A great deal of new harware will have Ethernet connectivity, including large screen TVs. In 5 years this could become defacto standard.
I like the idea of being able to upload recordings from a PVR, or Media PC to a NAS, then be able to stream to any telly in the house.
I envisiage owning a decent Freeview HD PVR with network capability when they become available and perhaps building a media PC. I already have a NAS and various audio streamers.
Affordable web tablets are on the way and these will provide awesome UI capabilities.
The future is definitely networked A/V as the hardware is becoming so affordable.