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Sony LF-B20 LocationFree Base Station (wireless)

Like the Sling Media Slingbox, Sony's LocationFree products enable viewers to view and control TV channels from their home cable or satellite boxes on any broadband-connected PC, be it elsewhere in the home or anywhere in the world. In fact, Sony's first LocationFree products--the LF-X1 and the LF-X5--were available...

Tags: Smart phones, Cable, Network technology, wireless, Slingbox, Sony Corp., LocationFree TV, LF-B20, software

Product reviews 2006-10-17

Sony goes prime time with 'LocationFree TV'

Sony goes prime time with 'LocationFree TV'slingboxyeah, sling media has had the 'slingbox' for sale at Best Buy, among other places, for maybe six months now.http://slingmedia.com/Missing a marketAdding the video iPod which would probably mean making it Mac compatible would open up a lot more of the market for Sony...

Tags: LocationFree TV, Sony Corp., Overall IT

Discussion threads 2006-03-31

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Sony PSP Go: Hands-on first impressions and photos

A few pointsDoes it still have LocationFree TV support? I can't find any information about that on Sony's site. Remote Play?Is there any other PSPgo-specific functionality present in software that isn't present on the PSP 2000/3000? Anything missing?I'm torn with the ideal form factor with the controls...

Tags: Games, Keyboards, photograph, Sony PlayStation Portable, game, Sony Corp., keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yes

Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yesI bought the update, and was happy to do so.I would prefer that the update should have been free though, but there are features that I like to have in the update, that I can now use. Like the pairing of BT...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Operational accounting, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple SAYS, second-class citizen, iPod touch user, Apple iPhone, yes, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Sony LF-V30 LocationFree TV

In some ways, you've got to feel a little sympathetic for Sony. The company effectively invented the placeshifting concept--the ability to stream TV programming from your living room to another device via the Internet--in 2004, only to see it co-opted by smaller upstart Sling Media a year later. The latter...

Tags: Corporate communications, Wi-Fi, NETWORKING, Viruses and worms, Games, SECURITY, TV, Sony Corp., Slingbox, Sony LF-V30, LF-V30, wireless, Blaster worm, Sling Media, network, video

Product reviews 2007-10-26

Slingbox working on software for BlackBerry OS

Sling Media, maker of the Slingbox, has confirmed to U.K.-based IT site Pocket-lint that it is working on a version of its LocationFree software for the BlackBerry OS. Note: That's not a BlackBerry up there. Slingbox already offers a mobile product for...

Tags: Software, Mobile, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-27

Pinnacle PCTV To Go Wireless - TV tuner / video input adapter - 802.11g

When Monsoon Multimedia released its Hava Wireless HD product in 2006, the company made no attempt to hide the fact that it was largely a "proof of concept" device. In other words, they were highly interested in licensing the product to a larger company with better brand recognition. Flash...

Tags: Wi-Fi, TV & Home Theater, IEEE 802.11g, adapter, TV, TV Tuner, Pinnacle, wireless, Slingbox, HAVA Wireless HD, Wireless HD, Pinnacle PCTV, PCTV, video, PC

Product reviews 2007-04-25

Monsoon Multimedia Hava Wireless HD

Whether you call it placeshifting or remote viewing, there is a small but growing number of products that let you watch your home TV from a far-flung location via any broadband Internet connection. Sony pioneered the field with its LocationFree TV products, only to be made the underdog by savvy...

Tags: Ethernet, Network technology, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows XP, TV & Home Theater, Cable, Hava, Slingbox, HAVA Wireless HD, Monsoon, wireless

Product reviews 2006-11-08

Sony LF-PK1 LocationFree Player Pak

Editor's note: As of October 2006, this product has been replaced by the Sony LocationFree LF-B20. Place-shifting TV is one of the new hot buzzwords in tech land, and Sony's LF-PK1 LocationFree Player Pak, which allows you to wirelessly stream live TV to your PC or PSP handheld game console,...

Tags: Cable, DVD, TVs, Network technology, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, LF-PK1 LocationFree Player Pak, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sony LF-PK1 LocationFree Player Pak, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2006-01-27

Sony's location-free TV makes local shows portable

Sony's location-free TV makes local shows portableNice try.Hmm, 800x600 12.1 inch TV. Sounds like a start - not a good one, but a start. Don't know about you, but I gave up on 12 inch monitors in the 80's. Come to think about it, I gave up on 800x600 in...

Tags: TVs, Notebooks, TV & Home Theater, laptop computer, TV, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-10-27