Meet Miro... if you haven't already.There has never been a better reason to put a computer in your living room: Miro is a free program that you download to your computer. Miro allows you to download (not stream, so there aren't any pauses, but you have to wait... or simply plan in advance) television programs, many of them high-definition, to your computer and play them. Hook up your high-definition television to your computer, and you can have HDTV anywhere in the world... even second-tier cities in The Philippines who won't see HDTV cable broadcasts for another decade.
Miro, based on looking at their channel browser, already has the support of National Geographic and Discovery Channel, as well as MTV, Comedy Central, ESPN, NBC, and many others. These channels aren't putting up their full lineup, but they do have certain things on offer, and it is obvious that the breadth of the selection will only improve with time. There also seems to be quite a bit of adult (but I'm not sure how graphic) content, and all of the techhie content you could ever want.
Get this: You can even browse, download, and store YouTube videos for playback.
Anyway, I'm definitely going to try to set up my home entertainment center downstairs to handle Miro soon. This is the future of television... and of the internet.
6 comments:
Jil Where have you been under a rock on this one? Slingbox will be much better than Miro.
neither are the future. if they were google would have bought them
Anon: Under a rock / In Thailand... same thing.
I'll have to check out Slingbox as well.
thanks for the info; I like hearing about new tech stuff.
Jil, have a Slingbox set up in your parents house in the U.S. and you can have access to their TV anywhere in the world. It works amazingly well and there is no monthly charge after setup...
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