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VuNow POD now avaliable for purchase !

After a little patience and VuNow POD is now avaliable for purchase !

VuNow has gone through extensive internal testing and testing by hundreds of beta users.

VuNow is now available for online purchase at www.vunow.com starting at $99

Verismo’s VuNow is the only solution that provides everything a consumer wants. Access to the broadest online

content, simple to use, easy to install, and compact in size — all at an affordable price.

Watch millions of Internet videos DIRECTLY to your TV instead of your PC

  • A Standard Definition and a High Definition model of the VuNow PoD that can connect to any TV
  • Support for wired or wireless connectivity
  • Navigation using a TV-friendly and intuitive User Interface
  • Watch YouTube™ videos on TV by categories
  • Search for videos with the powerful built-in Video Search Engine
  • Choose from a large selection of movies and download from CinemaNow™ (Coming soon)
  • Download videos using BitTorrent™ protocol
  • Watch videos directly from popular websites by categories
  • Watch Live TV Channels from around the world
  • Access to Personal Media such as video, music, and photos from the home network – stored on a PC, Networked Attached Storage device, or even on a connected USB storage device
  • No subscription fees

Buy your VuNow PoD, sit back and enjoy hours of online video entertainment

Media Center gets Birtish Digital TV Compliance – At Last !!

Microsoft’s Media Center is now officially compliant with Britain’s digital over-the-air TV system Freeview. While users had already been able to pick up the channels, they’ll now get the full service, including interactive content.

Digital terrestrial TV dates back 10 years in Britain, and 10.5 million homes now have at least one set receiving Freeview broadcasts. When the analogue signal is switched off over the next four years, Freeview will almost certainly become the main source of television for the majority of the population.

This week’s official certification has two benefits for Microsoft. First, it can use the widely-known Freeview brand name, for example in marketing ‘Freeview PCs’. That brand is well established thanks to a long-running campaign by all the major broadcasters. It may well be useful in attracting casual users who’d otherwise be wary that receiving TV broadcasts on a PC might be too complicated.

Secondly, Media Center can now offer full interactive content. This could be a big selling point as the major broadcasters often use the interactive feature for additional content, for example broadcasting a wider range of live events during the Olympics.

The endorsement should also make it more likely Microsoft will be able to make sure Media Center is technically compatible with the high-definition version of Freeview which is expected to launch late next year.

Microsoft was able to earn the official compliance by partnering with Hauppauge, a TV tuner manufacturer which produces standalone Freeview digital recorders. The partnership comes as part of Microsoft’s worldwide push of ‘Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture’, a technical solution to make sure Media Center works with the TV tuners and broadcast system of each particular country.

The announcement comes two weeks after Sony launched a UK device which sits between a TV aerial and a Playstation 3, allowing the console to receive and record Freeview programming.

 

Source — Vista.Blorge

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