July 20, 2006
SnapStream Rocks!
Some time back, I purchased a copy of BeyondTV (made by Snapstream), software that turns any capable computer with a TV tuner card into a Personal Video Record (PVR).
Recently, I downloaded a demo copy of one of their other products, Beyond Media and am impressed with what it can do. This product turns a normal computer running XP into a very capable media center. When combined with a remote control (such as Snapstream’s Firefly remote) and a video-to-TV converter that allows the monitor output to be displayed on a television screen, Beyond Media lets you do the following on your television set:
- view photos and videos, and listen to music and podcasts, stored on the local PC
- listen to Internet radio stations through Live365 or which can otherwise play through Windows Media Player
- read blogs configured in Newsgator
- watch live or recorded TV through BeyondTV
- display local weather forecasts
I particularly like the ability to read blogs on my television set. However, the content is limited to what is included in the RSS feeds which typically only includes a portion of the total blog entry.
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