Comments on: BitTorrent On Your TV For Less Than $90.00

By: ewl fail

ewl fail — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:01:41 +0000

i will not buy this. i already watch my torrents on my hdtv through the graces of an usb 2.0 port on my hdmi ready dvd player.

By: whitehat2009

whitehat2009 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:32:04 +0000

Thanks, but I’d rather stick to my much more powerful, flexible, GPU-accelerated HTPC with a crapload of HD space that is hooked up to my nice big TV.

By: knuw

knuw — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:15:22 +0000

For all those saying “just use your computer” or “this is dumb,” let me say, always running your computer isnt always the best option. Yes I can plug my computer (like everyone else on the planet) directly to my TV and view my desktop on my TV. This feature has existed as long as DVI and VGA adapters have existed.

As others have said these tools serve a purpose. Personally I use WD TV and WD My Book World Edition (NAS). Download my files to my NAS storage then play onto the TV with WD TV. The reason for not streaming directly from my laptop you ask?

So I can write this crap to you, find some new tunes, download new movies, find the software I need, etc etc etc, without a single percent of CPU being set aside to play the video onto the TV. Also, I have family who aren’t quite as a computer literate, but now I can download and let the kids watch whatever recent animated movie has come out while I do my thing.

I think most people can appreciate the joy of saving CPU %’s.

By: noop

noop — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:48:43 +0000

y’all thuck az judgez

By: freak

freak — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:29:16 +0000

no 5.1 sound, so not interested.
Same with the WD one. no 5.1 – so not interested in that either.
Why add HD support with 720 but fail to include 5.1 sound.. I guess it is a licensing fee.. but I would gladly pay more if it had 5.1 sound

By: Set top box brings Bit Torrent direct to TVs : TechVi: Technology matters.

Set top box brings Bit Torrent direct to TVs : TechVi: Technology matters. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:42:44 +0000

[...] CinemaCube box is much different than traditional set-top media players. It can download files directly from the internet using the Bit Torrent protocol to any USB-connected storage device. A total of 17 mixed media codecs [...]

By: Sopicaos

Sopicaos — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:29:26 +0000

Don’t generalize people like that, a good part probably does get that.
But like I refered in my first post: it could be interesting for green -and powerbutton (those who are always concerned about their hardware wasting energy when they’re not using it, or afraid of hardware getting fried and burning their house down when they are sleeping) minded people.

By: Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE

Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:35:13 +0000

you all above dont get it
IM NOT paying for more hardwre that already exists on my computer fo rsomehting that costs nothign to transmit

put some adds on hte sites and do it like old school tv without the ads or i aint doing it
90$ wtf stupidity they think they pushing

i see 125$ for cable and sat tv so lets just make it 90
when it costs like pennies a download
NO NO NO to this sillyness.
Can’t wait till every job in hte USa is out sourced and no american can pay this stuff.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:33:12 +0000

Go to chinavasion and by an HDD Media for $22 :)

By: waste of money

waste of money — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:29 +0000

I will stick to streaming my HD movies to my Xbox 360.