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.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:33:44 +0000

the problem with these players are will they have firmware updates to fix the bugs and add new features like the popcorn hour.

By: plasticpimp

plasticpimp — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:50:10 +0000

Just save another $100 and get a popcorn hour, FAR superior. I doubt this works with private trackers as it’s just ‘bit torrent protocol’ while popcorn hour is the transmission client. Not to mention it handles more formats and full HD. This is cheap trash.

By: andres

andres — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:16:51 +0000

off topic but did they use something other then xtranormal to make that vid. does anyone know what they used?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:28:07 +0000

@44

Epic trolls are epic.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:17 +0000

BEST AD EVAR

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:10:30 +0000

This is great for noobs..

And will the “noobs” understand why they have to wait two days for the movie they want, to be ready to watch? Will they understand that when they use it to “watch” new releases, they’re going to get infringement notices from their ISP? Will they know what “seeding” is and why they should do it? Will it handle Rar files?

I’m not saying it’s a bad product, but “noobs” will have no clue about the limitations and dangers of using BitTorrent to download copyrighted files.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:08:03 +0000

Found this at Fatwallet Forum: $5 off coupon code BVCINEMA, which makes it $84.99 shipped. Sweetness!

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/933932

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:59:28 +0000

@11

Check out the listing on Amazon.com they have a few pictures of what the client looks like.

http://www.amazon.com/brite-View-CinemaCube-BitTorrent-downloader-BV-5003/dp/B002729ZU0

By: Sopicaos

Sopicaos — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:31:31 +0000

so far for the advert fail.. the things that seems most strange to me are the people that attack those with critical and or confrontational comments.

that and remarks about minor spelling mistakes are so primitive and childish.

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Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:01:05 +0000

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By: www.whatload.com

www.whatload.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:50:30 +0000

Biggest fail of a advert on the internet

By: Hom3r

Hom3r — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:23:16 +0000

Waste of money, just like consoles or DVD players. All you need is your computer. Your computer is your DVD player, gaming console, Bittorrent client, radio, cell phone… and often times it’s much better at it too.

By: [TorrentFreak] The Cinema Cube - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

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By: story on twitter earlier

story on twitter earlier — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:27:46 +0000

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By: silversurfer

silversurfer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:10 +0000

its ok i used 1 for over 2yrs now not a prob with it
the downside is the cappers that live stream and upload at same time it brakes the file so when you play it it autio stops playing cos mediaplayer thinks its not a single file Have to recode i t so its a single file to play from start to finish
thay live stream to get first on the tracers/pre ratings twats !!! with the amount of repacks thats been hitting lately is it worth it do the job right in the first place would not need repacks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:04:19 +0000

Popcorn Hour – plays 1080p and has transmission Client …

By: enter8

enter8 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:47:59 +0000

‘Supporting 720p’ doesn’t even necessarily mean that it will play every 720p file you have flawlessly. Most lower end systems will ‘support 720p’ but when you hit an information rich pan, they’ll stutter. In order to guarantee that 720p will play flawlessly, you want a system that ‘supports 1080p’ or higher.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:03:22 +0000

On mah TV? All that takes is a DVI-HDMI cable ;x

By: Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE

Hacker/pirates of the world UNITE — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:48:26 +0000

why do i need htis is what you should ask. I have a monitor and all the stuff i need UM why pay hhten for a television an d some piece a hardwre i can save stuff onto

FAIL

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:30:09 +0000

So much easier yo just get a 360 and download torrents on your computer. Put them on a thumb drive and plug it into the 360 and you’re good to go and if you don’t have a thumb drive just use tversity.

I don’t understand the sudden spur of these tv torrent devices. There are so many other ways to just hook up your pc to a tv for cheaper.

By: Erok

Erok — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:28:45 +0000

I dont get all this whining, its interesting to see whats available.

but one thing people don’t seem to be asking about is… WTF is with that video

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:19:07 +0000

If it was able to stream from PC to it, I’d be sold.

By: jeffjenkins

jeffjenkins — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:12:59 +0000

I wonder if it has a built in PG2 style program?

By: nWo

nWo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:55:03 +0000

get a WDTV instead, it plays 1080p files

By: BigChilled

BigChilled — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:53:52 +0000

I think most of you need to learn to chillax a bit!
Yeah it may be some advertising, it may be a bit uninformative – but hey – at least it gives you something to read. And if you don’t want to read it or you dont like what it says then sit back, make yourself a cup of tea and find something else thats more up your street…

By: neostylez

neostylez — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:51:58 +0000

This is great for noobs.. people arent seeing what this can really do for you..

You see you can enjoy incredible TV with no commercials at any time with a touch of a button.. ive been doing it so long I cant even watch regular TV.. its just annoying.. but ive built a custom media machine that can do 1080p.. it takes alot of work.

With this you dont have to do all that.. its a plug in solution that can get all your downloaded stuff on your TV.. its the future.. and we get to experience it far before all the ‘cattle’ does.

I don’t watch commercials, and I don’t feel bad about it. Think about this.. what service do you know that you have to PAY FOR and WATCH ADVERTS… f*ck that. In this day and age, its one or the other.

Free with adverts or Pay for none. Since they don’t understand that.. I do neither. TV has absolute garbage on it anyway.

People just don’t understand how powerful bittorrent is.

By: Jodi Ratsford

Jodi Ratsford — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:50:16 +0000

That’s pretty sweet. I wonder if it would work with other sites besides the main players. I prefer http://www.zoomtorrents.com?file=Sims_3_FullVersion_DVD.iso just because I’ve had good luck with them. Still pretty cool, and reasonably priced.

By: barakuda

barakuda — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:42:52 +0000

So its not enough you put ads on the right of the page, now you have to put ads directly in your blogs?
Why dont you put annoying pop ups that goes off every 5 sec and get it over with. Damn, everybody is selling these days. “I have some users on these site for selling. Free speech for a buck anyone”
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/greed.jpg

By: klitoratii

klitoratii — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:37:44 +0000

good article, not an ad as sum idiots appear to believe. keep up the good work guys.

By: g0bbl3

g0bbl3 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:19:50 +0000

it only goes up to 720p? pppffff

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:12:53 +0000

MP4 is listed twice, pointing it out since no one else has yet. In the interest of avoiding suspicions of your neutrality, perhaps some links to the pricier alternatives would be a good idea, rather than just mentioning them in passing, so people can actually have a look for themselves.

That said, this seems like a pretty cool thing.

By: @19

@19 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:07:27 +0000

@ 19

“How much money did you get to advertise this TT?”

About the same amount of money that was spent on your education by the looks of it……

TT??? Who’s TT? ha ha

FACE!

By: J

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:59:37 +0000

In Fact this does nothing a DVD player with a USB connection does AND it costs more

By: J

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:58:29 +0000

WD HD Media Player, anyone?

Or an xbox 360 would be money better spent

By: roarr

roarr — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:55:29 +0000

these are good ideas for products and i think its a good article, and wouldn’t really call it advertising, though you might want to post other players for a comparison and to look less one sided.

i currently use my xbox 360 to watch stuff, but that has a more limited support for codecs, being able to play h264 mkv’s certainly makes it worth the money imo

By: whoCares

whoCares — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:52:50 +0000

this is bittorrent PRODUCT NEWS…

somewhat an advert , yes.

but talking positivitly about any product is an advert.

get over it…
…….

eg… This post is an advert ? ?
http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-pirated-movies-on-bittorrent-090629/

By: Me:D

Me:D — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:46:18 +0000

Lol, #1 FAIL!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:44:40 +0000

@4: My apologies. I was too quick to say what comes into mind. Rather than writing an article that ‘advertise’ the product, perhaps you would consider doing a product review by summarizing the pros and cons of the product and compare it against other products?

As it is, I feel like this is some sort of advertisement.

By: whoCares

whoCares — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:44:13 +0000

@5..”"yeh, right, pay $89.99 so you can watch shaky cam rips with bad framerate and bad aspect ratio on your HD Tv. “”

lol…you are in the know mate…lol..

mediaplayers are great in this format.
No noisy pc running while watching.
download straight to the device.
…………………………….

I have a sumvision media player Enclosure.. standard definition…plays xvid,divx ect…. Usb, card reader.. Records as well as playback..
You choose your own hard-drive..

MY point… SD Mediaplayer enclosure, 320gb hard-drive = £80

CinemaCube hd $89 + $60 hd = cheap .. for what you get.

Still I will wait until I have the need for one.

check out sumvision.. cheep as chips for media enclosures..check ebay/google for best prices.
http://www.sumvision.com.cn/searchResults.aspx?ptype=37

By: JD

JD — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:42:35 +0000

This sounds great but I’m confused on one aspect; How do you view progress and contorl the bittorent downloads?

Through your TV?

I would love to see a video of this actually in action as I’m contemplating buying one, just hope they ship to England.