Comments on: Netgear Unveils its TV-Torrent Player

By: Escorts360

Escorts360 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:33:04 +0000

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It does support WiFi using any cheap USB WiFi dongle.

By: firehouse

firehouse — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:38:45 +0000

yes, these are superior machines.

can checkout more of such players at hdtvplayer.info

some other players are: suno, egreat, elektron etc.

By: Nickl

Nickl — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:45:14 +0000

Yes it does (for all of those). It is prety much the holy grail of media players ATM. There are ppl working on getting USB TV recieves working with it, and once that works it's a PVR as well

By: Kolekt

Kolekt — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:11:09 +0000

I was being sarcastic towards other people complaining that there are already similar products on the market and this is nothing new or interesting. I think it's a great development by NetGear personally, if it works well.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:24:55 +0000

Brian, stick to downloading from sites like Rapidshare and from Usenet newsgroups and you’ll never receive any DMCA notices no matter what you download.

By: Late Again

Late Again — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:48:46 +0000

1st, was that really needed? 2nd is that it IS a bit high price for a limited piece of hardware. I could (and have) set up a suitable media box with wireless and all the functionality for less than $50 using old second hand hardware, but more to the point is that there are plenty who couldn't simply because they're afraid to open up a computer's case. These are the people that this type of product targets, and certainly a noble (likely profitable as well) endeavor for them. It's just a bit pricey for what it is.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:08:46 +0000

I got 2 DMCA within the same week last year, I am NEVER downloading illegal again, it is just not worth it, I was even using Peerguardian when it happened.

By: piratebar

piratebar — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:18:36 +0000

i liked tversity…i used the flash version though so i could use the internet browser on wii…but the cache filled up before the end of a movie :(

By: Charbax

Charbax — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:04:10 +0000

Please post here which other hardware company is making a similar product.

A product that downloads and streams all media formats from the Internet, including Youtube HD, BitTorrent downloads on USB storage and live webtv stations and then outputs this on a HDTV with HDMI or to an SDTV using S-video. And at between $99 and $199 retail.

By: Kolekt

Kolekt — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:28:05 +0000

I wait for the day when hardware manufacturers say:

"we wont be producing new specfically designed hardware as;

1) Other manufacturers already make a similar product
2) With some knowledge and modification existing products can be made to do the same"

The reason why this may be more newsworthy than other products on the market is that Netgear is a mainstream hardware company which many people will be aware of, the other companies are either completely unknown to the man on the street or only regionally known. Netgear is an internationally known brand.

By: just me

just me — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:44:11 +0000

off topic here, TF, why do u have an advert for utorrent which is one where u have to pay for it?? i thought u were here to alert us to scams not promote them.

By: Snyke

Snyke — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:14:31 +0000

Exactly my point ^^

By: rofl

rofl — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:28:19 +0000

sux to be u loser. ahaha. suck it troll.

By: Snyke

Snyke — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:20:47 +0000

Well, not really, browsers that support the noscript-tag will simply show the old wordpress-style comments, ID syncs them to your WP instance.

By: Roze

Roze — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:01:47 +0000

You posted this same comment in the next article as well. Besides the fact that it is not relevant to the article, it is more indicative of the fact that it is not worth it to support the MAFIAA. Going against the MAFIAA and downloading and uploading is very well worth it.

By: Roze

Roze — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:00:13 +0000

It requires javascript. It is completely javascript-dependent.

By: Hamd

Hamd — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:50:05 +0000

Lpm?

By: Gakman

Gakman — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:48:41 +0000

Geez people, stop bagging netgears technology. Obviously all people here are aware of torrents and downloading tv shows. What they are doing is reaching out to a new audience and thus increasing popularity and in long term, legality, of what we already do. As of now, downloading tv shows, movies, whatever – is not legal, with small steps like netgear has done here shows hope for the future of internet downloading and torrents, most of all, it puts the end (which is nearer than you think) further away.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:20:33 +0000

This box starts at $99 for the SD s-video version. Are you comparin that with an X86 based HTPC?

By: Charbax

Charbax — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:19:04 +0000

Does popcorn hour connect to the internet with Ethernet or WiFi to download or stream videos directly from sources such as Youtube and others in up to HD quality?