NewsHottie
8th Jan 2010, 05:50
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2010/01/xstreamhd_main-thumb-550x360-31379.jpgAlmost exactly two years ago (http://dvice.com/archives/2008/01/ces-best-xstrea.php) at a boffo event attended by Michael Douglas (http://dvice.com/archives/2008/01/ces-best-michae.php), XstreamHD promised a system that would stream Blu-ray-quality movies to your home via satellite. Then they dropped off the radar screens (coincidentally, so did Douglas). Finally the company seems to making good on its 2008 promise, announcing that it'll start shipping hardware in April this year.
The gear includes a 1TB server and a media receiver for streaming the flicks to your HDTV (no dish included — most any will do). It's not exactly on demand viewing — once you've selected a movie, it takes between 15 minutes and a day to download from satellite to your server. The idea is to set it up like a Netflix queue, so you'll have up to about 500 titles on your server at any one time. You only get charged for a title once you hit Play.
Our first impressions of the working system and pricing information after the jump.
More... (http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/xstreamhd-to-de.php)
The gear includes a 1TB server and a media receiver for streaming the flicks to your HDTV (no dish included — most any will do). It's not exactly on demand viewing — once you've selected a movie, it takes between 15 minutes and a day to download from satellite to your server. The idea is to set it up like a Netflix queue, so you'll have up to about 500 titles on your server at any one time. You only get charged for a title once you hit Play.
Our first impressions of the working system and pricing information after the jump.
More... (http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/xstreamhd-to-de.php)