What is Placeshifting?
Another DVR Playground article covers this subject in depth, but here is an except of the explaination of “placeshifting”: Today there’s a new revolution in electronics that’s redefining not only when you watch TV, but where. Even though timeshifting allowed you to watch television on your schedule, you still had to be in front of your TV when it came time to watch a show. Today, new pioneers like California-based Sling Media are introducing the next big concept called placeshifting, and GA_googleFillSlot(“DVRPG-IMU-Article”); the results of this new focus is bringing new products and technologies that allow you to watch and listen to your favorite television shows anywhere in the world. We recommend the Slingbox Pro as your placeshifting device. While Slingbox and Sony LocationFree are the most well known, competitors such as Hava are springing up in this infant market. Even homebrew DVR software packages such as SageTV and Beyond TV have delivered their own placeshifting solutions. P
Placeshifting is a type of technology used to view video streams by means of a broadband Internet connection. With placeshifting, the user can forward video streams from a personal video recorder or a television to any computer with a high-speed connection to the Internet. Placeshifting is not the same as timeshifting. Timeshifting allows the user to view programs from a remote location, though they may be viewed at a time other than when they were originally broadcast. Placeshifting, on the other hand, forwards the program to the user at the same time that it is originally broadcast. When a user views a video stream through placeshifting, the sounds and images broadcast to the television are automatically converted to digital signals. The digital signals are then transmitted to the computer with the Internet connection, where the user can view them from his or her computer monitor. In addition to having a high speed Internet connection to enjoy placeshifting, many individuals choose t
Another DVR Playground article covers this subject in depth, but here is an except of the explaination of “placeshifting”: Today there’s a new revolution in electronics that’s redefining not only when you watch TV, but where. Even though timeshifting allowed you to watch television on your schedule, you still had to be in front of your TV when it came time to watch a show. Today, new pioneers like California-based Sling Media are introducing the next big concept called placeshifting, and the results of this new focus is bringing new products and technologies that allow you to watch and listen to your favorite television shows anywhere in the world. We recommend the Slingbox Pro as your placeshifting device. While Slingbox and Sony LocationFree are the most well known, competitors such as Hava are springing up in this infant market. Even homebrew DVR software packages such as SageTV and Beyond TV have delivered their own placeshifting solutions. The article has a few other accessories l
