JP
I’ve a shudder-inducing feeling that my own personal purgatory will be a nightmarish bombardment of acronyms and abbreviations. Seriously, is there any other industry so in love with initials and oddly-constructed names? Well, the latest to offend my eyes is USBTV, basically a USB memory stick with built-in video encoder and video line-out.
Tech-shy users slap the key into their PC, drag’n'drop a load of content onto it (which get DRM-encrypted as it transfers) and then either slot it into an LCD or Plasma TV which has a compatible USBTV USB port, or use the cradle and a bog-standard video-out cable.
It might sound bland – and compared to wireless media streamers, it is – but it’s obviously caught the attention of LG, Mitsubishi, Philips, Pioneer and Zoran who have all jumped into bed with Sandisk. Expect to see USBTV products later this year, after some trial testing starts at the beginning of February.
USBTV [via EverythingUSB]
7 Responses to “PC to TV media swapping made super-simple”
Yigal Ben Efraim January 30, 2007
http://www.abbreviations.com
-1So you won’t be confused with any acronym or abbreviation again…
Chris Davies January 30, 2007
Thank you!
[quote comment="17834"]http://www.abbreviations.com
NeutralSo you won’t be confused with any acronym or abbreviation again…[/quote]
Karel Jansens January 30, 2007
OK, so it’s not a USB stick, but I’ve been using a Packard Bell Store & Play 120 GB USB disk for many months now. It’s the size of a deck of cards, has a TV-out cable and — surprise! surprise! — no DRM is involved anywhere (but then, I have to do my own encoding).
So forgive me if I’m not jumping out of my chair, shouting: “What’ll they think of next!!!???”
NeutralChris Davies January 31, 2007
I don’t think anyone is likely to be doing any chair jumping, Karel. Sandisk are going to have to price this really, really cheaply if they want to compete with media streamers; a quick froogle shows that you can pick up D-Link’s for under $180.
[quote comment="17839"]OK, so it’s not a USB stick, but I’ve been using a Packard Bell Store & Play 120 GB USB disk for many months now. It’s the size of a deck of cards, has a TV-out cable and — surprise! surprise! — no DRM is involved anywhere (but then, I have to do my own encoding).
So forgive me if I’m not jumping out of my chair, shouting: “What’ll they think of next!!!???”[/quote]
NeutralMike Molloy February 1, 2007
Chris, the largest and most respected acronym and abbreviation site is AcronymFinder.com with over 530,000 human-edited definitions.
Acronym Finder has been online 10 years, and was recently reviewed on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. See: http://webreprints.djreprints......97623.html
Neutralcathy March 5, 2007
I agree with your article “pctv”the latest to offend my eyes is USBTV, basically a USB memory stick with built-in video encoder and video line-out pctv
Neutralnaiba April 2, 2007
[quote comment="17834"]http://www.abbreviations.com
NeutralSo you won’t be confused with any acronym or abbreviation again…[/quote]
Yigal Ben Efraim is the owner of abbreviations.com and he is and idiot