Beyond TV 4.9 officially released, packs in placeshifting, h.264, ClearQAM for $99
[Via eHomeUpgrade]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
orbital @ Dec 4th 2008 12:30PM
now, if they can only overlay the guide data on top of current show that's playing without it stopping playback like VMC is able to do. until they make this happen, Vista MC will earn the primary spot in the living room and BTV will remain in backup/overflow DVR duty, even with no QAM on VMC.
Still, QAM in BTV is great news and I'll be trying it this weekend.
Tired_ @ Dec 4th 2008 3:08PM
Yawn. I bought BeyondTV years ago, on the promise of integration with BeyondMedia, as an alternative to XP MCE. Now, BeyondMedia hasn't been updated in forever, integration doesn't look any closer, and Vista Media Center slaughters it in almost every way (SmartSkip is the only real advantage for me, and that's not nearly enough to make me want to put up with all the drawbacks). Shame on you, Snapstream, for fooling me once, but you won't fool me this time.
Rakesh Agrawal @ Dec 5th 2008 5:02PM
FYI, we've stopped selling Beyond Media and it's been no secret for at least the last two years that we weren't actively developing on the Beyond Media product. I had openly posted about this in our forums along with the reasons why. We've also gladly given refunds to people who explicitly bought Beyond Media on the promise of the combination of Beyond TV and Beyond Media.
wreckedchevy @ Dec 4th 2008 5:12PM
be even better if placeshifting actually worked just get an unkown error when you try to play something placeshifted... other than that i'm a huge fan of beyondtv been running for over 2 years with 2 tuners and no recording issues ever.
wreckedchevy @ Dec 4th 2008 7:30PM
another note i tried to placeshift on my laptop using my aircard and it told me my internet must be powered by hamsters
glenfinen @ Dec 5th 2008 12:09PM
"now, if they can only overlay the guide data on top of current show that's playing without it stopping playback like VMC is able to do. until they make this happen,"
BTV does this if you are in D3D mode as opposed to overlay.
I think BTV is superior in some ways. But once everything goes digital, BTV is done.
orbital @ Dec 5th 2008 2:59PM
I mean the whole guide, not just the mini-guide for channel changing. I have missed this if it does and I have it in D3D.
Rakesh Agrawal @ Dec 5th 2008 4:58PM
To get the full program guide transparently displayed over live TV in Beyond TV, press F7 while watching live TV or a recorded program.
jhanan @ Dec 8th 2008 1:01AM
Hmmm, F7 swaps the playback with the guide, but the guide is not transparent over the show.
A transparency setting?
Zack (Snapstream) @ Dec 5th 2008 5:02PM
For anyone with problems with placeshifting (or in general), we'd like to hear from you in support.
http://www.snapstream.com/support/Support.aspx
If you have Vista64 or XP64 and get the unknown error, we already have a build that fixes the problem.