wraggster
December 7th, 2005, 19:51
Source - Digital World Tokyo (http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/archives/2005/11/sony_locationfr.html)
The theory behind Sony’s LocationFree TV products is both sound and compelling — take a video source at home, such as a TV or digital recorder of some form, and beam the resulting pictures across the internet to a dedicated mobile screen. Until now, however, the practical results have been somewhat less than perfect, with clunky equipment and poor image quality.
That may all be about to change as the LF-PK1, the latest attempt to get LocationFree right, will happily send your shows to more devices, including a PSP or a regular laptop. Our own Martyn Williams risked square eyes for life to road test it and you can read the intriguing results after the jump.
A couple of months ago when Sony announced its latest LocationFree TV base station it seemed like the product line had taken a new course. LocationFree TV is a system that enables you to take your living room on the road. With a broadband connection the base device can stream broadcast TV and content from devices such as DVD players or hard-disk recorders across the internet to wherever you are.
Read the full hands on at the link above:
The theory behind Sony’s LocationFree TV products is both sound and compelling — take a video source at home, such as a TV or digital recorder of some form, and beam the resulting pictures across the internet to a dedicated mobile screen. Until now, however, the practical results have been somewhat less than perfect, with clunky equipment and poor image quality.
That may all be about to change as the LF-PK1, the latest attempt to get LocationFree right, will happily send your shows to more devices, including a PSP or a regular laptop. Our own Martyn Williams risked square eyes for life to road test it and you can read the intriguing results after the jump.
A couple of months ago when Sony announced its latest LocationFree TV base station it seemed like the product line had taken a new course. LocationFree TV is a system that enables you to take your living room on the road. With a broadband connection the base device can stream broadcast TV and content from devices such as DVD players or hard-disk recorders across the internet to wherever you are.
Read the full hands on at the link above: