HAVASoft: Stream live TV over the web without a Slingbox (or Orb)
If you've got a TV tuner in your home PC, you can turn your PC into a streaming web video server using software like Orb or SageTV Placeshifter. Now Monsoon Multimedia is getting into the game with the announcement of HAVASoft.Monsoon Multimedia is probably best known these days as the first company to be sued for violating the GPL. But they also make a set top box that allows users to stream live video over the internet. You know, kinda of like a Slingbox, but less popular.
While Monsoon might not be a household name, their upcoming software does appear to have a few nice features. For example, it will bring some of the cooler features of the Hava set top box to the PC, like the ability to stream video to multiple users simultaneously. If you have a home network, you can also install the software on one PC with a TV tuner installed and use that tuner to record shows on another computer using Windows Media Center.
There's no word on pricing yet, and the release date is listed only as "early 2008," but we're going to wait until we try HAVASoft before we write it off as an also-ran.
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