SnapStream launches Beyond Media

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SnapStream launches Beyond Media

Snapstream's Beyond Media launches today. It's an extension of their excellent (my review from last year) PVR software to include all the other common home theater PC functionality you'd want like streaming music, photos, movies, as well as connected PC things like fetching the weather. This basically brings Snapstream's product up to equal something like Microsoft's Media Center, and it looks like a pretty impressive product from a small startup.

I'm tapping a friend to do a full review here soon, since I don't really have an easy HTPC setup at home anymore.

(Obvious disclaimer: they're an advertiser here, but I'm not pimping them for that reason.)

by Matt Haughey December 1, 2004 in News

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Unless they offer BeyondTV and Beyond Media together for the price they're asking for one, it's not a very compelling product. When a new Tivo is $99 after rebate, paying $120 for software (forget the hardware) that doesn't do that much more doesn't sound like a very good deal at all. Especially with the open-source $0 options available.

Posted by: Tim at Dec 2, 2004 4:36:01 PM

I think that Tim is right. Perhaps Beyond Media should be an upgrade to Beyond TV; especially since you pay $70 for BTV.

Posted by: Charles at Dec 2, 2004 10:29:33 PM

I wish it were more integrated with beyond tv. It's clearly a separate module/application. Still, it's a great first version, but yes, it's a little pricey.

Posted by: andrew at Dec 4, 2004 12:10:14 AM

I suppose it's reasonably smart to compare a 1-yr 0r 2-yr cost of ownership between PC-based solutions and subscription services like TiVo.

Posted by: charlie at Jan 8, 2005 12:19:23 PM

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