The beta is done and the results are good: The HAVA client is now available for public download. Live TV is now available on your tablet. Here's a video of it in action:
Thanks to the people at Monsoon Multimedia, I am testing another HAVA box. This time, it's the Hava Wireless HD. The integrated tuner means I can watch my analog cable channels without having to patch the box to a cable tuner or DVR. It's live and all in one box.
Installation: So easy a kitten can do it.The HAVA Wireless HD device (I see it's $179 this week with a coupon code) was easy to set up. There is a photo set in my Flickr stream showing several of the steps: Download, run the installer, detect the HAVA, and scan for channels. Then the HAVA gets a "friendly" name that registers the player on the network. All you have to remember is the friendly name of your tuner/streamer and can configure your player on any machine. That's nice: No IP addresses to fiddle with.
After it is configured and viewable on the PC (sorry - no Mac or Linux options for initial set-up) Internet Tablet users can download the HAVA player .deb directly. After setting up the HAVA box name and password in the player, the rest is shown in the video above. One thing the video does not show: Full screen mode. The player uses the maximize button to go into fullscreen and has an option to disable backlight dimming while streaming. Well done, Monsoon!
1 comments:
Looks great. Can you post video of it in fullscreen? Preferably with some fast moving sport channel or something like that.
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