Mar. 11, 2010

RIP Cable

2010 seems to have awakened something within the American consumer. People are setting budgets, cutting luxuries and actively seeking cost efficient ways to live. Hordes of people are cutting the cable cord and streaming. Here are some of the awesome things said about PlayOn. Click through on any of the media titles to see the full article.


Writes about PlayOn and cable-free advocates. A stay at home mom says, “We're kind of pioneers. The easy thing to do is to have cable, so you've got to do things a little bit differently and be a little bit tech-savvy.” According to Leichtman Research Group, the cost of watching television is going up: The average household cable bill in the United States hit $64 a month in 2009, up from $47.50 in 2004.



Asks readers to consider PlayOn in an article titled, “CES: Hulu fans PlayOn.”

 

Writes about PlayOn taking on cable TV industry with its internet video service. The article highlights a PlayOn survey resulting in “38 percent of its customers eliminated their cable or satellite service after they started using PlayOn, saving $1,400 per year on average, according to the survey.”

 

 
Tests two wireless PC-to-TV solutions and recognizes both the advantages and potential of streaming to a TV with no wires.

 

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What is PlayOn?
PlayOn is software that you install on your Windows PC. It allows you to use your Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone, Android phone or another supported device to access movies and shows from content providers like Hulu, Netflix, Comedy Central, CBS, YouTube, MLB.tv, your personal media, and many more. PlayOn is both browser and media server software, built into one. It browses content from various online providers, and displays that content directly on your TV, iPhone or Android phone.
How does it work?
PlayOn runs in the background on your PC over your home network. It uses standards called UPnP and DLNA to communicate with networked gaming consoles,TVs, and mobile phones working both as an internet browser to access online media and as a UPnP media server to serve videos to UPnP compliant devices. Learn more
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