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Hauppauge’s WinTV Extend allows iUsers to watch live TV on the go

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By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 6:44 AM

Hauppauge Digital, developer and manufacturer of TV tuner products for personal computers, wants a piece of the iAction. So they’ve announced that their WinTV-HVR TV tuner boards for PCs can now stream live TV over the Internet to the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch; or any other Mac computer for that matter.

The streaming is provided by Hauppauge’s WinTV Extend, which is actually a feature in Hauppauge’s brand new WinTV 7.2 application. WinTV Extend transmits live TV to Internet and WiFi connected devices so you can watch it even while on the go. In that sense, it does pretty much the same thing as Slingbox.

Once everything is set, the live TV image can be displayed alongside the TV tuner channel list from your WinTV-HVR at home. Moreover, you can switch between the display of the TV channel list and live TV.

The WinTV v7.2 application will include WinTV Extend and will be available directly from Hauppauge for $9.95. Current owners of WinTV-HVR’s can upgrade to WinTV v7.2.

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Frozen

    I have a data plan on my iPhone which is limited. How much data will WinTV Extend use? – well I read the answer to this on their hauppauge web site and it said 450mb for 10 hrs (45mb per hr) so I used it for a total of just 6 hrs knowing that should be under my plan allowance (400mb) – but I just got a bill for $ 620.00 from my 3G provider it uses 275mb per hr – not 45mb (275 @ $0.50c per mb ( charged when I go over my plan ) =$137.00 per hr- so not good to use on 3G network unless you have a massive plan I am now having to pay off my bill and have not heard back from  hauppauge about the answer on their web site – I can only hope that others will see this post before trying it like I did - I now only use it over wifi – I learnt the hard way and wont use it over 3G again ( which by the way was the main reason I wanted it