Haven’t heard of SyncTV?

That’s okay, neither did I! However, The Home Theater Blog guy was invited to test it out and the results are really promising. To wit:

…Never one to shy away from new sources of content, media, entertainment what have you, I was pleased to get an invite into SyncTV’s beta program. Haven’t heard of SyncTV? I wasn’t overly familiar with it myself but it didn’t take long to grab my interest. In the weeks since installing the software I believe I’ve caught a glimpse of the future and its one where physical and digitally distributed media can happily coexist.

I suppose a more formal introduction is in order as we’re discussing a yet to be launched product. SyncTV grew out of the advanced research labs of Pioneer Electronics but according to President John Gildred, it soon became apparent the service was larger than any one platform and or parent company for that matter, and to grow into its full potential SyncTV would need to be its own entity.

In my perusing of Sync’s documentation and corporate philosophy I noticed repeated mention of their open platform standard. They really seem to be pushing this aspect to other consumer electronics manufacturers in hopes of broadening SyncTV’s reach to other segments of the market. Another example of this open platform mindset is the fact that even in beta stage SyncTV is already available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, which to my knowledge marks the first time a premium video download service has been available on all three platforms (at least at launch)….MORE….

It’s a fascinating read. Here are some more resources:

• Is SyncTV a Viable Online Video Delivery Alternative or Just Another Fly-by-Night?
• Hdtv Online, is there a place???

ThankYouVeryMuch!

Owlbert

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