Comments on: SanDisk kills off TakeTV and Fanfare http://www.last100.com/2008/06/07/sandisk-kills-off-taketv-fanfare/ Tracking the digital lifestyle Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:39:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Shanee http://www.last100.com/2008/06/07/sandisk-kills-off-taketv-fanfare/#comment-61470 Shanee Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:55:54 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=1966#comment-61470 Yup, I bought this as a birthday gift for a friend. It's a cool concept, but there were definitely some hardware/software shortcomings. It actually works surprisingly well on a Mac, and is cheaper than other solutions. But still, I can't say I'm completely surprised. . . Yup, I bought this as a birthday gift for a friend. It’s a cool concept, but there were definitely some hardware/software shortcomings. It actually works surprisingly well on a Mac, and is cheaper than other solutions. But still, I can’t say I’m completely surprised. . .

]]> By: Steve O'Hear, editor http://www.last100.com/2008/06/07/sandisk-kills-off-taketv-fanfare/#comment-61375 Steve O'Hear, editor Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:43:21 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=1966#comment-61375 @ Alan Interesting inside view. I didn't know about the planned deals with TV manufacturers. Shame it never happened. @ Alan

Interesting inside view. I didn’t know about the planned deals with TV manufacturers. Shame it never happened.

]]> By: Alan http://www.last100.com/2008/06/07/sandisk-kills-off-taketv-fanfare/#comment-61341 Alan Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:11:26 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=1966#comment-61341 I worked on an early version of this product and still have - and use - a pre-Alpha version at home. It easily lets me watch downloaded TV on my big screen, sted the mac monitor. What you didn't mention was that SanDisk had hoped to cut deals with TV manufacturers to get their USB slot built in. That would have avoided a lot of the kludginess and extra steps. That apparently never happened. Too bad! I will continue to use my raw device - held together by black electrical tape and showing all of its interior circuitry, as the devices you talk about are hard to find and use where I live. RIP USBTV (the original name) AKA TakeTV I worked on an early version of this product and still have – and use – a pre-Alpha version at home. It easily lets me watch downloaded TV on my big screen, sted the mac monitor. What you didn’t mention was that SanDisk had hoped to cut deals with TV manufacturers to get their USB slot built in. That would have avoided a lot of the kludginess and extra steps. That apparently never happened. Too bad! I will continue to use my raw device – held together by black electrical tape and showing all of its interior circuitry, as the devices you talk about are hard to find and use where I live.

RIP USBTV (the original name) AKA TakeTV

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