It was an interesting take on a familiar problem: how to bridge the gap between the PC (Internet video) and the TV. ZeeVee’s original consumer-focused solution, the Zv100 set-top box, utilized a home’s regular cable wiring to send video content from a PC to any number of TVs by effectively creating its own closed circuit HD television channel.
However, the product never took off, selling “just a few thousand units” and has since been canned. The reason, ZeeVee’s CEO Vic Odryna tells NewTeeVee, is that the product was too expensive and too complicated. When the “ZvBox” was first announced, I noted that its $499 price tag was much higher than competitors, all of which use WiFi or Ethernet to shuttle content around the home, rather than coaxial in ZeeVee’s case.
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