necoandjeff wrote:
> John W. wrote:
> > Kevin Gowen wrote:
> >> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> >>> John W. wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> John W. wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> For those interested, there's a short article in the January
> >>>>> _Wired_ about using a broadband connection to watch
international
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> programming.
> >>>>
> >>>>> The technology is TV2Me and is expensive; see
www.spaceshift.net.
> >>>>> John W.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Found http://www.tvbrick.com/; going through that site today to
see
> >>>> what's up with this. Anyone know open brick?
> >>
> >> I just read the FAQ at TvBrick. Sub-VHS quality at 9 fps? No
thanks.
> >>
> > I think I could use PC Anywhere or something of that nature and
> > accomplish more or less the same thing as TV Brick. Interestingly
I'm
> > the family member wanting Japanese TV; my wife could care less.
I'll
> > probably get Tokyo TV eventually.
>
> If it works anything like GoToMyPC I wouldn't count on it. First of
all,
> colors are compressed to 256 making even photographs look crappy.
Secondly,
> I don't think it even bothers to transmit with video output, just
graphic
> output. For example, when I fire up a video on Windows Media, all I
see is
> black where the video is streaming back at home.
> 
Well that sucks, but it's good to know.

John W.