Tomorrow the folks at MediaMall will officially announce the beta release of PlayOn for Wii. The software license costs $39.99 and there’s also a 14-day free trial so you can try it out first and decide if you like watching Hell’s Kitchen and the like on your Wii.
Me, I’d rather play some Mario Kart. PlayOn for Wii works in the same way as it does for the other game systems and streams Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and a few other online video portals from your Windows XP or Vista computer to the Wii plugged into your TV.
What do you think? You could always buy an $8 cable and connect your TV to your computer instead.
[Gadgetwise]
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app, PlayOn, streaming, video, Wii
I’ve used both PlayOn and Twonky in the past, both are serviceable when it comes to audio and video streaming to connected devices in the home. I came across TwonkyBeam at the recent pepcom conference in NYC. If you haven’t seen this, you should check it out, its a FREE plug-in for Windows IE 6.0+ (Firefox and Mac support planned) that enables streaming media from any web site that has photo, music, or video content to a UPnP/DLNA device in your home. Free download is here:
http://www.twonkymedia.com/beam/