Win an Invite to the Venice Project
Looking for a beta invite to the Venice Project? We’ve got a few handy. To make it interesting, we’re holding this site’s first contest: Get NewTeeVee on Your OldTeeVee.
Here are the rules: send us a picture of NewTeeVee.com on your television and tell us how you did it. If you’d like, you can post a link to the picture and a description of your methods in the comments of this post. Alternately, you can email them to tips@newteevee.com. Do this before 8 a.m. PST on Monday, January 8.
We’ll give out awards for most elegant setup, least elegant setup, and perhaps “best device that isn’t a TV.”
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My 1080p newteevee. just a living room PC outputting to my 50 inch rear projection lcd via HDMI. MCE remote, RF wireless presentation controller/mouse as well as RealVNC on my laptop keeps this thing under control. Looking to get that venice project on this sob.
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dan on January 3rd, 2007 at 2:58 pm - Permalink
Does “The Venice Project” currently support Mac OS X?
Ed on January 3rd, 2007 at 3:17 pm - Permalink
No, unfortunately it doesn’t.
Liz Gannes on January 3rd, 2007 at 3:33 pm - Permalink
Well, if I had a real TV I wouldn’t want an invite to Venice so bad. Sheesh. I got rid of my TV when I moved 3000 miles because I knew these days would be coming soon. So close…
Tony on January 3rd, 2007 at 3:40 pm - Permalink
So thats what you did with the invite I sent you Liz ;)you owe me
Matt_ on January 3rd, 2007 at 8:27 pm - Permalink
What’s all the fuss about? I saw TVP on a friend’s machine, and was very unimpressed. Video quality was average at best, I’ve seen better quality on regular web sites. The interface is extremely convoluted. I just don’t get it? Is it the sexiness of P2P? If so, Bit Torrent, Veoh, and others already have that. Is it that the guys are founders of Skype? Who cares? Could someone enlighten me why there is any interest in this?
We have lots of places to get video, YouTube, MySpace, Veoh, Revver, and I am pretty satisfied with the choice and quality. Playing with Veoh’s new remote control interface, I understand why full screen is important, but download via Veoh or Bit Torrent just seems to make much more sense than streaming with TVP.
Sebastian Hughes on January 3rd, 2007 at 10:09 pm - Permalink
When did you send me the invite, Matt_? I don’t think I got it.
Sebastian — yeah, there’s a heck of a lot of hype. But nobody’s got this stuff perfect yet, especially if you’re looking for streaming first-run movies and TV.
Liz Gannes on January 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm - Permalink
@ Liz…and this is not adding to that hype? ;)
As to Web TV elegance, when looking at low cost Web TV systems I rigged up a simple surround sound system using the (very) simple yet elegant 1970’s Hafler Principle - on which today’s Dolby et al are all based.
In fact some people reckon a Hafler circuit can (partially) decode the 5.1 surround signal via analog means.
Bit hard to describe it in full on here so I posted it up on my blog here.
Anyway, it works very well (awesomely well considering the price of setting it up), I thoroughly recommend anyone giving it a go before buying any expensive surround sound gear.
alanp on January 4th, 2007 at 3:25 am - Permalink
Liz below is the text from my Invite page
Invitations
We’re gradually expanding our network, and we’d like you to invite new people to come and join in.
Every once in a while you will receive tokens, enabling you to send invitations to friends, family or anyone else who you think will enjoy watching internet TV. Each invitation will cost you one token, regardless of whether your invitation has been accepted or refused.
Number of invitations you can send: 0
Liz Gannes invited
Matt_ on January 4th, 2007 at 4:55 am - Permalink
To all the people not inpressed by Venice remeber this is still a BETA product and still not a final product .
The Venice Project is a still a code name ,this is early stages for this product.
If you look at the UI its not hard to tell that Venice wants to be on Media Centers and Set Top Boxes .The PC and Mac clients are just launching platfoms and yes the UI needs work but that is part of the “BETA” process.
With remotes that have mouse functions and slide out querty keyboards or even T9 input, I think that TVP will be in your lounge room and not in your office soon enough .
Matt_ on January 4th, 2007 at 5:07 am - Permalink
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Hi there, i do this with Freeplayer, you can transfer to your TV everytinhg you have on your computer : Video, Pictures and sound…
Laurent on January 4th, 2007 at 1:13 pm - Permalink
Hi,
My setup is simple, practical and does the trick : I use GrandTec USA PC to Video Component, retailed at Radioshack, and wire the sound through my stereo, all for the grand sum of around $70.
Hope I get the least elegant setup award !
Frederic Guarino on January 4th, 2007 at 7:35 pm - Permalink
Is anyone kind enough to invite me for the beta?
Thanks in advance!
//Michael
bjx6776@yahoo.com
Michael on January 6th, 2007 at 8:06 am - Permalink
I have a laptop with tv-out, so it should be easy, but I’m trying to think of the most complex way that I can display your site on a TV (without buying new devices, that is), before Monday…
PanMan on January 6th, 2007 at 9:08 am - Permalink
Nothing too complex. I have an old Compaq Presario hooked up to my 50″ Vizio Plasma. I am able to watch podcasts, listen to internet radio, show picture slideshows, etc. I control it via wireless keyboard and mouse. Works like a champ.
http://www.roadkill.com/~chuck/NewTeeVee.jpg
Chuck Dascalos on January 6th, 2007 at 9:53 am - Permalink
I’m going for the most complex setup :).
I made a small page, explaining how I got NewTeevee on my old TV, including the use of 2 televisions! It won’t win on picture quality, but it was the most complex I could come up with, with the stuff I had available (and without waisting TOO much time :)).
Anyway, you can have a look at it at http://www.panman.nl/newteevee/
PanMan on January 7th, 2007 at 9:01 am - Permalink
I don’t really want an invite to The Venice Project, but your challenge inspired me to create a vlog episode of me showing my Computer-On-TV-Setup. You can check it out here if you want. http://gregsvideoblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/video-blog-53-democracy-player-demo.html
I am not interested in The Venice Project, but if I was to get a “prize”, I would like people to check out my “video guide” blog. Check it out at http://eighteenhundred.blogspot.com
Greg Rose on January 7th, 2007 at 12:57 pm - Permalink
[…] Most Elegant: Goes to Chuck Dascalos, not the least of which is for the tasteful styling of the setup. That’s just plain classy, Chuck! Also, NewTeeVee looks great, and that’s what’s really important. […]
NewTeeVee » Venice Project Invite Winners on January 10th, 2007 at 3:30 pm - Permalink
Hi please could you give me a invitation or a link to Joost TV. This would be much appreciated. krishan.tk@gmail.com
Krishan on January 16th, 2007 at 6:52 pm - Permalink