Comments on: Kiwi Set-Top Box: A Step Back http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/kiwi-set-top-box-a-step-back/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:46:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: How to Build the Perfect Set-Top Box « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/kiwi-set-top-box-a-step-back/#comment-251108 How to Build the Perfect Set-Top Box « NewTeeVee Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:43:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=12509#comment-251108 <p>[...] sense. Don’t slap a virtual phone keypad up on a big TV screen (I’m talking to you, Kiwi); just give me a nice, big keyboard that I can navigate easily. If wireless doesn’t work, [...]</p> [...] sense. Don’t slap a virtual phone keypad up on a big TV screen (I’m talking to you, Kiwi); just give me a nice, big keyboard that I can navigate easily. If wireless doesn’t work, [...]

]]> By: Chris Squires http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/kiwi-set-top-box-a-step-back/#comment-250253 Chris Squires Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:08:46 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=12509#comment-250253 <p>Unfortunately Liane's difficulties with the wireless were due to the WiFi drivers for WEP. In her case she was trying to enter a 64-bit WEP passphrase, when she should have been entering an ASCII WEP passphrase. This was all that was required to get the wireless working. In addition to working with WEP, the Kiwi works with open networks and WPA networks.</p> <p>With additional features coming in the near future, I'm hopeful that the Kiwi will appeal to Liane more (as well as her readers). The features open up the content possibilities greatly (more than the 6 billion videos on YouTube).</p> Unfortunately Liane’s difficulties with the wireless were due to the WiFi drivers for WEP. In her case she was trying to enter a 64-bit WEP passphrase, when she should have been entering an ASCII WEP passphrase. This was all that was required to get the wireless working. In addition to working with WEP, the Kiwi works with open networks and WPA networks.

With additional features coming in the near future, I’m hopeful that the Kiwi will appeal to Liane more (as well as her readers). The features open up the content possibilities greatly (more than the 6 billion videos on YouTube).

]]> By: Edweirdo http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/kiwi-set-top-box-a-step-back/#comment-249818 Edweirdo Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:31:30 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=12509#comment-249818 <p>"If your comment doesn't show up immediately, it may have gotten caught in our trusty (but occasionally overly ambitious) spam filter. Please drop us a note and we'll retrieve it." Boy is your site glitchy! I hope It didn't infect my kidneys with rolling stones.</p> “If your comment doesn’t show up immediately, it may have gotten caught in our trusty (but occasionally overly ambitious) spam filter. Please drop us a note and we’ll retrieve it.”
Boy is your site glitchy! I hope It didn’t infect my kidneys with rolling stones.

]]> By: Edweirdo http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/kiwi-set-top-box-a-step-back/#comment-249817 Edweirdo Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:28:20 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=12509#comment-249817 <p>So NOW I get the Late Night joke about ordering pizza with the click of a remote! I'm sure as a broad subscribership base now dwindling went after WebTV and even the AOLTV failure, many technophiles will buy kiwis for the heck of it. How do you spell Ammahzin? Can I buy with PayPal?</p> So NOW I get the Late Night joke about ordering pizza with the click of a remote! I’m sure as a broad subscribership base now dwindling went after WebTV and even the AOLTV failure, many technophiles will buy kiwis for the heck of it. How do you spell Ammahzin? Can I buy with PayPal?

]]> By: Jason http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/kiwi-set-top-box-a-step-back/#comment-249582 Jason Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:37:18 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=12509#comment-249582 <p>Look at the Neuros Link - it lets you do all of the things the Kiwi does, and then some (watch video from sites like Hulu, NBC, Fancast, Amazon VOD, etc.). Yes, you pay more, but you are not limited on the content or on underlying OSs that have glitches like the ones you metion (it's built on Ubuntu, so the wireless networking should 'just work').</p> Look at the Neuros Link – it lets you do all of the things the Kiwi does, and then some (watch video from sites like Hulu, NBC, Fancast, Amazon VOD, etc.). Yes, you pay more, but you are not limited on the content or on underlying OSs that have glitches like the ones you metion (it’s built on Ubuntu, so the wireless networking should ‘just work’).

]]> By: paul moss http://newteevee.com/2008/11/20/kiwi-set-top-box-a-step-back/#comment-249414 paul moss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:52:49 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=12509#comment-249414 <p>why is it named the Kiwi? I'm from NZ, and this is either highly embarrassing, unrepresentative, or the basis for a diplomatic row</p> why is it named the Kiwi?
I’m from NZ, and this is either highly embarrassing, unrepresentative, or the basis for a diplomatic row

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