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Littleton, MA -- Startup company ZeeVee Inc. has launched ZvBox, a new
consumer electronics product for watching any Internet TV, online
video, or computer content on HDTVs at home.
Available for preorder online exclusively at Amazon.com, ZvBox
connects to the monitor output of the computer and turns it into a new
high-definition (HD) TV channel
called Zv, which is then broadcast across the existing cable wiring to all HDTVs in the home.
ZvBox represents a new product category for consumer electronics
called “localcasting,” a method for broadcasting anything a computer
can do using the home’s existing cable wiring and the TV tuners already
embedded in HDTVs. As demonstrated by ZeeVee’s own ZvCast technology
upon which ZvBox is built,
localcasting has several benefits which surpass alternative methods for watching Internet video on TV:
• Lets you watch anything available online or on your computer, with no new subscription fees
• Broadcasts the same great HD resolution that is displayed by your computer
• Uses your existing cable wiring to reach all the HDTVs in your house
with just one box ZvBox puts any online video on the HDTV
• Eliminates the need for a receiving device near your HDTV
• Experiences no wireless interference or performance problems
• Allows you to start watching Zv in one room and finish in another
“ZvBox closes the huge gap that has existed between HDTVs, which have
the best viewing experience, and the computer, which provides virtually
unlimited content options and many applications already in use by
consumers,” said ZeeVee co-founder and CEO Vic Odryna. “Instead of the
walled garden world of set-top box solutions, ZvBox opens up the entire
universe of Internet video and computer applications, where innovation
usually happens first. And since ZvBox provides a duplication of what
you see on your monitor, anything you can do on your computer you can
now do on your HDTVs.”
To enhance the Zv viewing experience, ZeeVee has also created a new
remote control, called ZvRemote. ZvRemote controls your media playback
and has an integrated touchpad which controls the computer’s mouse and
desktop interface from across the house — up to 150 feet away. The
ZvKeyboard is designed to make it easier to compose e-mail, surf the
web, and type text for desktop applications. ZeeVee also provides a
“widescreen guide” called Zviewer that is optimized for a 10-foot
viewing experience on an HDTV.
Priced at $499, ZvBox will be shipped to customers on June 30, 2008, its scheduled release date.
