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HAVA SociableTV lets you and friends fight over the remote, remotely

by Richard Lawler posted Jan 9th 2009 at 4:21PM


Looking for another reason to choose HAVA over Slingbox? The SociableTV website will let HAVA owners share their video Justin.tv-style with friends or the world, and chat while they watch. Xbox Live may still be working on getting group watching features off the ground on Netflix and Sling.com is a solitary experience but William Loesch, Monsoon Multimedia CEO sees people jumping online and watching live TV events like the Super Bowl together (at least until the NFL hears about it) regardless of location. SociableTV.com is just a placeholder for the moment but expect things to go live with a free upgrade for all HAVA owners in the second quarter of this year.

Monsoon brings HAVA Player for Apple's iPhone

by Darren Murph posted Jan 9th 2009 at 3:52AM


Early last year, Monsoon Multimedia announced that the HAVA Mobile Player would be coming to S60 handsets; here at CES, we've learned that the same software is headed to Apple's iPhone. For those unaware, HAVA Player for iPhone allows HAVA customers to view and control their home television and services, including satellite and TiVo, from anywhere in the world. An on-screen remote enables users to change channels, browse the EPG and pause / view recorded shows from most any cable / satellite DVR in real time. Furthermore, iPhone users can also export their HAVA DVR recordings to iTunes (pictured after the break) to watch later, but those looking to take advantage will have to wait until sometime next quarter. Ah well, at least it'll be free. Full release is after the break.

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HAVA Mobile Player comes to S60 handsets

by Darren Murph posted May 28th 2008 at 5:29AM


It seems like just yesterday that Nokia's N800 and N810 internet tablets garnered HAVA support (not to mention those WinMo cellies), and lo and behold, Monsoon Multimedia is now announcing that S60-based handset owners will be able to enjoy the same luxuries. Hailed as a TV place-shifting, video-streaming solution for S60 3rd edition on Symbian OS, the HAVA Mobile Player gives HAVA adopters "the ability to watch and control all of their home television channels and services from anywhere in the world on a mobile device." Unfortunately, the free download (for HAVA owners) won't be available until Q3, but it's being shown off now at the S60 Summit 2008 and in the gallery below. Dig in, won't you?

HAVA player hits Nokia's internet tablets

by Nilay Patel posted Apr 1st 2008 at 6:00PM


Monsoon's HAVA HD streamer doesn't get quite as much love as the various Slingboxes, but it's a fine piece of kit with features Sling doesn't have quite yet, like pause and rewind -- and now it's got one more supported client platform, as the company's using CTIA to officially roll out support for Nokia's Internet Tablet OS. That means the N800 and N810 can now get in on the action, and the quality looks pretty decent -- the crew over at Internet Tablet Talk got a chance to play with an early version, and they think it looks even better than the PC client. Hmm, looks like that WiMAX N810 could double as a fairly decent portable TV, eh? Video after the break.

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Snappy updates HAVA software, adds 1080i and 720p support

by Cyrus Farivar posted Dec 22nd 2006 at 1:19AM

Snappy's HAVA is a bit of a dark horse in the remote TV viewing world, being overshadowed by Slingbox and all. But nonetheless, it soldiers on, sending your favorite programs out over your home network and then out over the great series of tubes. However, that little box just got a nice upgrade -- on Monday, Snappy Multimedia released a software update for the HAVA, version 1.6. This version will support 1080i, 720p, and 480p/576p inputs, and supports 16:9 aspect ratio for HD content. Further, the HAVA will now automatically detect the input resolution and adjust accordingly. Among the issues that this new software fixes is resolving incorrect video scaling and the ever-annoying "wireless configuration problems." We're constantly annoyed by our own "various problems" with our WiFi routers, so if Snappy wanted to share their insight with Netgear / Linksys / D-Link, we'd be much obliged.




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