D-Link Ships MediaLounge PC-on-TV Component
April 22nd, 2008 — By Charlie RobbApril 22 – D-Link has announced that they are now shipping their DPG-1200 PC-on-TV component. The MediaLounge PC-on-TV will connect to your TV through one of many possible connections such as VGA, component, or composite.
Your PC is then synced up with the device through a WiFi connection. At this point, you can access and view content streamed from the web directly on the TV. Photos can be viewed at a max resolution of 1024×768, while videos can be viewed at 640×480.
Naturally this offering would be much more compelling if it were capable of full HD streaming, but finding content on the internet encoded for 1080p resolution would be a Herculean labor for the time.
While the typical consumer will probably never make use of a technology like this, it does have a certain appeal in terms of further centralizing your media content on an HDTV.
These units are shipping now and are priced at a relatively reasonable $239.99.
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