HAVA Titanium HD TV Device

HAVA Titanium HD TV Device
by Monsoon Multimedia

List Price: ~~$179.99~~
Category: CE
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Digital product summary information

Manufacturer: Monsoon Multimedia
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Model: 052507HX
Product features:

Lets you stream television content via your home network and watch from anywhere with a broadband internet connection
Automatically adjusts video encoding for smooth video, no matter the network activity
Functions as a PVR, letting you record, pause, and rewind live television
Two USB ports allows you to add an external hard drive and wireless streaming capability

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Digital camera reviews of HAVA Titanium HD TV Device

Digital camera Review: Decent product, woefully incomplete
Summary: 2 Stars

First of all, this is NOT an actual "HD" device. It will take HD signals and stream/record them but NOT in HD.

Functionality is very sparse compared to Slingbox. My FIOS remote, for instance, is NOT duplicated on the Hava device, and many functions aren't there. The software hasn't been updated in months.

Unlike Slingbox, however, it CAN stream to multiple devices at once. This can be a big plus. There is NO web-browser plug-in for the Hava player - Slingbox has this. Either there is a Hava Player app for your device or it won't work for remote streaming.

The Hava Titanium does NOT work with just any USB drive. So be careful of this.

The scheduler works fine, but why (oh why?) can you only schedule ONE recording at a time on the attached (by you) external drive? How much work would it have been to create a small database to schedule multiple recordings? If any further proof is needed about Hava not wanting to spend money on software development, this is it.

I have NOT tested this with any mobile devices, so sorry, I can't comment on that performance.

I find that the Hava Titanium is pretty stable, and doesn't require frequent rebooting. But their website says "Our development team is working hard" on updates and such. I find this very hard to believe.

Conclusion: If you can live with the Hava Titanium's limitations, then go for it. It does work well, within its limitations.

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Summary of HAVA Titanium HD TV Device

Hava Titanium HD Watch and control your live home TV from anywhere in the world on a broadband connected PC or cell phone. Record TV programs to your PC hard disk or to an external USB attached hard disk locally or remotely. Upgradeable to wireless with the addition of the USB WiFi Kit allowing your stream live TV wirelessly around your home. This product is upgradeable to WiFi with the addition of the WiFi Kit (PT# 052507HK)

Amazon.com Product Description The Monsoon HAVA Titanium HD lets you extend your home theater experience, both within your home and beyond! The HAVA accepts an HD video source and streams it throughout your home in DVD-quality video. You can also watch and control programming on any PC or mobile phone with a broadband Internet connection. With two USB ports built-in, you can add a dongle for wireless streaming or an external hard drive for PVR backups.

The Monsoon HAVA Titanium HD:

Streams your HD television programming throughout your home network in DVD-quality video.

Automatically adjusts the encoding for smooth video delivery depending on your network bandwidth.

Lets you watch local programming on your cell phone or from anywhere else you have broadband Internet.

Has two USB ports for upgrades such as a wireless network dongle or an external hard drive.

You'll have control of your A/V components from your computer, complete with customizable virtual remote. View larger.

With two USB ports, you can connect a hard drive or a wireless dongle for wireless video streaming. View larger.

Stream Live Programming Around Your House
By connecting your HD video source to the HAVA Titanium HD, you can stream live television to multiple PCs around your house using your home network. You no longer need to worry about TV connections and set-top boxes. Streams come in at DVD-quality wherever you are in your home, and multiple users around your house can watch/record the same program at the same time thanks to VBooster Multicast technology.

View Television Remotely From Virtually Anywhere
The HAVA Titanium HD allows you to watch your local television programming, or programming from another connected A/V device, from anywhere in the world with a broadband Internet connection. As you are watching, other members of the household can also watch the same programming on the home network. You can even remotely control the settings for virtually any A/V device, including PVRs, satellite TV, and digital cable boxes; a customizable virtual remote will show up on screen allowing for complete control of the device. It's like having a remote control that works everywhere!

Works as a PVR!
The HAVA Titanium HD can also function as a PVR. You can record, pause, fast forward, and rewind live TV right on your computer. Recorded shows are stored on your PC's hard drive, or on an external USB drive (sold separately). After you've recorded shows, you can burn them onto DVD for archiving or viewing during those instances when you don't have an Internet connection. The HAVA works out of the box with Microsoft MCE, or you can install the included PVR software for non-MCE PCs.

Compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Media Center PCs and Notebooks
When you connect HAVA Titanium HD to your network, you are in essence creating a virtual TV tuner for Media Center PCs. This eliminates the need for a separate TV tuner card, and the need for any hard-wired cable connection.

Using the HAVA mobile player software, you can watch television on your cell phone.

Two USB Ports for Upgradeability and Additional Functionality
The Titanium HD has two built-in USB ports, allowing for upgrade possibilities. By adding a wireless dongle, you can add wireless video streaming. You can also connect an external USB hard drive for use with the PVR functionality, allowing for more recording time than just that on your computer's hard drive.

High-Quality Viewing
By employing the standard MPEG-2 format, the HAVA Titanium HD achieves the best possible video quality over a home network. Television programming that is streamed through your home network boasts DVD-quality clarity. The video is also simultaneously encoded with the MPEG-4 standard, which has a higher compression and allows for remote viewing over a broadband Internet connection by a single client.

Thanks to the VBooster technology, all the users on the home network can experience high-quality video. While watching video, users can simultaneously use the Internet for regular uses such as web browsing, email, chatting, printing, transferring files, etc. The encoding is automatically adjusted based on the available bandwidth to ensure steady and smooth video all the time.

The HAVA Titanium HD requires a home network with a 10/100 base-T router with an available Ethernet port, a broadband Internet connection (300Kbps upstream recommended) for remote viewing, and a PC with Windows XP/Vista and a minimum of an Intel Pentium 1.2 GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM for XP and 1GB of RAM for Vista, 75 MB of disk space for the HAVA software, an Ethernet connection, DirectX 9-class video card, and an audio output.

The HAVA Titanium HD is backed by a 1-year warranty.

What's in the Box
HAVA Titanium HD unit, two composite cables, Ethernet cable, power adapter, IR blaster cable, two component cables, quick start guide, software CD.

Stream television to computers in your home, or to your cell phone wherever you are.

HAVA Titanium HD TV Device