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Sony LF-V30 LocationFree Base Station
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November, 2009

70 / 100

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Sony LF-V30 LocationFree Base Station

By Michael Brown

Which consumer product first enabled any PC with an Internet connection to remotely control a set-top box or DVR and stream live or pre-recorded television to it? If you answered "Slingbox," you're mistaken. It was actually Sony's LocationFree TV. ...

Acts as a wireless client ; two IR ports ; can stream to PSP

Why would you need to stream to a PSP? Low-resolution ; no smartphone client

The LF-V30 offers component-video input (and pass-through) to accommodate high-definition TV, but the image that's streamed is downscaled to QVGA (320x240). In spite of that relatively low resolution, the image quality is excellent. The Slingbox Pro ...

Sony puts one copy of its LocationFree client in the box (and bundles the $30 software with its VAIO notebooks), but pig-headedly insists that consumers buy another copy for streaming to each additional PC. Sony is now introducing its fourth...

October, 2007

Rating

70

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