Posts Tagged ‘video on demand’
Video on demand coming to DS?
A video-on-demand service was announced recently for the Nintendo Wii. It turns out, however, that this same service could be making its way onto the Nintendo DS.
Speaking to the Wallstreet Journal, president and CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata said that “If the Wii and the DS are connected, it should be possible to download video through the Wii and take it with you on the DS.”
The DS and Wii can already communicate in numerous ways, such as demo downloads and simultaenous game interaction.
“When the service begins, you’ll see how we’re going to do it differently in a Nintendo-like way,” he adds. “There are a lot of on-demand video services, so there’s no reason to do the same thing, so we’re going to do something different. We’ll start the service in Japan, and if it does well, we’d like to take it overseas.”
Read (Wallstreet Journal, via Kotaku)
Envizions EVO Smart Console
There is a new game console set to hit the market and it goes by the name of EVO Smart Console. The EVO Smart Console will be powered by an AMD Athlon 2.4GHz processor, and will be accompanied by a Fedora-based Linux distro. The open-source console will give you game play, Internet access, VoIP communications and HD video playback all in one box.
It should work with Envizions “cloud” computing service, where users can pick up Amiga-based games and a video on demand service where you can choose from over 10,000 titles. The beta shipment for developers will begins next week with approximately 100 units. More systems will be released later.
Specs:
- AMD Athlon 64×2 5600 2.4GHz processor
- ATI HD 3200 graphics processor
- 2GB DDR2 RAM
- Supports H.264 VC1
- MPEG2 video codecs
- DVI and HDMI connectivity
- 120GB hard drive
- CD/DVD ROM
- Integrated biometric scanner
You can pre-order the EVO Smart console for $380.