Monsoon Multimedia said Tuesday that its Vulkano Flow, a $99.99 rival to the Slingbox, will now actually store recorded media on smartphones and tablets for later offline viewing.
Previously, the Flow - a set-top box that sits next to a DVR, and was launched this past January at the Consumer Electronics Show - only streamed live content to smartphones and tablets, allowing live TV to be "placeshifted" to digital devices.
Now, Monsoon will actually store the content on the tablet or smartphone, which must be connected via Wi-Fi to actually record the video to the device. Once on there, the video can paused, rewound, and fast forwarded, as a DVR can. (The Flow can also control and stream video from a DVR, Monsoon has said.)
The new Vulkano Flow capabilities are compatible with iPhones, iPads and Android devices, Monsoon said. To enable the connected device capability, however, users must also purchase the associated app for $12.99 each. The player software is free for Windows and Mac.
A representative of Monsoon said that more than one recording could be stored on a tablet or a phone for offline viewing. Although one might think that each video file could theoretically be copied, the video will be encrypted to prevent unauthorized copying, the Monsoon representative said.
Existing and proposed TiVo apps, as well as the SlingBox, allow content to be streamed to external devices, not stored. "You can watch live TV anywhere in the world, and what the news is is that you can directly record that television content to the mobile phone," the Monsoon spokeswoman said.
"The Vulkano line of devices has been created to offer consumers the ultimate flexibility in entertainment and we are proud to be the first to offer direct recording and DVR for mobile devices," said Colin Stiles, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Monsoon, in a statement. "Consumers are making smartphones and tablets an essential part of their every day lives and are expecting to view and browse the TV content that they pay for at their leisure, no matter where they are in the world."
Video can be stored on either the iPad, iPhone, or Android at "D1" or 640-by-480 resolutions or 352-by-240 resolutions. At maximum quality, each hour of video requires about a gigabyte of storage, the Monsoon representative said.
In related news, Sling Media has launched a beta program whereby users can sign up and watch their home Slingbox via a Google TV. "Soon you will be able to extend your complete living room HDTV experience to any TV around your home, or another TV in any location where you have an Internet connection," Sling said.
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