Software update - July 16

I haven't had my PoD on for a few days, but I took a look this evening and found a software update waiting for me.

6 packages upgraded

new Client version is 4.0.0.11.2.3.1

new Server version is 11.2.3.1.4.0.0 (hmmm)

The most immediately noticeable changes are in the reworked "settings" menu. A new "product settings" submenu contains TV Resolution, Playback Options, Product Info, etc.; there's a new "Eject USB Disk" menu item and, most intriguingly, one labeled "Third Party Applications".

A quick scan through the Live Internet TV channels menu reveals a large number of repaired logos and channels placed in their correct geographies, plus a number of new channels in Europe - more work for me to do!

Anybody else notice any other interesting changes?

Live Internet TV channels list update

...the link's over there in the right-hand column. A flood of new channels has been added in the last three weeks, especially in Europe - and most of them are looking good.

There are officially now way more live TV channels available than anyone could possibly have time to watch!

Watch Hulu on your VuNow for 50% less!

Right, well, those of you who scratched their heads after reading the title will need a brief explanation:

1. VuNow still does NOT offer native access to Hulu
2. VuNow supports UPnP as defined by the DLNA
3. Various softwares exist to push Hulu, etc out through a UPnP server
4. PlayOn (one of the mentioned softwares) is on sale, for the next 15 hours or so - 50% off (originally $39.99 USD)

So, if you've got a Windows PC kicking around and already leave it on and online all the time - well, then this solution will work for you. You have to act before 11:59pm EST June 30th. Yeah, about 15 hours from now.

See, Jane told me that PlayOn is on sale, using the coupon code PLAYON1999. Does Jane profit from sales of PlayOn? I don't know -- but I don't. So consider this cold advert something of a grain of salt in the hulu wait.

PlayOn provides the means to get Hulu, Netflix, etc. onto your VuNow PoD - for $19.99 (sale price) and the overhead of leaving a Windows PC running somewhere on your LAN while you watch those sites on your TV. Want it? Go get it!