Comments on: Broadclip Mediacatcher, the best thing you missed at CES http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070125/broadclip-mediacatcher-the-best-thing-you-missed-at-ces/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:54:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Abby http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070125/broadclip-mediacatcher-the-best-thing-you-missed-at-ces/comment-page-1/#comment-334611 Abby Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:01:56 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070125/broadclip-mediacatcher-the-best-thing-you-missed-at-ces/#comment-334611 whatever happened to broadclip anyway? i had it one day, was into it, then had to do some maintenece on it. i came back and it was gone. i cant even find the program or web site. where'd it go??? whatever happened to broadclip anyway? i had it one day, was into it, then had to do some maintenece on it. i came back and it was gone. i cant even find the program or web site. where’d it go???

]]> By: Marc http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070125/broadclip-mediacatcher-the-best-thing-you-missed-at-ces/comment-page-1/#comment-112450 Marc Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:59:41 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070125/broadclip-mediacatcher-the-best-thing-you-missed-at-ces/#comment-112450 Yeah, I saw the music version of this there but to be honest I was a bit underwhelmed. If I'm understanding it right it basically indexes internet radio stations and downlads their content, then when it finds what you're looking for it saves off that chunk of the broadcast. So a) Your quality goes out the window, because nobody's broadcasting 320K and they're not likely to anytime soon that I can see b) A chunk of your internet bandwidth is permanently lost to the radio stations it's downloading c) You're dependent on the radio station not talking over the start and end of the song. It probably works well as an "Internet TiVo" but it was being pushed to me as "all the free music you can eat" and I wasn't convinced about that. I can't say what it does for the TV side of things though, I didn't see that in action. Yeah, I saw the music version of this there but to be honest I was a bit underwhelmed. If I’m understanding it right it basically indexes internet radio stations and downlads their content, then when it finds what you’re looking for it saves off that chunk of the broadcast. So

a) Your quality goes out the window, because nobody’s broadcasting 320K and they’re not likely to anytime soon that I can see

b) A chunk of your internet bandwidth is permanently lost to the radio stations it’s downloading

c) You’re dependent on the radio station not talking over the start and end of the song.

It probably works well as an “Internet TiVo” but it was being pushed to me as “all the free music you can eat” and I wasn’t convinced about that.

I can’t say what it does for the TV side of things though, I didn’t see that in action.

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