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ZeeVee products help you turn one of your computers into your own HDTV channel. They also help you control that computer from anywhere in the home. These products are easy to install and use, and once they are setup need no ongoing configuration or control. There are absolutely no hidden costs or monthly subscription costs. Get ready to enjoy your new HDTV super channel--Zv!
ZvBundle
Everything you need to get started with Zv! Includes a ZvBox, a ZvRemote, a ZvReceiver, and cables and accessories that help you connect your ZvBox and your HDTVs to your in-home cable TV wiring.
ZvBox
This is the core of the Zv system--it creates your own HDTV channel and localcasts it to all of the HDTVs in your home. The ZvBox is currently only available in the Zv-100 Bundle, which includes everything you need to get started.
ZvRemote
Finally, a remote control that can drive your computer from across the house, including multimedia and cursor control. Additional ZvRemotes can be purchase to expand your system. Requires a ZvReceiver.
ZvReceiver
Connects up to eight different ZvRemotes or ZvKeyboards to your computer. Drive your experience from many rooms in the house.
ZvKeyboard (Available in August, 2008)
Interested in doing more extensive typing while watching your Zv channel? The ZvKeyboard combines a high quality laptop keyboard, a trackball, scroll wheel and multimedia control. Requires a ZvReceiver.
How Does Zv Work?
The Concept
The idea behind Zv is elegantly simple--if it’s online or on your computer, you can watch it on the HDTVs in your home. While the concept is simple and the Zv experience is user-friendly, the technology that makes it all possible is quite an achievement.
ZvCast Technology
The power behind ZvBox is its pioneering ZvCast technology. ZvCast uses real-time MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio encoding to turn the output of your computer into a new HDTV channel that is added to the other channels already on your cable--a process called "localcasting". When ZvBox is first installed, it scans your existing cable channels and finds an unused channel to broadcast on. Then, ZvBox begins the process of encoding and transmitting your computer’s screen onto this new "Zv" channel. This channel can then be tuned in from any TV in your home that has an HDTV tuner. And since ZvCast utilizes the latest HDTV technical standards and advanced digital signal processing, it delivers stunning quality--the same high definition video you see at your computer and Dolby 5.1 digital surround sound, without the interference and performance problems of wireless solutions.
ZvRemote, ZvReceiver and ZvKeyboard
Now that you are able to display your computer on every HDTV in your home, you also need a way to control that computer from any room. That’s why we created these very powerful wireless input devices. They use 2.4Ghz radio frequency communications and advanced power modulation technology to make sure that they can communicate even through walls and between floors. These devices can significantly outperform Bluetooth based solutions.
The ZvReceiver plugs into a USB port of the computer you are controlling. It can communicate with any combination of up to eight ZvRemotes or ZvKeyboards. The ZvRemote is optimized for helping you lean back and enjoy your media, while still providing pinpoint cursor control via a laptop-like touchpad. The ZvKeyboard features a high-end laptop keyboard and integrated trackball for more heavy-duty computer interaction.
Zviewer
With the explosive growth in online video content, there are many different websites or applications that bring you this content. There are new names like Hulu, Veoh, and Joost, and more established names like iTunes, YouTube, Microsoft TV, Yahoo TV and Bitorrent. All of them can be operated from your computer, but not all of them have a graphical user interface (GUI) that is designed to be driven from the living room couch on the HDTV with a remote control. Zviewer bridges that gap. Simply hit the Zv button on the ZvRemote and the Zviewer GUI shows you what’s available, both online and on your computer, and helps you get to these destinations. Zviewer does not trap you into what we want you to see. You can add your favorite locations and applications, making it a very powerful control center for entertainment. Best of all, using Zviewer is not a requirement. ZvBox customers can use other applications such as Joost or Hulu directly to navigate their content if they desire, or use the computer’s desktop environment to launch any application, including documents, email, and internet browsers. Thanks to the superior screen resolution served up by ZvCast, your applications look just as sharp as on your computer monitor.
For Most Homes, Zv Setup Is a Snap
The initial set-up of Zv involves the following steps:
- Connect ZvBox to your computer
- Allow the Zv software to update and install itself
- Connect ZvBox to your home’s TV cabling
- Ensure proper cable connection at the HDTV
- Tune in the special Zv channel on the HDTVs
- Optimize the Zv experience
How is Zv Different?
- Unlimited access to internet and computer video
- No new subscription fees
- A single ZvBox serves all HDTVs in the home
- The same great HD resolution that your computer creates on your HDTV
- Uses the home’s existing cable TV wiring
- No wireless network setup or video interference
- Move from one HDTV to another to watch Zv
- No new clutter near your flat panel TV or entertainment center
- Pinpoint control of PC cursor up to 150 feet away
Zv Lets You Watch Anything Available on the Internet
Today’s TVs are trapped with limited content options and scheduled programming. Some solutions have arrived that have tried to open up internet TV options, but they still decide for you what is available to watch. Zv allows you to use your HDTV to watch anything that’s on your computer or the internet, so your choices are virtually unlimited.
