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The Tube 2.5 - Your mobile TV solution to Go equinux proudly presents The Tube 2.5. Just one year after the first release of the modern TV solution for the Mac, The Tube is the idea champion and technology leader in its class. The Tube 2.5 features TubeToGo, a new webbased service to watch and publish TV recordings in a web gallery, manage recordings via iPhone and remotely access your library on your Mac at home. Enjoy TV on your Mac TV for the Mac has a new name - TubeStick. With the equinux TubeStick, TV will never be the same. This device doesn't only make TV affordable for everyone, it also brings the Television-viewing community closer together with the TV application The Tube.
More than just Pocket TV The TubeStick brings free-to-air digital television (DVB-T/DTT) to your Mac. Because of the reception strength and high image quality, digital television trumps earlier technology and no one can argue the price! Rediscover Television The Tube 2.5 is the latest TV application for Mac OS X from equinux. With The Tube you can watch, Timeshift and record live television. Smart Zoom 2 allows you to zoom in a minimized TV windows without keyboard or mouseclicks. With the advent of TubeTalk, The Tube users can chat and talk about the currently tuned program or even follow the most popular TV channel.. More Mobility With the TubeToGo, The Tube-users have the possibility to tap into the full potential of their iPhone and iPod touch: Setup recordings, publish and even watch streamed recordings while you're on-the-go. TubeToGo connects to The Tube, on your Mac, with your iPhone and iPod touch. Windows Compatible TubeStick is also great for those who are still switching between worlds: To use the TubeStick with Microsoft's Media Center, you only need to install the appropriate driver. Do you have Windows Vista (Home Premium or Vista Ultimate) installed on your computer, then you only need the TubeStick Windows Driver. In the box, you will also find the driver for Windows XP, with which you can install TubeStick on Windows XP Media Center Edition. Watch. Chat. Record. Go. TV on the Mac is going mobile. The Tube 2.5 with the newly announced TubeToGo web service you can remotely publish and watch your TV recordings in a web gallery and remotely schedule recordings on your iPhone. The mobile TV Revolution on your Mac The Tube 2.5 turns your iPhone in a mobile TV set and a remote control. The Tube 2.5 with the integrated TubeToGo service lets you automatically publish your TV recordings in a web gallery, manage them via iPhone and remotely schedule recordings with an EPG. But The Tube 2.5 learned a lot more tricks to revolutionize TV on your Mac. TubeToGo: Remotely manage and watch TV recordings With the integrated webservice TubeToGo you can have total control over your television recordings, even when you're not at home. You can publish and watch recordings all from the comfort of your iPhone or iPod touch. TubeToGo supports .Mac or any preferred FTP-server.
Follow the Star: Watch the Top Channel The Tube 2.5 helps you selecting the current most popular TV program. As soon as you tell The Tube 'Watch Top Channel' the application, it will follow the channel with the most viewers. When the majority of The Tube viewers switches to another program, The Tube will also change. TV Ratings in Realtime See how many percent are currently watching a particular TV program in your channel list in realtime! You can directly join a TubeTalk by clicking on the bubble next to the name of the TV channel. The bubble will twinkle as soon as someone sends a new message in your active TubeTalk chat. Smart Zoom 2: Your Autozoom for TV You like to run The Tube beside and only tune in from time to time? The Tube has a really smart zoom feature: Just move your mouse over your minimized TV window and The Tube will automatically zoom in. As soon as you move your mouse outside of the TV window, The Tube will shrink to its original size and position. For your comfort. TubeTalk: More details, more fun TubeTalk is a lot of fun. With The Tube 2.5 TubeTalk is getting better: Now The Tube indicates, who has currently signed in and what are users are doing. With TubeTalk, television is more than just watching shows. You can chat with others about Matt Lauer's horrible tie on the Today Show or guess the answers in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". Watching TV as a Happening With TubeTalk, you can join a chat about the current TV show and chat with other TV viewers. Discuss the ins and outs of your favorite shows and more. The Tube provides a chat room for every TV channel in your list. All you need is your equinux ID and you're all set to chat. Create your Profile To help you to communicate better with your buddies online, you can create a profile that can be customized with your very own nickname, picture and status. and the search engine allows you to search for other users. Are you Kelly123, avid Lost viewer? Or are you Jason342, Sports Center fanatic? Whoever you are, express it with your new TubeTalk profile. Add your friends to your Buddylist Search for all your TV Buddies by name and add them to your Buddy list! That way, you'll be able to see them whenever they're on and chat with them about the twists and turns of this week's episode. To join a TubeTalk chat out of the buddy list, just click on the channel name beside your buddy and start chatting your heart out. Who has the highest ratings today? See how many percent are currently TubeTalking about a particular TV program in your channel list. You can directly join a chat by clicking on the bubble next to the name of the TV channel. The bubble will twinkle as soon as someone sends a new message in your active TubeTalk chat. Follow the Top Channel With The Tube you'll never miss the most popular TV shows. Let The Tube automatically follow the TV show with the highest ratings. Enjoy TV together with others The Tube is built to share your TV pleasure with others: You can automatically follow another user surfing through channels, send your friends a TV tip or give them a hint, which shows are worth recording. Smart Zoom 2: Keep an Eye on your TV Either set your TV window to mini mode and dynamically resize it using Smart Zoom, or switch to automatic mode and resize your window without any keystrokes. Never miss a Show again Schedule the Recording of your favorite programs and simply take them with you - that is the flexibility of The Tube. Timed Recording With The Tube you don't have to be at your computer to start your recordings: Just choose your favorite TV shows in the EPG or manually enter the time and the channel to record and The Tube will take care of the rest. Record from the beginning: Déjà Vu With The Tube you're able to start recording a TV show from the beginning even if it has already started. With Déjà Vu you only have to jump back to where you want to start and press record. Electronic Program Guide TV Guide information can be found for free on theinternet. Now The Tube can also display that information within it's EPG listing and can even search Google if you want to know more. Easily Find and Search for Recordings To find saved recording faster and easier, simply search by name or date and search for keywords in the description texts, to help you easily narrow your search. Users can even search via Spotlight, now that all recordings are saved in the Movies folder. And those TV watchers, using Mac OS X 10.5 can take advantage of the Leopard QuickLook feature and find all necessary recording details at a glance. Manual Timeshift We've all been there - you've just sat down to watch a movie when your phone starts ringing! Don't panic: Thanks to Timeshift your phonecall can be more important than your favorite show. With a simple click of the pause-button the current program is paused and stored by the software. As soon as you want to continue watching, just hit the play-button. The time indicator will show the status of the recording as well as the position where you left off. Déjà Vu - Time travel for TV recordings Imagine you turn on the TV and a few minutes into your favorite show a friend calls to invite you over for dinner. Thanks to the new Déjà Vu recording feature you can go out for dinner without missing a second! In fact, you can even record it right from the start. Déjà Vu lets you rewind the show and then start recording it from the beginning. Don't just record your show with a part missing, record it entirely - with Déjà Vu! Tune it Once - Enjoy it any Time It couldn't be easier: plug-in TubeStick, tune your stations and enjoy your favorite shows. Ultimate Flexibility Whether you're working, on-the-go or just taking a moment to relax - with TubeStick your TV is just a stick away. Multi-tasking Champion You're working and want to watch the news? Do you want to be able to see your favorite TV series regardless of what else you're working on? Multi-tasking is no problem for TubeStick. Decide for yourself whether to watch your TV fullscreen or off to the side, allowing you to work and watch TV simultaneously. Intelligent Channel List Know exactly what's on with just a glance. In the channel overview, you will find the currently running television shows next to each TV station. The only hard part is figuring out what you want to watch next. Full control from your Couch What would TV be without a remote control? The Tube supports the Apple Remote that is now included with all Macs. Just sit down on that comfy couch and click your way through television-paradise. Info when you Need it Information like the current station, running and upcoming programs are shown on a partially transparent frame over the current program. The start and end times of your tv-program are also shown. So all important show information is just a click away. Take your Show with you - on your iPod Copy your favorite episodes to your iPod with a single button. The Tube will automatically scale and convert the video into a format that can be read by your iPod and copies that video directly to your iTunes library. Three different quality settings are offered, so you can either prioritize file size, image quality or exporting speed. As The Tube also saves information about the program itself, you also have an overview of all your recordings on your iPod. The iPhone has already landed in The Tube The Tube now has the ability to save your recordings for the iPhone. You just have to choose which recordings you want to see on the road and which quality you'd like. The Tube will copy your recordings to iTunes where you can automatically synchronize them with your iPhone. Export multiple Recordings at once With The Tube it is now possible to export multiple TV recordings from your library at once. Just start the process for every recording you want to be exported to your iPhone and let The Tube do the rest. You can monitor the process by clicking on Activity. Your recordings now on Apple TV! You don't want to burn your recordings on a DVD, but watch them directly via your Apple TV? The Tube makes it easy. Hit export and your shows can automatically be exported to iTunes, which can then automatically sync them with your Apple TV. One click and The Tube and iTunes take care of the rest! Of course the Apple TV export feature also offers three different quality settings: Smaller file size, best image quality or fastest exporting speed. The Tube and iMovie - a match made in heaven! You are tired of commercial breaks during your recordings? Why don't you cut them out? The Tube now supports an iMovie-Export feature that allows you to edit your recordings using Apple's iLife-application - ideal for removing commercial breaks or preparing your recording for burning to a DVD. You only have to decide which format to use (4:3 or 16:9). If you want The Tube to export in the background, without slowing down other applications, set the preferences to "cooperative". If you can't wait for your exported recording and want The Tube to finish the job as soon as possible, then "egocentric" is the right choice. Use your own Program Guide Now that The Tube provides the standard EPG that comes with the DVB-T (DTT) stream and supports XMLTV, you can add any program guide you prefer. MediaCentral - what a Treat! Well who only wants to watch TV? Check out MediaCentral. MediaCentral is an application that will play your favorite media stored on your Mac or even streamed live over the internet. Whether it's TV, DVDs, Movies, Music, Photos, IP TV, Games or even Skype - MediaCentral will keep you entertained. MediaCentral can be started from within The Tube. A free Trial version is included.
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