GameStop has been buying up companies recently in order to diversify its business. Basing most of its growth on used games has caused the actual gaming industry to dislike dealing the company, and internet delivery systems like Steam is bypassing retail altogether. So what do they do? Stream games to tablets.
MLB.TV is a wonderful service that streams virtually ever Major League Baseball game to your device of choice. The only downside? It’s a hundred bucks, which sounds like a lot – and is if you don’t actually watch as much baseball as you tell yourself you’re going to.
Apple’s AirPlay is terrific in so many ways – streaming everything everywhere! – but it’s hard to get over the fact that it maxes out at 720p video streaming. Unless! Unless you’re Eric Govoruhk and Kelly McAteer, and you’ve found a way to use a wireless HDMI transmitter and a USB battery pack to bump AirPlay up to 1080p sweetness.
As much as I hate to say it, the Zune is more or less dead. It’s been a year and a half since we’ve seen a redesign, and though Zune hardware has always been quality, Microsoft seems to have refocused their handheld efforts behind WP7 (with rumours of an Xbox-branded device).
Back in November when the Mac App Store was announced, an OS X version of Air Video and Stream To Me was at the top of our list. Stream To Me came through and now you can stream audio and video between your Macs, wherever they are, with live conversion.