FlipShare TV service launches Flip videos to your TV

By | December 2, 2009, 6:16am PST

Summary: There’s a new way to share those videos shot on your Flip camcorders now. Cisco has just announced FlipShare TV, which will allow budding videographers share their photos and videos instantly on their living room TV. Really aimed for situations where you want to broadcast a clip on something larger than a YouTube screen, the FlipShare [...]

There’s a new way to share those videos shot on your Flip camcorders now. Cisco has just announced FlipShare TV, which will allow budding videographers share their photos and videos instantly on their living room TV.

Really aimed for situations where you want to broadcast a clip on something larger than a YouTube screen, the FlipShare device lets users show media wirelessly. The release makes the set-up look a bit complicated, and might be one of those things you just figure out as you go along, but basically the console box is hooked up to the TV. Then you can access videos (transferred from the camcorder via USB) directly from the computer without connecting the computer to the TV.

The package includes a TV Base, a USB key, and a remote control (and you’ll even get the pair of AAA batteries to power it).

It’s available immediately for $149.99 at Flip’s online store, as well as all the major online stores like Amazon, Target.com, BestBuy.com, and WalMart.com. Anyone eager to pick one of these up?

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Not sure what the advantage here is since I already have the ability to connect my Flip video recorder to my TV via the RCA inputs.
Not sure about this one as I have an HDMI cable to hook my Flip up to my HDTV... Why pay $150 when the cable works well.
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