<![CDATA[Gizmodo: fyretv]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: fyretv]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/fyretv http://gizmodo.com/tag/fyretv <![CDATA[FyreTV Review: Porn Streams Beautifully Onto Your Bedroom TV]]> We've covered the original and wireless FyreTV boxes already, but the porn-on-your-TV streamer has finally gotten to a point where it's stable and usable. And it really is great.

The newest wireless box, combined with the latest firmware updates, make this box a porn streaming solution that's practical in that you can hook it to any TV in your house and deliver porn to it.

Here's the gist of the device. The FyreTV box connects, via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, to the FyreTV servers. For $9.95 a month (plus more if you go over your 100 allotted credits), you get access to a 10,000+ title library of porn. There's HDMI as well as component and composite connections, as well as a (as of right now, pretty crappy) remote to control what you see.

What you need to know, as a gadget person who also enjoys the occasional pornographic video, is that this is probably the easiest way to get legal porn onto your TV. Where the previous version required you to drag an Ethernet cable for a connection—something not every person has in their bedrooms—the Wi-Fi on this version allows you quite a bit of freedom.

As for the quality, it's essentially DVD-level video parsed through a streaming filter. FyreTV will have HD content soon, but the DVD quality is good enough for most people. The menus are navigated easily enough, and with the latest software updates, you won't see too many slowdowns. Suffice it to say, you'll be able to get the job done without waiting for stuff to load and menus to pop up, provided you have a decent enough internet connection.

Is it easy to use? Definitely. Is it free? No. You can rig up a PC to your TV and download free internet porn if you have an extra machine lying around and know what you're doing. But it is the easiest, quickest and most legal way to get streaming pornography onto your bedroom or living room TV. [FyreTV (NSFW)]

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<![CDATA[FyreTV, the Best Streaming TV Porn Box, Goes Wireless (NSFW)]]> We got hands-on with the FyreTV living-room porn streaming solution last year at AVN, but this year's version is even better. Why? Because it's wireless so you can take it anywhere in your house.

The FyreTV system, which just went out of beta this past month, has a Wi-Fi version of their set-top-box with the same DVD-quality porn streaming for the same $9.95 monthly subscription. Here's their thought process. Lots of people like watching porn in the bedroom; their previous FyreTV box is only Ethernet-enabled, with no dongle option; not a lot of people have Ethernet wiring in the bedroom. Thus, the wireless FyreTV is born.

We've tested the original FyreTV box for a while now, and it's definitely worth the subscription price in both usability and convenience. The wireless box is still fairly inconspicuous, with a black finish and no "THIS IS MY PORN BOX" label, as you can see in the photo above (left) with lovely model Ashlynn Brooke.

FyreTV guys also told us that they're going to be enabling HD wireless streaming in about two months, meaning the same box you buy now will be able to stream HD content wirelessly to your bedroom—assuming your bedroom has the required high def equipment. [FyreTV]

Some bonus info from adult star Ashlynn Brooke:

Hey Y'all! I'm here at the Adult Entertainment Expo 2009 representing FyreTV. It is so much fun being able to talk to my fans, take pictures with them and sign autographs. If you don't already know FyreTV is the hottest IPTV set top boxxx around. Just think....you can have me, Ashlynn Brooke right there on demand. Now I know you guys would LOVE that right?

Now here's all that great geeky stuff I know you guys like: it's wireless 802.11 b and g. It's really small and cute even though I usually like larger things ...hehe. It has all kinds of output, HDMI, S-video, component and composite. And the best part of all is it can deliver me right to your bedroom!

So make sure you check out www.fyretv.com and my website www.ashlynnbrooke.com.

Love ya'll!

Ash

P.S. All this geeky stuff is kinda hot...I think I might have to do a couple more posts :) Would you guys like that? And by the way Jason Chen...you are so hot :)

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<![CDATA[Huge California Porn Tax Proposal Goes Limp]]> Digital dowloads taxes might be breathing hot and steamy down our necks, but we apparently dodged at least one taxation bullet today: A Ron Jeremy-sized 25 percent tax on adult entertainment in California that would've extended to streamed and downloaded internet porn (you know, if you actually paid for it).

Assemblyman Charles Calderon argued that people who make or watch it should pays for its "harms." Happily, his proposal just died in committee. It does raise an interesting question though, since it could obviously only tax actual transactions: How many of you DO pay for porn? [The Blowfish Blog via Valleywag]

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<![CDATA[Hands-on With FyreTV, the Best Porn in the Living Room Solution Yet (NSFW)]]> FyreTV, the guys who are releasing a nondescript set-top-box that streams IPTV adult video straight into your living room just gave us a hands-on demo with their machine. Here's what we think: it's the best thing we've seen yet to bring you on-demand porn over the internet into your living room.

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You've already seen the details. The FyreTV streams you DVD-quality adult IPTV from major studios, letting you enjoy content without having to store it locally. You've got three packages to subscribe with beyond the mandatory $9.99 monthly fee that gives you a certain bucket of minutes.

• Buying more on-demand minutes to use as you watch, which will be somewhere between $0.17 to $0.24 a minute.
• Buying a specific movie to get unlimited viewing.
• Buying a monthly pass to get unlimited access (for that month) to a specific studio's content, which gives you all the movies in their catalog. This will be somewhere around $24ish, depending on the studio.

The box performance was great. DVD quality video was good on the cheap Vizio set they were demoing it on. The remote control was super responsive, and when you queue up a video it streams incredibly fast (probably because of their setup on the floor, so we'll have to see how it performs in the real world when we do a hands-on at home).

Other great functionality include bookmarking, favorites, playback history, playlists, scene ranking (1 to 5 stars), combination tag searches (Blondes, Boobs, Blondes + Big Boobs were the ones we used) and easy fast forward/rewinding through scenes.

FyreTV's best news is that their box will have no stickers (as shown in the pictures) or markings on it, so you can hide it in plain sight next to your DVR and have your in-laws be none the wiser. Why watch porn on your little computer monitor when you can watch it on a 150-inch HDTV in your living room? Oh and if you've read this far, it means you're definitely interested in this thing. We're going to have a special code soon for Gizmodo readers that will get you into the expanded beta (they went from 5,000 to 10,000 beta units) ahead of everyone else. [FyreTV]

Photo credit: FyreTV

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<![CDATA[FyreTV Update: Subscription-based IPTV Porn at DVD-Quality]]> We've got some more details on the FyreTV IPTV porn box that brings DVD-quality porn into your living room (where it belongs). If we're reading the site correctly, the FyreTV box will be subscription-based, meaning it's essentially an "all you can eat" type of porn instead of an a la carte—think Zune Pass vs. iTunes. It's entirely streaming, so there's no saving of content, but you can bookmark and search for your favorite scenes. Go sign up for the free beta if you're interested. [FyreTV]

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<![CDATA[FyreTV Brings Adult IPTV To Your Living Room]]> Picture a Vudu IPTV box that brings porn into your living room over the internet. That's FyreTV, which will be "The Hottest BoXXX You'll Ever Experience" when beta applications begin in just about 12 hours. There's not many details on their home page or their meager press release that just says they've signed up non-exclusive deals with a few adult content providers. What we do know is that this is completely streaming (no downloading and saving), and you'll be able to create favorites and search movies for "specific performers and scenes". Sounds like FireTV isn't the only thing that'll be coming soon. [FyreTV via Adult FYI (NSFW) - Thanks Bryan G!]

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