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Interact-TV Announces Multiroom Home Entertainment Server Solution (15/4/2005)

-Cost Effective Multiroom Distribution of Digital Media Across Home Networks-

Building upon the Telly Home Entertainment Server(TM) product line, Interact-TV(TM) , a leading developer of home entertainment servers, today announced a new, low cost Telly TC150 client that expands consumer access of digital media to multiple rooms utilizing the home network. The Telly TC150 will sell for $499 and will also be paired with Interact-TV's award winning Telly MC1200 to create a two room server/client package starting at $1249.

The Telly TC150 client can access and playback all the digital media stored on any Telly Home Entertainment Server on the home network. This includes recorded programs, saved DVDs, music and digital photos. With the TV input option, the Telly TC150 can record television programs. Upgrade the Telly TC150 with a DVD player to store or playback DVDs right from the client unit. The Telly TC150 also has its own 80 GB hard drive, providing distributed storage throughout the home network. This creates better security as well as easy digital media storage expansion. The Telly TC150 is small and compact, measuring 12.5" x 4.5" x 10", so it fits easily into any room in the house.

"We are seeing increased demand from consumers who want to easily access their digital media from anywhere in their home," stated Ken Fuhrman, CEO of Interact-TV. "The Telly TC150 is small enough to put anywhere, from the kitchen to the bedroom to the den. Now consumers can always have their digital media available, wherever they are in the home, without sacrificing the ease of use required to manage digital media effectively."

The Telly TC150 can access all of the standard Telly server features which allow consumers to easily store, organize, playback and enjoy digital media in their home. Telly servers are compact and quiet, designed for any room in the home and fully scaleable with up to 1.2 Terabytes of media storage. Telly's comprehensive entertainment management features include a personal video recorder and a digital video library which serves everything from stored DVDs to recorded video, home videos, and Internet downloaded videos. The included music library and digital photo library can store entire music and photo collections. Telly digital media libraries can be accessed directly from a TV connected to the Telly unit and shared with networked Telly clients, media adapters, and PCs throughout the home network.

The Telly TC150 will be available in May 2005 directly from the manufacturer's online store.

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