OFFICIAL: T-Box Is Now Media Hub

T-Box has arrived. Telstra’s PVR will now let you listen to music, view photos thanks to My Media, announced today.
The latest update to the T-Box means users will be able to share photos, videos and music directly on to their TV using My Media tool.

My Media allows users stream media from a PC to T-Box, and create photo slideshows and music playlists through their T-Box onto their TV.

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Sharing of multimedia files to T-Box can be done via connecting a thumb drive or external HDD to the PVR’s USB port or else via Windows 7 PC with Windows Media Player 12.

Here’s a complete list of what can be done via T-Box’s My Media:

· Share media from a USB hard drive, memory stick or computer

· View videos, photos and music on your TV

· Create a playlist of your favourite music or photos

· Create a slideshow with photos and background music

This latest update comes after the launch of the T-Box remote control app last year, as Telstra fights off new competition from Optus Fetchtv and similar IPTV services from Internode and iiNet.

Optus also added 51 new foreign language channels and several world packages for fetchtv IPTV service, announced today.