Announcing partnership with Myka.tv

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:40 pm

You may have noticed banner advertisements we are running for the Myka for the last few days. On their website you would see a special offer with isoHunt, which includes $10-15 discount off the Myka, $25 coupon for movie downloads, and a free isoHunt T-Shirt with your purchase.

I've looked at their specs and talked with Dan, the creator of the Myka. They seem to have done everything right for a set-top device like this with hassle-free hook up to the TV - with it you'll be able to download straight to the Myka via BitTorrent or from files on your PC, all with standard protocols (802.11b/g or ethernet), codecs (MPEG-2 and all the variants of MPEG-4), resolutions (HD or standard), and is BitTorrent certified. In my opinion, this is Apple TV as it should have been, unhampered by various restrictions with iTunes (and it comes with 500G version to boot, bigger than any Apple TV version). I'm very excited with this device, it'll truly bring internet media to the living room. The Myka being an embedded device will also save a lot of power compared to regular PCs, and likely play videos smoother than most PCs, with the Myka's hardware decoding of advanced codecs such as H.264. Dan from Myka is on this forum, so any question you have he'll be happy to answer under this topic.

If you've been following our news, there isn't much of any commecial products I've really vouched for, and I do think this is a real deal. Unfortunately I don't have a prototype to test with yet, but when I do I'll write more about it. TorrentFreak has also written a good overview of the Myka. So what are you waiting for, pre-order now for the low low price of $289! (and up)

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UPDATE: No, this is not a April Fool's joke, it's real.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:33 am

This is just the unit I need. However, being the skeptical weenie that I am, I pre-ordered the 80gig instead of the 500.

Thanks for the 'head's up' on the unit and I'll be wearing that isohunt T-shirt proudly!

Axe

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:28 pm

wtf? thats a lot of money for you guys to spend on an april fools' More than 10 cents? Good work anyway on doing 2 fools. better than google and virgin each doing a half each!

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:40 pm

looks real enough to me

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:46 pm

Keep in mind that was the 31st not the day itself... Looks real enough to me too, and that would be damn handy if I didn't have a laptop with HDMI out already :/

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:22 am

Not a joke, it's real

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:52 pm

excellent!

let's hope this can both reinforce teh torrent community, isoHunt and hopefully allow for a better distribution model