Want Boxee and Hulu to play in high-def on your TV? Meet Myka ION

 
For Immediate Release

LINCOLN, Mass., Nov. 5, 2009 -- Myka, makers of the magic box that downloads and streams high-definition videos onto your TV, is introducing the Myka ION -- the first consumer Web-to-TV product that can easily run Boxee, Hulu and other leading Internet video services.

Myka ION is powered by the Intel Atom Processor 330 and NVIDIA ION Graphics Processor, giving the Myka ION fast media-player performance at a low cost.

Myka ION lets you browse to any Web site and play video content directly onto your TV -- bypassing your PC entirely. No messing with conversion software, no tinkering with anything. Plug it in and it starts working right away.

"Technology has finally caught up with what consumers want out of Internet video services," said Myka President Dan Lovy. "They want to be freed from their computers and watch the growing variety of Web video content on their large-screen, high-definition living room TVs. And they want to do it without a lot of hassle and without video quality suffering.

"We've heard them loud and clear and we're proud to present the Myka ION, the first product to take advantage of the latest processor technology and finally give Web video consumers what they want."

The Intel and NVIDIA processors do all the heavy lifting, such as video encoding/decoding during playback, resulting in seamless, high-quality content beamed directly to your TV. The Myka ION is actually a mini-PC in itself.

With the Myka ION, you don't need to do any work to figure out how to get a downloaded video to actually play on your TV. With a wide range of file formats supported, you don't need to think about it at all. Just plug it in and enjoy.

To see videos of Myka in action, to order a box or if you want to join Myka's open-source developer community, go to myka.tv. Also, you can follow Myka on Twitter at twitter.com/mykatv or on Myka President Dan Lovy's blog, therisingtides.blogspot.com

About Myka: Myka develops a state-of-the-art video player that downloads files from the Internet onto its hard drive to be played back directly, in high definition, on your television. It contains built-in downloading and streaming video capabilities. Myka also supports an open-source developer community and is pursuing partnerships with high-quality video content providers.