The current generation of consoles on the market today are powerful machines and carry a lot of features so sometimes it's a little hard to keep track of what they can do. Here's one feature a lot of you may not have been aware of but may find useful: you can stream media (music, video, photos) from your PC to your PS3 and then using Remote Play, stream it to your PSP. In effect, you get to watch and listen to media from your PC from anywhere with a Wi-Fi hotspot. Find out how to connect these devices in the full article.

 

QJ reader Ryvis informs us that the latest update to the TVersity Media Server is now available at the official site. Since it's been several months since we last posted about this, here's a little refresher: TVersity features on the fly transcoding to WMV for the Xbox 360, and allows for management of various media files. It can be used to create a personalized sequence of channels. It also serves the said media to networked devices in your home.

Version 0.9.10.1 was released on April 19, 2007, and as of this writing, folks from the official site, say that release notes for the new version are "coming soon." However, we do know that, in this version, video support for the PlayStation 3, the Wii, the Nokia N800, and video for the Sony PSP is featured.

Oh, and for you Wii owners out there eager to try this out, please be aware that the developers note that due to their inability to get a Nintendo Wii, support for the Wii is experimental and was only tested via a desktop version of the Opera browser.

For more information on the application, feel free to head to the official site via our "read" link below. If in case the download link that they've got isn't working that well, we have one for you folks to use below. Enjoy folks!

Download: TVersity 0.9.10.1

One of the most useful gadgets created in the modern world is the in-car video player, because in the words of one dad, "It keeps those kids from bugging me with 'Are we there yet?!'" So when the in-car player of PBS' Robert X Cringely broke down, he decided to whip up a nifty replacement: an in-car media server.

What (or WTH) does this have to do with the PSP, PSPUpdates readers may ask. The PSP becomes the new in-car TV, hooking up to the in-car server as though it were a LocationFree player. So if you're tired of playing games during a long car trip and want to watch a movie - except they don't fit in the Memory Stick and your local store doesn't stock UMDs anymore... you get the idea.

Bob took for his server a Norhtec MicroClient Jr. PC... from Thailand (tip: he also says that the cheapest non-Windows PCs around are most often found in Thailand. Just a hint.). It only cost him around US$ 190 to get the box with Wi-Fi capability, and a USB slot for an external storage device, such as a 4GB flash drive. Fanless it was, but at least it's robust enough to survive the horrors of riding in a car with boys, he says.

The server runs off Puppy Linux, which can boot off a CD or, in Bob's case, a CompactFlash card. It can run off the 12 volts of a car battery. It's a bit smaller than a Mac Mini, which makes it PERFECT for fitting under the car seat. A godsend for Bob, now the kids don't bug him with endless "Are we there yets".

Which brings this story to another interesting tidbit about the PSP. The PSP Bob used was a gift from the kids' Grandma, "who had no idea that two-year-olds don't get such things for their birthdays, and when they do get them they try to flush them down the toilet. Though not advertised as such, the PSP is EXTREMELY water-resistant."