This is one of the first commercial HME applications I’ve run across…
Web-a-Photo (who?) allows you to share, edit, and order prints of your photos online. Their free beta HME app, which must be installed on your PC, serves up those web photos on TV via TiVo. I can’t say I’m overly enthused about this product considering the app is hosted locally and my photos are happily ensconced on Flickr. TiVo Desktop software and Galleon both already provide decent options for displaying personal pics… and apps.tv hosts a Flickr tag photo browser for the voyeurs amongst us.
(As usual, HME apps are limited to networked Series 2 TiVo units — version 7.2.2 of the system software required in this case.)
Web-a-Photo says: Sharing photos on a PC is great, but PCs often have limitations. Imagine trying to show photos of your newborn to 10 family members via a small, 15 inch PC screen. One family member is too nearsighted to see the screen, another is too tall and is blocking everyone else’s view, etc.. Luckily, Web-A-Photo has the solution that will prevent a family feud. Web-A-Photo has teamed up with TiVo® to allow easy viewing of photos on your TV screen. This feature is easy to use and available now!
Totally bizarre. You upload your photos to Web-a-Photo, but you have to install an app locally to view them? Why can’t they host the HME app on their site?
Someone needs to hit Web-a-Photo with a clue ray.