--- Forwarded Message from Erica Andree <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:52:12 -0500 >From: Erica Andree <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9342 International TV Servers >To: [log in to unmask] We purchased a VuNow device by Verismo [http://www.verismonetworks.com/] as an interim solution for a new language center. I do not recommend this device. Pros: -Inexpensive ($129) -Many channels available. -No subscription fees. -provides limited internet access without need for computer. Cons: -No functional channel guide. -No program guide to help find programs. -Few available channels are "real" broadcast channels recognizable to language faculty. No Japanese. -Channels are added and dropped without notice. -Most included channels are already available freely on the web. -No built in way to record programming for future classroom use. -Realtime broadcast usually means low-value, after-hours programming from Europe or Asia during prime teaching time. -Additional YouTube and Website browsing is of little value since the theater already has computer and internet access. Erica Andree Director of Center for Languages and International Collaboration Pacific University | 2043 College Way | Forest Grove, OR 97116 Office: 503.352.1607 | CLIC: 503.352.1608 | [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************