Monsoon Multimedia Vulkano Flow

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5.6

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Pros:

Watch your home HDTV content on any PC, Mac, iPad, or smartphone with a decent broadband hookup.
Affordable.
Control with a virtual remote.

Cons:

Can only stream analog output from your settop box.
No 5.1 or 7.1 audio support.

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Last revision on May 12, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Watch your home HDTV content on any PC, Mac, iPad, or smartphone with a decent broadband hookup
Affordable
Control with a virtual remote
Simple setup
Excellent video quality for "on the fly" encoding
Ability to time shift/record live TV

Reviewers Didn't Like

Can only stream analog output from your settop box
No 5.1 or 7.1 audio support
Remote control suffers from serious lag
Limited DVR functionality
No Web site access functionality unlike Sling
The Electronic Programming Guide isn't always reliable and we had the beta Mac version of the system's player crash on us a few times
We also wish it had HDMI ports
Per-mobile-client cost, only one client at a time can connect to the Flow

Expert reviews and ratings

Overall, I enjoyed watching my TV remotely using the Flow and various software players. The quality was better than I’d experienced with older versions, and I particularly liked being able to access my DVR recordings and on-demand content, since...

By Macworld on July 11, 2011

While Sky enables you to watch some of its channels through Sky Player online TV service, it's not the norm to have that sort of flexibility from your home TV provider. In the connected world, this seems somewhat anachronistic, but then the SlingBox...

By TechRadar on April 23, 2011

While the experience isn't as polished as the Slingbox, the Vulkano Flow offers an impressive amount of streaming and recording features at an unbeatable price...

By cnet on March 31, 2011

The Monsoon Multimedia Vulkano Flow is the latest version of the Vulkano product line, and represents a simplification of the feature set to focus on “place shifting” (streaming) of live television while greatly simplifying the setup of the...

By The Gadgeteer on March 25, 2011