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Getting HD video onto your computer is easy, no matter which way you go about it.  Although, most of the time your PC can’t take full advantage of the content due to the monitor, speakers, or both.  It is possible to play it on the PS3 or Xbox 360, but then you have to make sure the file is supported on the systems.  Sometimes it can be a real pain and requires far more work than should be needed to watch your HD content, or any other content on your HDTV rather than on your computer monitor.

This is where DisplayShare, a new program from Golden Signals comes in.  With DisplayShare you’re able to show everything on you computer on a game system that is connected to the same network.  This can include any sort of document on your computer, as it shows exactly what the computer monitor shows. 

As of now, only the PlayStation 3 software is available, but Xbox 360 and Wii software will be available later in 2009.  The sound quality is supposed to be better, but that is because you presumably have a better sound system around the HDTV than around the computer.  There is no word on the video quality, however.  It might just stream exactly how the computer is set up, or perhaps it fits to the resolution of the HDTV. 

I would assume it displays the same resolution as the computer monitor, though.  Either way, the sound will most likely be better and the video will be able to be shared with multiple people in a large room rather than all crowded around a computer monitor.

Read [Consumer Electronics Daily News]
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