ABC 33/40 - Birmingham News, Weather, SportsTechBits: Cirago bridges gap between TV, computers (6.29.11)

    A new device from Cirago connects computers and TVs for seamless management of your data and multimedia files.

  The TV Platinum HD Network Multimedia Center sounds like it's just for video and other media, but at its heart, it's a network attached storage unit with a 2 terabyte hard drive.  Lots of storage space is good- because multimedia is where this unit really shines.

    You can store all your favorite movies, pictures, and music on the hard drive- or a thumb drive or media card.  It plugs into your TV by HDMI , so you don't have to watch your movies on your computer.  It also has built in media players so it can also port your pictures and music through your TV.  But because it's on your network, you can also let the media players you use on your computer handle your files.

    The Cirago unit can also play streaming Internet radio stations- and using the AV inputs on the back, you can also record TV shows and play them back later.