New Slingbox competitor: Hava

In the expanding world of place and time shifting of entertainment comes a new contender, Hava, taking aim at Slingbox’s dominance in the marketplace. With HD support starting at just $159, they could be on to something.

Today they are launching Hava Titanium HD, $249. Included with this unit is a 802.11g (with 802.11n coming in the near future) dongle that fits into one of the two USB slots for wire-free transmitting to your PC or just an external stand alone hard drive.  An unlimited number of PCs in your network can watch via WiFi.
The tuner can also be used in TIVO-like fashion, pausing, rewinding and fast forwarding and allows burning to DVD. Nice.

The mobile player looks to be in Beta, but free.  Just a heads up.

The feature spec is:

• Includes wireless 802.11g USB dongle
• Two USB ports for added functionality and future upgrades
• Stream Live TV – to multiple PCs simultaneously (Multicast)
• Supports Windows Vista
• Network TV Tuner for Microsoft Media Center PCs on home network
• Connects to any TV source such as Cable, Satellite, DVD, TiVo or a Camcorder
• Enables TiVo-like functionality on the PC. Users can record, store, pause, rewind and fast forward stored video
• All inputs include a pass-through connector, eliminating the use of splitters when connecting HAVA to home video equipment
• Streams video at an average of 6-8Mbps directly to PCs in home network in MPEG-2 full D1 resolution, at 720 x 480 pixels
• Streams MPEG-2 format over the home network, MPEG-4 format over the Internet
• Schedule and record programs for later viewing
• Allows burning of stored material to DVD
• Support for Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0 cell phones and PDA’s

Product Page: [myhava]