Watch, Listen and View Computer-based Movies, Music and Pictures on your Television with BroadQ's Digital Media Player Software for the Sony PlayStation 2.
QCast technology transforms the Sony PlayStation 2 game console into a digital media player for receiving streaming video and audio content, as well as, images from a host computer over a LAN or WAN network. Now consumers can enjoy all forms of digital entertainment on the television from the comfort of an easy chair in the living room -- all for the price of a video game.

BroadQ's technology provides more functionality and value than any other solution in the market. No subscription or expensive hardware purchases required!

QCast Features
System Requirements
NTSC Sony PlayStation 2 Console
Memory Card (8MB)
Official Sony Network Adaptor

Computer Requirements
Pentium III+ or Mac G3 or G4
64 Megs Ram
20+MB Hard Drive
Windows (98SE/ME/2000/XP),
Mac OSX or Linux

Watch Movies and Video
Plays the most popular consumer video formats:

  • Supported video resolutions: up to 720x320, up to 640x360, up to 512x384 - 4:3 (recommended) and 320x240 - 4:3 (recommended for TV capture).
  • Supports screen adjustments (centering & stretching)
  • Supports 16:9 display ratios and progressive scan(480p) output (with HDTV and component cabling)
  • Support for playing of many incomplete .AVI files without re-indexing*

Listen to Music
Plays popular consumer music formats

  • ID3 tags
  • M3U playlists (via converter)

View Pictures
Views standard consumer digital photography formats

And more

  • Super easy auto-configuration network setup
  • Full trick-play functionality (VCR functions, such as fast-forward, rewind, pause, stop, and play)
  • Parental controls.
  • Multi-server, multi-client support
  • Windows, Mac and Linux OS Support

PS2 Network Media Player Architecture
The PS2 platform differs greatly from a standard PC. It utilizes a multi-processor architecture consisting of several processors and co-processors, 32MB of RAM, 8MB of volatile storage via a memory card, a DVD/CD-ROM and, in all current models, a 10/100 network interface. Older models require a $39 Sony Network adaptor for connectivity. The QCast technology is designed to take advantage of PS2’s resources and will continuously be optimized for additional performance.

Version 2.0 User Comment:
"...set-up took all of ten minutes. Test video was sweet and my own movies look SO much better than when I ran the computer straight to the TV! Thank you QCast, you have made an excellent product." elric666