Users enjoy multi-directional wireless transmissions with a range of up to 100 feet in a typical home environment and high-speed broadband Internet access around the globe, according to the folks at I-O Data Device. LocationFree TV is a platform that streams a live video and audio signal from a base station to client devices. It allows users to watch TV and video from devices in their living room on a remote computer, so long as there’s a broadband connection between the base station and the client.Sony’s current LocationFree TV base station, the LF-PK1, supports access from a custom hardware terminal that resembles a tablet PC, from a Windows 2000 or Windows XP-based personal computer or from a PlayStation Portable.

I-O Data's TLF-MAC/E software package-- the company's first Mac product -- expands functionality to Macs, so now Mac users can watch their favorite TV programming, DVDs, or digital video recorder content remotely at home and over the Internet while on the road, according to Jack Akita, director of business development. For Mac users who already own a Sony LocationFree base station, this software will allow the two devices to interoperate. Alternatively, users can purchase the LocationFree Player Pak for Macintosh, which includes the software and LocationFree base station

I-O Data plans to release TLF-MAC/E software in the U.S. in late June. The TLF-MAC/E software package with a Sony LocationFree user account has a manufacturers suggested retail price of US$39.95. The LocationFree Player Pak for Macintosh, which includes the software and a bundled LF-PK1 Base Station, has an MSRP of $309. The products require Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher and QuickTime 6.4 or higher. It's a Universal Binary product so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.