

There is also a Beam Queue feature that allows you to select multiple videos which are then queued and played in order. There is also a list of compatible display devices, allowing you to select the one that you want to 'beam' videos to and the Beam icon will appear on videos that are supported by the app. When you select a video to stream the Twonky Beam window opens on the right hand side offering you a choice of play, stop, preview and volume.

The Twonky Beam app appears as an icon on your tablet or smartphone and when you select the icon it opens your standard internet browser but with the app itself positioned to the right hand edge of the browser window. It all sounds very interesting, so let's take a look and see how it works in practice. You can create playlists of media items from across the web, continue browsing while playing media on a device and bookmark your favourite sites for future streaming. Twonky Beam is primarily aimed at internet video, but it also works with audio and photos. The home page contains links to popular websites and you can easily return to this page by tapping the Twonky logo in the app. When you visit a website, Twonky Beam displays a Twonky Beam button over the media files that you are able stream to another device.
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Twonky Beam is an enhanced browser that is available for both Android and iOS and provides a simple and familiar way to discover and enjoy internet videos on your tablet or smartphone and then stream or 'beam' them to your Smart TV, Apple TV or other media players on your home network. You can use Twonky products to share your favourite media with PCs, TVs, stereos and other devices connected to your network and Twonky products work with Windows, Mac, Linux, Mobile and the Web. The idea behind Twonky's suite of products is to offer computer and mobile applications, as well as an enhanced media website, to help you easily enjoy personal and online music, photos and videos.

The modern day Twonky isn't trying to dominate your life but it is trying to make it a little easier thanks to some very inventive software. Anyone interested in catching this forgotten masterpiece can find it on YouTube, just don't expect production values, good acting or a coherent plot. However the Twonky Beam is an app, which is a first for us and better than that, it's free! Twonky take their name from a little know 50s B-movie called The Twonky, which is about a man whose life becomes dominated by his TV - we know the feeling. We get to review quite a range of products here at AVForums, one day it's an £18,000 projector, the next it's a £100 Blu-ray player.
