This article evaluates the EtherneTV Media Distribution System from VBrick Systems. Use of streaming video in the enterprise has been limited to transmitting tiny talking heads. Trying to include useful features such as whiteboard shots and product demonstrations has proven too difficult for all, but the most advanced and costly video distribution systems. VBrick's EtherneTV Media Distribution System changes that. However, it is not cheap, ranging from $10,000 to more than $100,000 for a complete system. Yet VBrick has succeeded in creating a single system that combines near-broadcast quality, appliance-like ease of setup, and flexible support for live broadcasts, on-demand streaming, and videoconferencing. A typical setup would have the bricks getting their initial configuration through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, with the MCS handling connection or multicast channel setup. VBricks decision to offer MPEG-4 as an encoding alternative to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 was a good one. The format meets low bandwidth requirements and can stream reasonably good video to even mobile telephones and handheld devices. Each brick can be controlled in a variety of ways: via serial- or Telnet-based command line; with a Web browser through an encrypted login; with Simple Network Management Protocol; and via the MCS scheduler.