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- VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.
- VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.Vudu Vs. Apple TVI looked into the two competitors when I made purchase two months ago. Shouldn't the ability to load your own video material onto the device be industry standard as well?I chose Apple TV because I can load my current...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.
- Remember on Thursday when Apple announced that "Day and Date" movie sales and rentals would available on iTunes and Apple TV on the same day as they're released on DVD? Well, it turns out that that may not be that big of a deal. According to an...
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Will iTunes new DVD distribution schedule be enough to boost Apple TV?
- Will iTunes new DVD distribution schedule be enough to boost Apple TV?Love my AppleTV!The movie selection is improving rapidly, which should help a lot. I think ATV is sort of a "sleeper" that could blossom into something significant for Apple.One of my favorite uses for ATV is looking at photos...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Windows Media Center meets cable TV in HD
- Windows Media Center meets cable TV in HDBitrate numbers?Can you post the bitrate/codec that the recorded HD shows playback at? The data-rate would be an important factor for some of us as lower bitrates = less quality.ThanksVideo bit rateThis is DVR-MS format, which uses Windows Media codecs. A typical...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit
- The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- 9% of primetime TV viewers watch more TV after writers’ strike is over
- 9% of primetime viewers said they are watching more TV now that the strike is over compared to during the strike, while 82% are watching the same amount. 62% said they’ll return to their favorite show once it is back on air in late March/April 2008. 55% said they will...
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-ray
- What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayRE: What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayWhy convert? if you have the DVDs then you have the player right? just keep using itNo rush...Assuming one already owns an HD-DVD drive for their PC, there is no reason...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- One+year+till+death+of+analog+TV+in+USA
- One+year+till+death+of+analog+TV+in+USASo when I decide to get Cable again...I will have to get all of these items, or get a new TV. Perhaps my television set will die before then.Waste of taxpayer dollarsI predict 40% of these coupons will be used by Frys geeks to see how the converter works...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTV
- With a move pending in two weeks, my wife and I had to confront a bunch of issues - renovating the new apartment, finding movers, and of course the most important one of all - deciding whether or not to stick with Time Warner Cable, or make the jump to...
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Macworld Expo: Jobs vs. Gates
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs strides across the stage of the Macworld Expo keynote on Tuesday and the computer industry pauses for an hour and holds its collective breath. Again, Apple delivered the goods, in hardware innovation, in services and in partnerships. What a contrast to last...
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Cowen: Debating SaaS slowdown; Google Apps and AMD market share
- Cowen & Co. outlined its top 10 potential technology surprises for 2008 and a slowdown in software as a services is front and center on the list. There are also a few wild-cards such as Google Apps adoption and AMD giving up on the market share war. ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!
- CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!re:vod and cableCARDjust a headsup regarding cc's and dvr's. presently, cc's are capable of vod, its just the hardware is not enabled. on the various tivo forums, this has been discussed quite often. at some time in the future i'm...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!
- Another long day of wandering the floor at CES yielded some solid, albeit not paradigm-shifting, discoveries. And don't worry, no surge protectors today. Canon VIXIA HF10 HD Camcorder With my wife due to give birth to our first child in a couple of months,...
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Philips AJL308 Digital Clock and Photo Frame (7 inch)
- The Philips AJL308 clock radio/photo frame is a tricky product to review. What makes it tough is that on one level the idea of combining a clock radio with a digital photo frame is a really cool concept--and in many ways the AJL308 succeeds. But at the same time it's...
- Product reviews 2008-01-02
- How Cisco Uses Live Broadcasts and Video on Demand to Save Cost of Onsite Meetings
- Executives at Cisco Systems needed an efficient and economical way to communicate with employees in the newly formed sales group for emerging markets. Because these employees are located around the world, bringing them to an onsite meeting was costly and impractical. The solution was an IP-based, live video broadcast from...
- Case studies 2007-12-17
- Gotuit for video your way: Do-it-yourself VOD programming
- Gotuit for video your way: Do-it-yourself VOD programminghttp://www.analogstereo.com/vauxhall_corsa_owners_manual.htmhttp://www.analogstereo.com/vauxhall_corsa_owners_manual.htm
- Discussion threads 2007-12-02
- How Cisco Designed and Deployed IPTV for Global Communications
- Cisco IP/TV broadcasts are one of several ways that Cisco Systems delivers multimedia content, some of the others being virtual classrooms and Video on Demand VoD. In general, Cisco uses Cisco IP/TV broadcasts for providing high-quality, live, or prerecorded information to large audiences of more than 50 people. In contrast...
- Case studies 2007-11-19
- Seven screen shots: forthcoming Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program Guide
- Seven screen shots: forthcoming Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program GuideI want this available nowIt's the only way Time Warner will make their pricing and services better, if they get some competition.Nice but ...no real functionality that my DirecTivo has not had for years. The weather, traffic, and movie posters are...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-05
- Seven screen shots: forthcoming Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program Guide
- Just this morning, cable television industry trade newspaper Multichannel News posted a link to a file that when opened, contains a Flash demo of features offered in Verizon's forthcoming interactive media guide for its FiOS TV service.The guide, which Verizon calls IMG (nice acronym for "image," as well) will be...
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- Hollywood execs still cautious about user generated content
- Not every Hollywood studio or entertainment giant looks at YouTube as a kind of video pirate ship. "YouTube is a great marketing platform. A lot of the time my producers and writer are submitting [video] to the site," said Stefanie Henning, senior vice president of Fox Television Studios."YouTube is a...
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
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