Dave Zatz

Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Steve Jobs finds time for hobby with Apple TV update The Apple TV Software Update 2.3 adds a variety of features to the company’s set-top box. Although it’s a minor update, it’s at least proof that Apple hasn’t abandoned the Apple TV completely. Zune … Read more

The Philips DLO HomeDock HD

Last night at the DigitalFocus event (NYC), I spent a little time at the Philips table with the DLO HomeDock HD. It pipes iPod content to your HDTV, via a docking station and pleasant interface. At $250, it competes indirectly with AppleTV ($230) – with the HomeDock’s iPod acting as the ATV’s hard drive. However, … Read more

VuNow Launching December 15th

Hot on the heals of the Neuros Link unveiling, Verismo announces their VuNow video-to-the-TV solution will be available December 15th. Initially dubbed “the PoD” when NewTeeVee introduced it in June, VuNow provides the sort of features we’re coming to expect in the current generation of media extenders… In additional to typical, local media streaming and … Read more

The New Xbox Experience Is Here

The New Xbox Experience (NXE) has finally arrived. And I imagine many will be rushing home from work to check it out tonight.

FlyCast Releases Desktop Client

While Slacker and Pandora are breaking out of the computer, FlyCast is expanding beyond mobile handsets and has just introduced desktop software. The Adobe Air application is both Mac and PC compatible and joins their initial iPhone and Blackberry clients. FlyCast streams a variety of free music and news programming, including many regional radio station … Read more