Dave Zatz

Digital->Analog Converter Boxes Land at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart has announced availability of what may be the first over-the-air (OTA) digital-to-analog converter boxes to hit the retail channel. Apparently 3,400 stores have stocked the $49.87 Magnavox STB and are ready for your $40 coupon (arriving as soon as next week). My concern is that the folks requesting the finite number of vouchers are … Read more

Apple’s Got Game?

By appyling to expand their trademark coverage last week, Apple’s keeping the door open to enter the gaming arena: Toys, games and playthings, namely, hand-held units for playing electronic games; hand-held units for playing video games; stand alone video game machines; electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only; LCD game … Read more

Netflix Agrees: Blu-ray Wins

Reuters reports, Netflix said that with such a clear signal from the industry, it will only buy Blu-ray discs going forward and will phase out stock of HD DVD by about the end of the year.

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Motorola WiMax Mythbusting: Connected Home 2 Go Super Bowl Sums Up TV in America: Connected Home 2 Go How To Cover Flow-ize Flickr Photos: Brent Evans Geek Tonic Can DivX’s Safe Harbor Protect Them From Stage6 Pirates: Davis Freeberg One Million FiOS TV Customers Can’t … Read more

Need a Hulu Invite?

I just read over on TV Squad that Hulu beta users have ten invites to give out. Sure enough, when I logged in, there they were. So, I’ll donate half of mine to ZNF readers. Leave a comment if you want in and I’ll randomly pick the winners tomorrow. For those who already have Hulu … Read more

Roxio TiVoToGo Troubles Persist

Roxio thought they had this resolved back in November, but OS X TiVoToGo issues related to TiVo’s Fall Software Update and/or Leopard persist. While I haven’t confirmed it, folks are still reporting audio/video sync issues when transcoding. A Roxio rep posted on the TiVo Community last night that they’re closer to a fix and actively … Read more