Dave Zatz I was surprised to read on Engadget that the latest FairUse4WM may strip video (WMV) DRM too (citing the new BBC iPlayer), so I conducted an experiment (before rolling back Vista). We’d previously purchased three episodes of the second season of Weeds (while waiting for the DVD to be released) via Amazon Unbox for TiVo. … Read more
Now that I’m back home for a few weeks, the time has finally come to remove remove Windows Vista from my desktop. While I appreciate the rich GUI and new functionality (photo gallery), the computer is just too slow to be usable. Plus, my MCE <-> Xbox 360 connection has been unreliable. The media extender … Read more
The Dark Knight @ IMDB
Tendon USA, an economical online computer & AV cable distributor, sent me a few samples to evaluate. However, I’m giving them away and leaving the evaluation to you. Both cables are 4 meters – we’ve got HDMI<->HDMI and DVI<->HDMI. Leave one comment telling me which cable you could use, and when I get around to … Read more
The Simpsons Movie opens today. Which probably isn’t news to anyone, given their massive advertising campaign – I don’t recall a movie ever pushed across such different media like this. On my flight out to CA, not only was my television advertising The Simpsons (above) but every cocktail napkin was also imprinted with the message … Read more
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Later this year, DivX plans to divorce itself of video sharing site Stage6 – which will emerge as an independent company. I think DivX discovered what the founders of YouTube have already learned… Video-serving bandwidth expenses add up quickly. Not to mention Stage6 provides content at higher resolutions than most sites. The DivX release: We … Read more
Microsoft will be dropping the price of their Xbox 360 HD DVD player from $199 to $179 come August 1st. While a $20 discount isn’t very compelling, they’re also offering five free HD DVD titles. But with a Netflix subscription, who cares? If they really want to move these, MS needs to bring them down … Read more