Dave Zatz

Cablevision’s Network DVR Backed By CEA, AT&T, Verizon

It’s good to have friends, and Cablevision appears to have earned a few in their ongoing network DVR legal battle. Several trade and lobbying groups, representing companies such as the Consumer Electronics Association, AT&T, and Verizon have chimed in… Last week’s joint Amicus brief reads: Network-based services may prove to be both cheaper and technologically … Read more

Eye-Fi: WiFi SD Card For Digital Cameras

CNET reports that this fall Eye-Fi will launch a Wi-Fi enabled SD card for digital cameras. Their $100, possibly 2GB, SD card will retain the form factor of traditional cards and only use battery power when transmitting photos. Eye-Fi hopes to have about a dozen online photo sharing sites signed up by launch. It’s an … Read more

Front Row… Looks Like Apple TV

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I didn’t find much of interest reading the WWDC keynote today… I’m not a developer and most of the Leopard features are a rehash of what we already knew or not so grand. ZFS has been a no-show so far. And Safari on Windows? Yawn. Now a Windows port of iPhoto – that would have been exciting. Or how about a .Mac photo and video sharing YouTube/Flickr mashup.

However, in the aftermath of the keynote and the apple.com site refresh, at least one interesting nugget has turned up. Front Row, under Leopard, gets a makeover:

When you summon Front Row in Leopard, you’re greeted by an elegant interface much like the one on Apple TV. Finding and enjoying whatever you wish couldn’t be simpler. Just click the Apple Remote (included with most Macs) to step through the options: music, movies, TV shows, and photos. You can even view slideshows of iPhoto albums on other computers in the house.

Makes perfect sense to me. I’d suggest Microsoft do something similar in merging their Media Center experience and Xbox 360 blades… but without the banner ads currently plastered all over my console.

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Jericho Blames TiVo For Near-Death Experience

Jericho actor Brad Beyer (aka Stanley Richmond) had an interesting conversation with OnMilwaukee.com: The biggest problem with our show is that so many people were watching it on the Internet or Tivo (which doesn’t count toward Neilson ratings), so I think the fans are now aware to watch it when it’s on. Doh! I thought … Read more

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Running TiVo on a Motorola Set-top: Connected Home 2 Go InternetVue PC2TV Media Extender Review: Web TV Wire Where BusinessWeek Got It Wrong: Connected Home 2 Go The New Motorola Home and Networks Mobility: Connected Home 2 Go

DivX Beta Testing Media Extender

Another day, another media extender! Looks like DivX isn’t entirely satisfied with their hardware licensing program, and wants a bit of the action. I am speculating — However, given the nature of their beta signup survey and the blurred image (without a blurred file name referencing their “Connected” initiative) I feel pretty confident in saying … Read more

25 Tons Of Peanuts Save Jericho

While I didn’t agree with CBS’s initial plan to kill Jericho, one of the few new shows I enjoyed, I’m glad the nuts had their say: The network apparently has been impressed by the display of viewer passion, which included the delivery of 50,000 pounds of peanuts to its New York offices. In the season … Read more