Dave Zatz Today’s Woot is a Microsoft portable media player (PMP) for under $135. True, it’s a fake brand (Enza Dream’eo? Could there be a worse name?) and the unit may die at any moment — but 20GB with a roomy 3.5″ screen at about half the price of an iPod is a decent deal… as long … Read more
Now that the Xbox 360 Video Marketplace has been live for a little over two weeks, I’d like to share a few thoughts. The Video Marketplace provides Xbox 360 owners the ability to download television show and movies — some in high definition. Keep in mind, the November 7th announcement encouraged me to get off … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… Hands on with the Loop motion controlled remote : Gizmodo Orb adds mobile YouTube search: PVRWire Mods to quiet your (my) Xbox 360: Extreme Tech Portable Audiovox XM receiver discovered: Orbitcast Sony PSP GPS accessory hits the market: Engadget
PVRBlog: Here’s the rumor: Apple will be licensing TiVo patented technology for iTV. Last summer TiVo was hiring Mac programmers, but I figured that was just for TiVo Desktop support. People won’t pay a couple hundred bucks just to have a device that plays iTunes Store purchases on their TV — it has to do … Read more
Want TiVoToGo on your Mac? Nearly two years after being released, TiVo, Inc may have failed to deliver but the hacker community has heeded our call. As of 12/05/06 the solution requires a little elbow grease and some command line action, but the difficulty level is reasonable until a polished app arrives in the near … Read more
I haven’t been following the Wiki lately, but it looks like TiVoToGo encryption has been cracked and a barebones (as in command line) conversion app is out. What does this mean? You don’t need TiVo Desktop software or a PC (!) to decrypt and playback TiVo shows. Had TiVo released Mac (and Linux) decryption and … Read more
You may have noticed some down time over the last few days. While I can understand my hosting provider choking on big Digg days, as they did last week with the Ladies of eBay, I will not tolerate downtime on normal traffic days as they’ve done each of the last four days. I haven’t had … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… DirecTV SAT+GO! brown box does portable satellite TV: Gizmodo AOL offering free holiday movie downloads on Saturday: TechCrunch Wal-Mart joins the digital movie download fray: Engadget Better Options than Verizon-YouTube Lite: GigaOm Descriptions and prices of various media extenders: PVRWire