Dave Zatz A periodic roundup of relevant news… PSP 3.01 software update released Buy PSone games online via Playstation3, view music animations, and disable UMD auto-start. Sony PSP Internet Video Guide Learn how to use PSP Video 9 to get YouTube and Google Video onto your system. DVR Playground PSP sales up Hardware sales up 280% and … Read more
Cablevision has entered into a relationship with TiVo to distribute Spanish-language DVRs to their Mexico City customers in the first half of 2007. No bundled hardware/service pricing details or technological specifics were given. (Which units? Will TiVo have an operations center in Mexico? Will TiVo software ultimately run on hardware Cablevision provides? etc.) When I … Read more
There’s been a decent amount of discussion regarding the (beta) Mac Slingplayer’s non-standard OS X interface. For example, MacWorld writes: The Mac SlingPlayer software works essentially like its Windows counterpart, and that’s good as well as bad. The first public beta of the Mac software, released Tuesday, makes no attempt to hide its Windows origins. … Read more
Turns out that video on our TiVo boxes promoting free (with subscription) Series 2 units isn’t the only holiday advertisement they shot… The elves had a little too much egg nog and busted out this Christmas rap while the camera was rolling.
While I often live on the bleeding edge of technology, there are occasions when I’m content to wait. As a casual gamer, I didn’t pick up the Xbox 360 last year and I waited to try all three next gen systems before making a purchase. Now that I’ve some experience with the various consoles, I … Read more
We knew this was coming… In fact, Mari just covered a similar advertising service that will glue commercials onto Charter’s video-on-demand programming. TiVo’s “Program Placement” allows advertisers to buy slots for their commercials to play at the conclusion of a recorded program. This could be very lucrative for TiVo as it really creates a secondary … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… Beatles and Apple near exclusive iTunes deal: Fortune EchoStar retrial on TiVo patents denied: Denver Post Will paying for user video pay off: GigaOm Xbox movie downloads timed: Gizmodo Control BeyondTV with Slingbox: Fresh Arrival TiVo Glo Remote available for 8,500 Reward Points: TiVo
Alexi’s Place: Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360. Xbox running XBMC not visible.