Dave Zatz Wow… how kick-ass would this be?! Other than the obvious movie licensing quagmire, they’d have to figure out the technology behind it. Series2 units only handle MPEG2, though the new Series3 also supports AVC. If Amazon movie downloads were to be offered on the S2, they’d have to change both the video format and DRM … Read more
Never enough time… A video business ready to move beyond beta. (NY Times) Movie downloads remain a production worth skipping. (Washington Post) Fox attempts to thwart DVR fast-forwarding with static image. (AP) Apple iTV: What you need to know. (MacWorld) DivX goes corporate. (Davis Freeberg)
Never enough time… while under the weather. Second generation HD-DVD players on the way. (HDBeat) Turn your iPod into a PVR. (PVRWire) Hands on with Sonos 2.0. (LiveDigitally) Amazon Unbox licensing is evil. (Boing Boing)
The world’s largest remote. ;)
Never enough time… Pirate content with PC HDMI capture card in October. (HDBeat) Video walk-thru of Media Center features on Vista. (RetroSight) DirecTV’s new HD DVR recalled? (PVRWire) Video sharing coming to Akimbo via Blip.tv. (Yahoo)
Blake Krikorian, Sling Media co-founder and CEO, was interviewed by The Guardian. It’s a good read in which he discusses where Sling is, where they intend to go, and the market in general. Of particular interest is confirmation that the Mac SlingPlayer beta is underway and that at least one other OS will be supported … Read more
The Good iTunes 7’s big new features. (TUAW) How to back up your music using iTunes 7. (TUAW) Use QTFairUse 2.3 to strip FairPlay DRM. (Engadget) The Bad iTunes doesn’t see all Nanos. (Apple) Streaming to SoundBridge is broken. (Roku) The Ugly iTunes 7 ate all my purchased music. (Wil Wheaton)
If you recall, broadband-connected Series2 (and later this year, the Series3) video downloads were branded ‘TiVoCast’ in June. As promised, the service has been expanding (you can probably skip Heavy) and the New York Times is now serving up content — up to 10 minutes a day, depending on what’s going on in the world. … Read more