Newsflash: Mom Orders TiVo!

OK, so the headline isn’t entirely accurate… More like: “Mom tires of resisting, Dave orders TiVo for her.” When visiting last month, I failed to convince her she needed a DVR. Well being somewhat manipulative, I might have accidentally changed her homepage to ZNF. Between the numerous questions I answered and the new fall season, … Read more

Amazon Unbox Movies… On TiVo?!

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

Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered

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)

Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered

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)

Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered

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)

Sling CEO Interviewed, Additional OS Support Revealed

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

iTunes 7 Web Roundup

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)