Last night at the DigitalFocus event (NYC), I spent a little time at the Philips table with the DLO HomeDock HD. It pipes iPod content to your HDTV, via a docking station and pleasant interface. At $250, it competes indirectly with AppleTV ($230) – with the HomeDock’s iPod acting as the ATV’s hard drive. However, … Read more
The Slacker Internet radio experience has just landed within Sony’s Bravia ecosystem.
The topic of replacing pay television services (cable, satellite) with web video comes up much more frequently these days as online content proliferates and given the economic downturn – folks are looking for ways to conserve. Having sampled just about every web service and video box, I recently weighed in at MultiChannel News: Dave Zatz, … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Vudu boasts more HD content than the rest (but is the biz model the right one?) Set-top box movie service Vudu is claiming to offer more High Definition content than any of its competitors — Apple TV, Netflix, XBox 360, and even Blu-Ray itself … Read more
Pure Digital unveiled its anticipated Flip MinoHD today packaged with new FlipShare software for editing and sharing. We were hoping Dave might get a look at the new HD recorder at CES Unveiled last night, but Pure Digital – like many other companies – wasn’t on site. However my review unit is on its way and, in … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Vista Media Center Update Breaks CableCARD Recording: Brent Evans Geek Tonic What We’re Learning from HD Consumers: Connected Home 2 Go XBox 360 Teases MSNBC iVoD in Canada: The Daleisphere “The Debate” on LTE: Connected Home 2 Go New Remote Management Software for IP Set-Tops: … Read more
While some appear content to sit on the sidelines, Netflix and Pandora continue their digital living room encroachment. Both streaming services are now available to the Samsung BD-P2550 Blu-ray player (~$400) via a firmware update. Netflix’s standard def library (over 12,000 movie and television titles, according to NewTeeVee) is free to existing DVD rental subscribers … Read more
Leaving comments across the blogosphere… Bad Economy Hitting HDTV Sales? Yah, I think the DTV transition should keep HDTV sales moving along. Though perhaps at a slower pace. The government isn’t doing the shut off though, they’ve mandated that broadcasters stop broadcasting over-the-air on those frequencies (which they’ve licensed). Given the early NC experiment, I … Read more