Today’s question of the day comes to us via Rick in the comments: Do you know of a way to get an HDMI signal into a TiVo like device? I would like to record my own stuff and watch it with instant replay etc. Do you know of a solution? This is an interesting topic … Read more
You may know of the Avengers or Fantastic Four, but how well versed are you in the ZigBee Alliance and HTML5? When you stop to think about technological labels a bit objectively, our chosen lingo can be pretty bizarre. (Roku, Vudu, Hulu, oh my.) At grad school, in the mid 90s, I ran with a pretty … Read more
A few days ago TechCrunch proclaimed that, “275,000 Comcast subscribers cut the cord last quarter.” And, indeed, a ton of customers fired Comcast. Yet, it’s not quite clear how many of these folks actually “cut the cord” versus jumping to a competing service such as Verizon’s FiOS TV… who report a net addition of 204,000 … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Diagnose Your Home Network… From an iPad Motorola introduced the EDGE Home Center for home network management at SCTE. It’s a cloud-based software tool for diagnosing and tinkering with the gadgets on your broadband network, and it’s designed for consumers to access anywhere. The photo … Read more
Today’s question of the day comes to us by way of David B., PA: Any thoughts on how Boxee Box may be affected by the recent news that the major networks were blocking Google TV? I’ve got a Logitech Revue Google TV in my possession, so I’ve seen the fallout firsthand (above). My overall thoughts on … Read more
Not only is Comcast planning to launch a TV remote app “very, very soon,” but CableLabs is making it possible for other cablecos with fewer resources to do the same. At the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo last week, CableLabs execs were talking up a proof of concept the organization has developed for smaller companies who want … Read more
I’ve long been a proponent of the ability to transfer digital content licenses — not only is it obviously good for us consumers, in mirroring the ways we traditionally manage physical media, but I believe it also benefits rights holders by staving off piracy and building loyalty. While we’ve yet to see many mainstream implementations, … Read more
Thanks to Hulu, an obvious studio pawn acting on Fox’s direction, we got a brief glimpse into what a non-neutral network future might look like. As you’ve probably read (or possibly experienced) Cablevision and Fox-parent News Corp are renegotiating retransmission terms. And, as Mari suggested last week, these battles have gotten nasty. With the current dust … Read more