A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Top ten Digital Lifestyle products of 2008 There was lots of activity in the Digital Lifestyle space in ’08 with new devices, services and platforms being launched, and some of our favorites from last year receiving significant updates. Here’s my pick of the best … Read more
TiVo Series 3, HD, and HD XL subscribers who also partake in an unlimited Netflix plan can now stream a wide variety of video content at no additional cost.
Boxee has announced the latest release of their HTPC software and it’s packed with several new features, including Netflix Watch Now! This version is for the Mac and Linux public beta versions of Boxee. (The Windows edition of Boxee has begun early alpha testing and will soon open up to more participants.) Some of the … Read more
The New Xbox Experience (NXE) has finally arrived. And I imagine many will be rushing home from work to check it out tonight.
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
From the beginning, we knew the Roku Netflix Player ($100) was technically capable of displaying high def resolutions. The only real question I’ve had – Is the buffer big enough? Turns out, that by streaming “HD at substantially lower bit-rates,” it is. According to Roku: Roku will be delivering Netflix in HD by the end … Read more
If you’ve wanted the Netflix Watch Instantly service on your Mac, there’s now a way to opt-in. But, be warned, this is a all-in no-turning-back procedure. Some caveats: Once you switch to the new, Silverlight version of the Netflix player, you won’t be able to access the older, IE version. You Netflix account will use … Read more
Netflix Week continues (and we may not even done)… This morning, the New Xbox Experience (NXE) was delivered to my console. After quickly creating a non-representative (i.e. slender) avatar, I jumped right into Netflix. Unlike the previous 360 interface, the new one appears to be extensible – adding functionality without requiring a massive software update. … Read more