Ahead of some travel, I picked up a new camera (Canon S95, post to follow) this past weekend. And, coming fron a Sony digicam, I also needed to transition from Memory Stick back to SD. So I grabbed this 8GB PNY card at Best Buy. The primary selling points were capacity and speed in relation … Read more
ZNF regulars might get the sense we’re big fans of Roku’s streaming media product line… and they’d be right. However, we’ve got love in our hearts for a wide range of boxes – including the WDTV Live Plus. Western Digital may not feature the development community and number of “channels” that Roku sports, but it’s … Read more
If you can’t make it up to Ralph’s Cafe on the 43rd floor, the biggest attraction at the Comcast HQ building in Philly is the gargantuan video wall in the lobby. The content changes regularly, so while I was on site for a meeting yesterday, I snapped some pics of the moving scenery. Unfortunately, I … Read more
Bummer… Roku hardware is clearly posed for an update next month, but the oft-requested and rumored DNLA playback isn’t in the cards. Not yet anyway. To address the rumors, there is no DLNA coming in November. We don’t comment on unannounced/unreleased featured, generally. We realized that there’s a set of users that wants DLNA functionality and perhaps … Read more
This year’s holiday gadget season looks like it’s going to be a bit of a mixed bag. I’m not as excited as I’d like to be about the new stuff available, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of gadgety toys to add to your holiday shopping list. Here’s a quick round-up of the video … Read more
Click to enlarge. I didn’t make it to NYC last night for the ShowStoppers press event. However, ZNF ally Brad Linder (Liliputing, Mobiputing) did. And I had him scout out the Roku table for signs of Hulu Plus. While all he thought he had uncovered was an app placeholder, he actually photographed a very significant … 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
PBS has released a “PBS for iPad” application. So what does it do? It’s pretty much a specialized PBS video player. If you head to the PBS site on the Safari app, you’ll see the much dreaded message that Adobe Flash Player is required. Since Flash on iOS is a nonstarter, apps are a great … Read more