Vudu Extends Platform for Internet Content

With the introduction of Vudu Labs, owners are enjoying some new functionality this week. Riding the Internet media wave, Vudu ($300) has extended their platform ($300) to provide a variety of freely available web content… in addition to existing movie streaming/download services. Initial offerings include YouTube, Flickr, and numerous video podcasts. Like much of the … Read more

The Slacker G2 Internet Radio Giveaway

Mari’s had her say (thumbs up), so the time has come to give away our Slacker G2 review unit ($200 MSRP). We’re both big fans of the Slacker web radio service, and Mari is also a satisfied owner of the first generation Slacker player. What separates Slacker Radio from say Pandora on the iPhone is … Read more

Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Hands-on: G1’s Android web browser rocks where Android really rocks is the bundled web browser. It’s fast, renders the full web flawlessly (aside from the lack of Flash support), and does a fantastic job of re-flowing text when you zoom in on a specific … Read more

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: SageTV HD200 Media Player Unboxed SageTV has introduced the HD200 HD Media Player, the successor to the HD100. Check out a few short unboxing videos and photos. Motorola Takes Fox All HD Fox is going all high-def in the first quarter of next year,  and … Read more

Digeo Unveils New Moxi HD DVR

11 months after blowing up their previous destined-for-retail DVR(s), Digeo’s web site (and Amazon) have spilled the beans on the for-real model that’ll be available for sale… shortly?

DivX Connected Brings Joost to TV

It’s been well over a year since DivX and Joost discussed the possibility of bringing Joost content to the television. And suddenly, with no fanfare at all, a DivX Connected plug-in has appeared.

Five Unexpected Digital Photo Gifts

Still looking for a “thoughtful” gift or two for the folks on your holiday shopping list? It may be time to hit up one of the many digital photo services around and design your own. Luckily, now that the masses have caught on to simple photo books (thanks to Oprah), there are new tricks for … Read more

DirecTV Media Center Development Suspended

Those Media Center users anticipating the DirecTV HDPC-20 tuner are going to be very disappointed. DirecTV sent out an email stating: DirecTV has suspended the development of the HDPC-20 tuner project that was designed to integrate DirecTV service into Windows Media Center after assessing the impact of missing the August 2008 release of Windows Media Center … Read more