A few days ago I pulled the power cord on my TiVo Series 3. As I’ve done several times recently, I was taking my Series 3 to a friend’s house to see how many over-the-air HDTV channels TiVo could receive in his neighborhood. Embarrassingly, when I got to my friends house, plugging the S3 in … Read more
As promised a few weeks ago, Flycast Internet radio streaming has now arrived for the Blackberry platform. Preview software has been successfully tested on the Curve and Bold. In fact, even the Storm’s been validated for the few of you with unreleased hardware. The Flycast interface is similar to the one found on their iPhone … Read more
I’ve gone ahead and joined the netbook revolution. After originally trying to get onboard a couple of months ago with Lenovo’s 10" Ideapad (~$400), repeated shipping delays led me to cancel that order. The MSI Wind is consistently rated as one of the top models in this category, so when Best Buy dropped the price … Read more
Ever wonder what would happen if geeky trade journalists made the jump from print to video production? Wonder no more. CableFAX editors Mike Grebb and Seth Arenstein have put up their own YouTube pilot video, Faxassins. Presumably created on a lark, the video follows Mike and Seth through shootouts, a mock sex scene (safe for … Read more
If you delve very far into the world of home theater PCs (HTPCs), one of the first things you’ll want to tackle is freeing yourself from the keyboard and mouse. To really transform your HTPC into more of a set-top box and less of a computer, you’ll obviously want to control it with a remote … Read more
While the presidential electorate has just started to dabble in Internet voting, gadget lovers have been empowered at Time.com: You’ve seen TIME’s picks for the top 10 gadgets of 2008. Now we’d like to know your choice for the best gadget of the year. There’s several innovative gadget contenders to choose from. And, when identifying … 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