Any Worthwhile Netflix Watch Now Movies?

Anyone else notice how rare it is to find decent movies are added to the Netflix Watch Now selection?  There are good ones there, but they’re far and few between. I most often find gems like Toxie’s Triple Terror: Deadly Daphne’s Revenge come through the Netflix Watch Now RSS feed. Or possibly another exciting title … Read more

The Constitution Day TiVo Giveaway

In honor of Constitution Day, we’re giving away a few goodies that I picked up prior to TiVo killing their referral program. The prize package, valued at one million dollars, consists of: TiVo Glo remote TiVo coasters TiVo antennae Entering the giveaway is simple. Register for a comment avatar (Gravatar) if you don’t already have … Read more

DECE: The DRM Clearinghouse

I’ve enjoyed watching the DECE (“Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem”) discussion unfold – it makes for good entertainment. A decent amount of the commentary has been the typical knee-jerk “DRM sucks” response you’d expect. And while it may be partially true that this industry alliance (Sony, Best Buy, NBC, Comcast, etc) was formed to fend off … Read more

New Slacker G2 Portable Audio Player

Pandora competitor Slacker introduces their second generation Internet “radio” today. We spoke with VP Jonathan Sasse about the new device.

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Motorola USB DVR Transcoder Concept: Media Experiences 2 Go Holy Flash Batman, DivX Brings Hulu To Your TV: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection Placeshifting for BeyondTV Has Arrived: Brent Evans Geek Tonic 1/3 of European Millennials Prefer Video on a PC: Connected Home 2 Go WiMAX … Read more

Slacker Radio coming to Blackberry

Some of the Slacker crew is here in DC today and, while I couldn’t swing a meeting, we did carve out time for a brief phone call. Basically, much of what Mari loves from her Slacker Portable hardware will be ported to the Blackberry platform next month. Unlike Pandora‘s mobile solution, Slacker copies playlist songs down to a device. Though you’ll obviously need a network to populate your mobile, once loaded, you’ll be able to listen on the subway or plane without worrying about connectivity. The basic ad-supported service will remain free, and an ad-free premium service will also be offered. RIM’s serious about reaching beyond their traditional business-oriented base by bringing the noise multimedia (also see TiVo).

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The New iPods (and iTunes 8)

At this point, I’m sure we’re all aware that new iPods were announced on Tuesday. And in fact the fourth generation iPod Nano and second generation iPod Touch have already hit my local Apple Store, as you can see from the pics. Some were underwhelmed by Steve’s announcements, but both these devices receive solid updates … Read more

ZNF ‘Round The Web

Leaving comments across the blogosphere… A modest proposal for a smoother digital TV switchover No matter how proactive we are, I think there’s going to be a lot of angry and confused people come February. They’ll call the local TV stations and city hall. It’ll be a financial burden on the little guys who won’t … Read more