The state of television today got you down? Never fear, your favorite movies are just a digital download away. Or, enjoy the universe of your favorite flick in an Xbox 360 game. Or, pick up movie extras on a flash drive! Yup, a flash drive. Flash drives have quietly been added to the line of … Read more
There was a fair bit of conversation at the recent Cable IPTV conference around how Comcast is approaching competition from online video services. Part of the approach involves having its own online video destination, (see news about the upcoming launch of Fancast), and the other part involves using the Internet to push subscribers to cable … Read more
Like many folks, I’ll be vacationing Memorial Day weekend – placeshifting myself to Copenhagen. I have no idea what we’ll be doing there, but the laptops and phones are staying home and cybercafés are off limits. (Not to mention, Boeing has killed in-flight WiFi.) The last time I was off the grid for more than … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: New AT&T U-Verse Features: Connected Home 2 Go When is HD Really HD: Connected Home 2 Go AOL Broadband Video Overview: Web TV Wire Best Approach to In-Home Networking: Connected Home 2 Go
HP is planning to bring a line of Internet-ready HDTVs to market: HDTV 2.0 is described as adding support for place shifting, enabling content derived from Internet-connected PCs or media servers to be displayed on them, achieved through the use of Ethernet and wireless networking connections on HDTV sets. HPâs 2.0 sets, due out later … Read more
I like giving things away – it makes me feel good. Most recently David B won the Netgear Skype Phone, Brent E won the DLO Nano Shell, and Chris won the first set of TiVo Antennae. Last week I met up with TiVoShanan and was given another headband to distribute. So leave a comment, and … Read more
In the category of you can’t make this stuff up, the Jackson Mississippi ABC.com affiliate site had the headline yesterday: Meth Addicts Posed As Comcast Workers. My first reaction – couldn’t they have found something more exciting to pose as? Of course, it turns out they were pretending to be Comcast workers to rob someone’s … Read more
Long Zheng has uncovered a Microsoft trademark application Down Under: Computer software for delivery of broadcast-quality video and television programming over broadband, cable, satellite and wireless networks; computer software for providing video-on-demand services; downloadable films and TV programs provided via video-on-demand; computer software for transmitting personal photos, video and music over broadband, cable, satellite and … Read more