TiVo Antennae Giveaway

I don’t know if my TiVo really gets me (I’m so misunderstood), but if your TiVo does and you’d like to frighten your spouse or children with a pair of funky antennae just leave a comment. I’ll randomly pick a winner tomorrow.

The Akimbo Post-Mortem

After Akimbo announced that they’re killing the RCA hardware line, I got in touch with my PR rep. We agreed there wouldn’t be much point in a review of the device now, though the GUI may be similar to what they license to other manufacturers/services. She suggested I recycle the box… and as we all … Read more

Cox On-Demand: No Ad Skipping

The good news for Cox customers: Disney’s ABC and ESPN programming will be available on-demand. The bad news: You won’t be permitted to fast forward through any advertisements. That’s one heck of a trade off and a good argument to record shows yourself using the DVR of your choice. The advertising model, of course, is … Read more

What the Cable Guy is Watching

It’s good to know that the head of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) is a big TV fan. In an interview with Broadcasting and Cable’s John Eggerton, here’s what Kyle McSlarrow said he records: Lost Medium 24 Battlestar Galactica Stargate Shark CSI Monk The Closer Meanwhile McSlarrow is presiding over an eventful trade … Read more

Microsoft Kills Portable Media Center

I guess it’s really no surprise that Microsoft would kill their Portable Media Center platform, considering the continually shrinking laptops and ever more powerful smartphones. And, as a former supervisor who often mixed metaphors might say, the non-PlaysForSure OEM-hating Zune really “threw a fork into the wrench.” Microsoft’s PMC interface and functionality were decent, so … Read more

New Roxio Software: Crunch & Blackberry

Roxio is putting out a pair of media manipulation applications this week. First up is Crunch, a Mac app design to convert video for iTunes, iPod, Apple TV, and (hopefully) iPhone playback. Crunch ($40) will handle DivX, AVI, MPEG and even DVDs… though it won’t remove encryption. Check out the AppleInsider pre-release review. In conjunction … Read more

GigaOm Gives Away Zillions Of Joost Invites

Between the two of us, Dave and I managed to give away over 50 Joost invites and probably sacrificed a couple of hours to the cause. However, GigaOm has managed to find a solution to the difficulty of emailing these puppies out one at a time. Working with Joost, they’ve developed a landing page where … Read more