Verizon got in the holiday spirit last year by dropping a short video that gave a taste of the future for Verizon FIOS subscribers; a future in which Verizon would serve TV streams to every room in subscribers’ homes via a media server. There were even seemingly pie-in-the-sky scenarios as the media server was depicted streaming out to game consoles, […]
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TiVo has established a brand that is virtually synonymous with DVRs, but has always struggled to capitalize on that brand recognition with consumers. Fortunately, the company has not only built up brand cachet, but also a sizable patent portfolio, and that patent portfolio has been quite useful. In the last couple of years TiVo has forced some big companies to […]
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It sounds like the Boxee team has some big plans coming up for the Boxee Box and their online personal video sharing service, Cloudee. The company is putting out a call for people interested in being part of their early access program. Folks selected for the early access program will be given a sneak peek at upcoming Boxee updates and […]
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Few types of content bring in the 13-24 male demographic quite as consistently as professional wrestling, and in the world of pro wrestling, the WWE is the brand that rules the ring. Generations of young American males have grown out of professional wrestling, unaware that the “sport” continued with a new audience. The WWE is hoping to bring some of […]
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Gen 2 and gen 3 Apple TV devices have received an update to version 5.1. It marks the first substantial update we have seen to the Apple TV in some time and it brings with it some long-awaited features. For many folks, the most exciting new feature will probably be the iTunes account switching feature that allows the Apple TV […]
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The Ceton Companion app hasn’t been out for that long, but it must have seemed like an eternity for NOOK users watching with envy while everyone else enjoyed managing their Windows Media Center lineups and discovering upcoming premiers from the convenient interface. Fortunately for them the wait is now over (along with some other things like iPhone 5 support) with […]
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The GeeXboX team seem to have to carved out an annual release cycle for themselves. For those not familiar with GeeXboX, GeeXboX is an HTPC-centric Linux distro aimed at PCs and ARM SoCs. The stated purpose is to provide a Media Center application that can play any kind of content from any location, and with the release of GeeXboX 3.0, […]
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Have you wondered what you can do next as a Home Server? Trying to find the next option and still have backups and all your data in one location? Windows 8 has a bunch of features built into the OS without having to buy the Server version. Our friends over at We Got Server have a very useful guide on how to use […]
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I get that these sorts of posts are mostly about generating clicks via false dichotomy, but I don’t understand the basis of pitting a display technology against a resolution. These concepts are in no way mutually exclusive – we can, and probably will have 4K OLED HDTVs before long. Of course both of these technologies are currently relegated to the […]
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I’ve been looking forward to Roku’s Streaming Stick since they first mentioned it back at CES. Of course the specifics around pricing and how long we’d have to wait were unknown, but today that changed a little with Roku announcing that the MHL enabled streamer would be available “soon” at $99. The lack of a clear when is a little […]
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