It seems like just yesterday that network equipment manufacturers were falling all over themselves to release Draft-N Wi-Fi devices so that they could squeeze in a whole product cycle before the IEEE finalized the 802.11n spec. The idea of a wireless network that could send data at 150Mps meant that it just might be possible to place that HTPC anywhere […]
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Disney has been in a serious deal-making mood these last few months. First they hooked up with Roku, then they went big with YouTube. Now they’ve signed on for a 10 year deal with Comcast that will see almost all of Disney’s networks made available on Comcast’s Xfinity streaming and VOD service. If you can name a Disney, ABC, or […]
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Just in case you aren’t getting enough TV at home, MetroPCS wants to help you out. MetroPCS has partnered with Mobile Content Venture to offer phones with ATSC-MH tuners to tap into MCV’s Dyle Mobile TV service. The first phone will be a Samsung Android phone coming out later this year. Similar mobile TV services have come and gone before, […]
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There are some of us heading to CES from MissingRemote. Follow us on our twitter account for live updating if we get signal. Follow Andrew Van Til @babgvant, Kyle Button @TechButton, Mike Garcen @mikegarcen, or Mikinho @mikinho on twitter for CES updates. We will be updating throughout the week at CES. You can post questions here or request and we will try […]
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Westinghouse has joined the early announcer club and let loose with details about their 2012 HDTV lineup ahead of CES 2012. They have models ranging from 19″ all the way up to 70″ this year. Westinghouse may be a second-tier manufactuer, but it would seem that they are looking at working their way up the ranks a bit with this […]
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While most won’t care, and some will even say why bother, Google TV is moving away from the x86 platform and migrating towards the ARM processing platform. As part of that move Marvell has been selected as the processor of choice with its Armada 1500 dual core processor as the new heart of the Google TV platform. The Armada 1500 […]
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The inclusion of the Media Center Extender technology in the Xbox 360 has certainly been a boon for WMC fans and was an early indication that Microsoft had bigger plans for the Xbox 360 than just gaming. Unfortunately, the whole “your computer must be on, be running Windows Media Center, be properly configured to talk to your Xbox, and contain a […]
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All right, guys! It’s time to take a detour into Apple rumor land. I’ve expressed my reservations before about devoting too much virtual ink to the rumors swirling around Apple’s plans to become a television manufacturer, but the USA Today has put together an extensive write-up based on claims made by a former employee and information from a wide variety […]
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The Lian-Li PC-TU200 is getting another run around the block, this time by our friends over at ThinkComputers. The PC-TU200 may be a mini-ITX case, but seeing it in video gives some context to just how large the case is. There is no doubt that this is a slick looking case, but with space for 4 hard drives and a full-height […]
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Netflix will be providing their Q4 and annual financials soon, and investors are sure to be hoping that any big numbers are black rather than red, but in the meantime Netflix has been throwing around some other big numbers. The company recently announced that its 20 million customers streamed over 2 billion hours of content in the fourth quarter alone. […]
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