Tag: Movies/TV/Online Videos

I can’t say this is very surprising as the numbers are relatively low. After all, outside those of you who commute or travel frequently for work, when are you not in front of a laptop or iPad. New comScore data about what users do with their smartphones notably glosses over the fact that just 9.3% of users watch TV or […]

With the various streaming service offerings out there it’s tough to make heads or tails of which is best for you. Our friend Gabe has a handy dandy chart to make your life easier, with pros and cons and comparison of each. Amazon has significantly grown the size of their Prime Catalog from 5,000 to 8,000 titles. At launch, Amazon […]

TechoftheHub has a link to an interesting article that covers the picture quality at movie theaters today and how 3D is affecting them for lower. I can’t speak for this personally since I refuse to pay an extra absorbent fee just to see some depth. The uniting factor is a fleet of 4K digital projectors made by Sony — or, […]

The fall 2011 and winter 2012 TV lineups are starting to flow in. Some really surprising results have come out. Some good shows or at least I thought they were good shows on Fox are getting the AX. Lie To Me, Human Target, The Chicago Code are all done. Normally we weren’t suppose to find out about next seasons shows […]

This is more interesting news than relevant to the home theater space but I thought it worthy of front page newsdom given how much I love Rotten Tomatoes. Hopefully this isn’t the beginning of the end for them. The studio’s plans for Rotten Tomatoes seem less ambitious. The news release only states that the team of the movie review site […]

Our manlove for Geektonic has been obvious, but in case you were not aware, he’s continuing his weekly season premier schedule. I like it for a quick check to make sure my DVR is on task and fully pegged out. Don’t forget about our Spring/Summer TV guide if you want all the new shows listings. Wednesday, April 27 South Park […]

I have mixed feelings when I read a piece like that. Glass half empty says that prices will go up and Starz will try to corner Netflix into paying a lot. But here’s an interesting quote that I’m sure isn’t missed by the smart folks at Starz–subscriptions have actually gone UP. Go figure, when people see the GOOD programming that […]

I know this isn’t directly Home theater related, but with so much attention to it, I wanted to find a blog that had links to the Super Bowl commercials. There were quite a few funny ones, and even included complete selling out for Eminem. I think the Doritos dog was hilarious, as of course was the VW one. What was […]