Tag: Movies/TV/Online Videos

I am glad to see industry leaders get together to form an association to help stear and develop IPTV standards. We don't need 20 different standards in different countries that will require different equipment depending where you. Let the service do the talking. Hopefully this will allow consumers not to get tied down to hardware and mini-monoplies. tvover.net The group […]

Secrets Of HIFI is here today to explain 1080p and why you should be concerned. They do a great job of explaining 1080i vs 1080p and the various frames studios use. In the end, we all want an untouched source to display stream without any processing involved. We are getting closer and closer to this HD nirvana. From the article: […]

Perhaps I am on of the few people who doesn't want to pay yet another monthly fee for satellite radio. This is why I am looking forward to HD Radio that is slowly creeping into the market. As with any new technology, the HD Radio receivers are on the pricey side, but this is one tech that should drop in […]

This has nothing to do with anything related to this site. Just a great stand up comedian bit. Click the link for the video. If I can track down his Hot Pockjet routin, I will post it as well. Jim Gaffigan Bit: Jim Gaffigan loves to talk about food. If you thought his "Hot Pockets" routine was classic, wait until […]

The Mickey Mouse Studio plans on release 4 HD channels to DirectTV in 2008. You can expect to find ABC FamilyHD, Disney Channel HD, ESPNEWS HD and Toon Disney HD. Well some HD is better then none I guess. I am not sure I would pay extra to see these channels in HD or not. I would be more interested […]

Competition's always good for the consumer, so I think this isn't a bad idea at all, since Apple does seem to be getting a little too powerful. Smith said he wanted the Beeb's iPlayer to become the platform for delivering video content over the Web. "We would be delighted if other major UK broadcasters wanted to join us and make […]

The RIAA is at it again, this time around their aim is to destroy Internet Radio. Its not hard to see they are out to kill any sort of innovative use of the Internet and music. They want to charge royalties of about $5 per month per listener by 2010. That is pretty dang high if you ask me. From […]

Hmm….so macrovision is the company that made your videos go lighter & darker if you tried to copy them from VHS to VHS…..and now they're trying to go for the online movie distribution? Any bets for how long until this gets cracked?  Netflix, the world’s largest online movie rental service, will use Macrovision’s technology to help expand the selection of […]

It's good to see the big boys continuing to roll out IPTV solutions, there's no doubt this is the future as the possibilities are endless. I'm still not sure if this will make for better content, or just an abundance of…less than stellar content, but either way it's better than nothing. Here are some of the features of AT&T's U-Verse […]

We knew it was coming down the pipe, and today BitTorrent let the world know about the BitTorrent Entertainment Network. Similar to other services out there it is a download service offering movies, TV shows, movies and some free content. It is certainly no bargain with movie rentals coming in at $3.99 and TV shows for $1.99. The content will […]