Tag: Movies/TV/Online Videos

I am somewhat disturbed by having my native country national broadcaster declare HDTV is really not worth it. I mean really, will I ever see Corner Gas in HD? THe whole premise is based around getting advertisers to pay more so they can pick up the tab to broadcast in HDTV. From the article: Apparently his feathers are all ruffled […]

This will go about as far as I can throw a 7'2" dwarf… not very far. When this many businesses get together to try and displace a free service, you just know that it won't work. I hope Fox, Viacom, CBS and NBC come to some sort of agreement that will allow for users to enjoy their content in a […]

It maybe somewhat confusing to read about a upscaling DVD player that outputs at a HD resolution and then read that a next gen player also has that same output resolution capabilities. About.com has all the information you need to know regarding the difference between the two players. Upscaling DVDs is where HTPCs got their roots. I remember several years […]

Being from Canada, I never truly understood how big of a deal the NFL is until I moved down here. I have seen coworkers discuss the games for over an hour on Monday morning. Verizon is making a smart move by getting in the NFL mix. I am sure it cost them a pretty penny. From the article: Customers who […]

The Register has a bit of an editorial on Wal-Mart's foray into the digital download world. They seem to think this is the retail giant's attempt and dipping their big toe into this new arena. From the article: But there’s more to this than meets the eye. In the process of getting portable copies of the first video, Superman Returns, […]

The movie studies seem to be a bit waffly these days when it comes to alliances they choose. BitTorrent has rocketed to heights of legitmacy with their deals with several major studios. Do I smell a dud? Nothing turns people of quicker then turning a free service into a pay service. From the article: The popular peer-to-peer file-sharing service has […]

I think this is more a proof of concept than an actual money maker. Not many people have enough upstream bandwidth to even make this practical. I personally have problems streaming through orb via DSL and that's horrible quality. But ya gotta love the potential when everyone has FIOS 😉 Matrixstream 1080p IPTV streaming has made it to the next […]

Those lucky folks in San Antonio just got 30 HD channels added to their AT&T IPTV lineup. As of yesterday they can now get some hot turkey cooking action in HD. Where is the advantage over cable TV at this point? I though IPTV would roll out a host of other services to make cable and sat providers scream bloody […]

MyTVPal.com is set to launch a 1080; VOD and IPTV service this week. As you can probably guess the majority of the reported 700 channels available will be SD only with a small percentage being HD. As you can tell by my tone, I am somewhat skeptical but any progress in the HD front is good progress.  Browsing through the […]

Via EngadgetHD, MHD is going to premiere a new concert in HD for the rest of 2006. 5 or 6 concerts is not a huge number but any HD content is in the right direct. Personally I am looking forward to concerts being released on one of the next gen DVD formats. From the article: MHD's concert premieres include: * […]