tubeCore a popular Media Center add-in that brings a “collection point” for Playon and Tversity into Media Center has been updated. tubeCore allows you to bring in and play video from services like Hulu, and other DLNA servers. tubeCore has bee updated to version 2.7. tubeCore is a Windows Media Center addin that is essentially a DVR for for PlayOn […]
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Earlier this month Roku and HBO had released news that the HBO Go service was coming to the Roku network streaming platform. Today it is now available. So if you have a Roku device and have access to the HBO Go service give it a Go (pun intended) and leave some feedback and let us know how it goes. Less […]
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One of the biggest reasons I am not a fan of many only streaming services is the lack of true surround sound, and high quality, high bit rate video. While I still subscribe to Netflix merely for the convenience factor for my kids, I honestly hardly ever use the service to watch movies myself. Earlier this week Dolby Laboratories and […]
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Along with all the other Apple TV, and AirPlay news, BBC has added AirPlay support to their BBC iPlayer Global app. There are two versions of BBC’s iPlayer, the first version which is UK only then second with is their Global app and is available world wide. If you have an iOS device and are running the BBC iPlayer Global […]
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It looks like Amazon is making more and more content deals. Added to what they already have available on Prime Instant Video is now have PBS content. I know that with small kids in the house we watch a lot of it. Maybe it’s time to take another look at our streaming service around here… We’ve now licensed TV programs […]
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For those of you who are fans of internet video streaming from your HTPC but are plagued with studdering and video playback issues you just might want to update your flash player. Adobe has finally released Flash Player 11 and a few of the many new features, Flash Player 11 adds native 64bit support as well as full hardware accelerated […]
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After the uproar created by previous Netflix announcements, this is right in line with what I had said might be the–seemingly ludicrous–reasoning behind the creation of a second business unit. From the customer perspective, it sucks, but from a business perspective, it would have been precisely what was necessary. Obviously, this is pure speculation on everyone’s part, but time will […]
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Netflix, Inc. has sent out an email to its subscribers, directly from Reed Hastings (Co-Founder & CEO), apologizing for the many missteps in the past few months and vowing to do better. However halfway through the “I’ll Do Better Email” it is announced that the DVD by mail service will become its own separate service known as Qwikster, complete […]
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Every day we are seeing more and more device manufactures joining the streaming set top box market. Netgear has recently joined that market with the announcement of the NeoTV 200. The unit, out of the box, will support the standard set of online streaming services, Netflix, Vudu, and a few other services. The unit will support 1080p streaming, has built […]
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Apparently, the backlash from the recent cost increase wasn’t ticking off enough customers. So, Netflix has decided to begin enforcing the streaming limits. Note that these limits were always in place, but Netflix was not enforcing them. However, that seems to have ended on September 1st. I know quite a few people were touting this “bonus” as a bit of […]
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