Holy Flash Batman, DivX Brings Hulu To Your TV
Earlier this week, Ubergizmo broke the news that DivX has officially updated their Connected software to include support for flash video. With 98% of the world’s computers already using flash, this...
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The A – Z Movie Meme
Last month Blog Cabins started a pretty cool meme where he lists his favorite movies A – Z. Since I’ve been slacking off on my posts for the last few months, I wanted to go back and share my own list...
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Mirror Mirror On The Wall Who Makes The Best Recommendations Of Them All?
When I was a kid, I grew up in middle of the sticks where my parents didn’t have access to cable TV. When satellite dishes first started to show up, my folks were early adopters and bought a ginormous...
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Your Movie Wish Is Jinni’s Command
For those of you who are still not satisfied with the current crop of movie recommendation services, you’ll soon have a new choice available to you. Last week, I signed up for the private beta of...
View ArticleWhere’s The Beef? Filtering Cats For Content
If you ask the big content owners, they’ll argue that the only content on YouTube has either been stolen from them or is some kind of a lame cat video uploaded by your crazy neighbor. Unfortunately,...
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Revisiting Ghosts of TiVos’ Past
Photo via the Tombstone Generator Last night, I decided to do a little bit of spring cleaning with my TiVo and stumbled onto a treasure trove of memories. With the TV season starting to wind down, I...
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Is DivX Bringing Bookmarking To The TV?
I was on DivX’s website earlier today and saw a link to an online survey. Since I don’t tend to be very shy about sharing my opinions, these sorts of things are the perfect click bait for me. Most of...
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Dish Researching Hostile TiVo Takeover?
It’s been over 5 years since TiVo filed their patent lawsuit against Dish, but we’re finally reaching the endgame of what has been an epic chess match between the two companies. Between the he...
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Does Dish Have The Antidote?
I hate to admit it, but I’m feeling a little foolish right now. Last week, I raised the question of whether or not Dish was researching a hostile takeover of TiVo? In my article, I concluded that they...
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TiVo’s Billions: How TiVo Could Spend Their Legal Jackpot In A Single Day
During their ten year history, TiVo’s obituary has been written more times than I’ve sat through an entire commercial, yet no matter how tough the climb has been, TiVo has continued to defy critics and...
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The Invasion of The Internet TV
Over the last decade, internet video has come a long way, but it’s been a bit of a clunky experience. Competing standards, DRM turf wars and fear of giving the consumer anything and everything for a...
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Cut The Cable and Free Your TV
A couple of months back, I received my monthly bill from Comcast and almost had a heart attack. Over the course of one month, my bill went up over 50% and while I’ll admit to loving TV more than your...
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How To Replace A Burned Out Lamp In A Sony Wega TV
I’m a big fan of internet video, but nothing can replace the big screen high definition experience and while I knew it would happen sooner or later, I still wasn’t fully prepared when my big screen...
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Battle Of The Media Players
See larger view of chart here While old school media types like to insist that content is king, when it comes to viewing said content, the format and media player can make a big difference in the...
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TiVo Awarded Patent For Closed Captions On A DVR
TiVo doesn’t know whether or not their injunction against Dish’s DVR will hold up yet, but that hasn’t stopped them from adding to their patent portfolio in the meantime. In a remarkable filing with...
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Has The DMCA Created A Legal Bermuda Triangle For Downloads?
For the last several years, the entertainment industry has been doing their darndest to put The Pirate Bay out of business. Whether it’s been suing TPB’s users, going after TPB’s hosting providers or...
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The Compuservation of Television
The more things change, the more things seem to stay the same. Over the last ten years, the internet has redefined nearly every aspect of our lives. Whether it’s how we communicate with old friends,...
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FCC’s “Handcuffs” On Comcast Will Allow Internet Rates To Rise At More Than...
Screenshot showing Comcast’s current prices in the bay area as of 1/19/2011 I’ve got to hand it to Comcast, it may have taken them a year to get their merger approved, but the “handcuffs” that the...
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Unable To Raise Money Blockbuster Turns To The Lucrative Used DVD Market
Blockbuster Store Closing Originally uploaded by Michael Kappel Poor Blockbuster, even after wiping out their debt via bankruptcy they still can’t seem to figure out the home entertainment market....
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Probst Tell Survivor Fans: TiVo Doesn’t Help Our Ratings
Over the years, I’ve had more than one love affair with a TV show, but no matter how much I’ve enjoyed epic hits like 24, Alias or Joey Grecco’s Cheaters, none of them have been able to generate the...
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