Archive for December, 2008
Video: Blockbuster MediaPoint Player
I haven’t heard many good things about the Blockbuster MediaPoint Player. They were late to the game to compete with Netflix for movies in mail and they lost to Netflix with the set top box. According to most the MediaPoint player wasn’t ready for prime time. Seems rushed to the public for the holiday sales. [...]
Popcorn Hour Offers Wireless Adapter
Popcorn Hour, the makers of the popular media streamers is now offering a wireless adapter. The WN-100 is $37 and features wireless N. Until now you had to use the built-in ethernet or get a third party adapter working. For the price the Popcorn Hour is one of the best media streamers out there. It [...]
Review: Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player
Crunch Gear has a review on the new Western Digital WD TV HD media player. I agree with them that it is a horrible name. Something like the WD TV HD isn’t for everyone. It takes all the technical aspects out of getting digital content to your TV. Plug in a flash drive with some [...]
DivX Connected Gets Joost
DivX Connected box get Joost support. Joost who has switched from a program to web viewing is trying to stay in the game with other big online media companies. This is a start with getting it on your TV. Dave Zatz wasn’t sure if this was DivX or Joost that was providing the service. The [...]
More Info about the Netgear EVA 9000
The Netgear EVA 9000 is a HD 1080p streamer for your HD TV. There are many features like downloading BitTorrent files, stream from your PC and Internet based content. They haven’t said if it will or won’t include Netflix support. There is YouTube HD support which is a good start. The device sounds nice but [...]
Songbird: The Extendable Music Player
Songbird is a open-source music player. It looks similar to previous versions on iTunes, before iTunes started pimping iTunes links in the genius bar. While the program is in it’s early stages the long term benefits of using it will probably be great. It allows for extensions and plug-ins just like Firefox. There is already [...]
