Archive for February, 2009
Chumby Widgets Coming to Your TV
Chumby widgets are coming to connected TVs and Blu-Ray players. The video demo is above. I’m not in favor of all these widgets on my TV. I’m sure they see how it can be useful to some but in my house we have our laptop or cell phone within an arms reach. Maybe I haven’t [...]
Calibrate Your HDTV
Calibrating your HDTV isn’t as complicated as one might think. The video has a lot of helpful tips. I can say that I haven’t calibrated either one of my HDTVs. I have never been watching a show and thought that the colors weren’t right. I’ll probably spend some time doing a little adjusting now though. [...]
Video: TunerFree MCE Running in Windows 7
The video above shows a Windows Media Center plug-in called TunerFree MCE running on Windows 7 netbook. I haven’t talked much about the plug-in on the site before. Not only is the plug-in already working on Windows 7 it is a nice looking interface. The plug-in brings Hulu, BBC and ITV to Windows Media Center. [...]
Kindle 2 is Shipping
Sites are reporting that the Kindle 2 is shipping. You can still pre-order yours today to get in line. I’m looking forward to the reviews once the Kindle 2 hits the hands of some bloggers. I don’t read enough books to order but I can see the importance of a device like this for college [...]
Plex Media Center Offers Hulu
The Plex App Store from Isaac Ordonez on Vimeo Plex has a new big release called Plex Media Server. The great part about this is it allows you to download plug-ins. These plug-ins allow for playback of Hulu, YouTube, Revision3 and others. Plex is a media center software for your Mac. Plex bridges the gap [...]
Streaming Only Option Coming to Netflix?
In an interview with Netflix CEO there was talk of a Netflix streaming only option. I think this is great news. I currently have the 1 at a time unlimited. We had the 2 at a time but we use our Roku boxes so much that we never watched the DVDs. We basically pay the [...]
