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Playstation Network Has All 6 Major Movie Networks On Board For Streaming
The Playstation Network will soon be streaming HD movies for purchase and rental. The best part about this is that all 6 major movie networks have signed up for it. The networks are 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and, naturally, Sony Pictures Entertainment. I’m most [...]
Walmart Buys Vudu
Walmart has bought Vudu. First off this is huge for Vudu. I have questioned some of their new releases in the past like the very expensive XL2 and high priced boxes. They were also going to have a very hard time competing with the big dogs for good deals. They cashed [...]
XStreamHD Up for Pre-Order
The XStreamHD is up for pre-order. It only takes $25 and you have to live in the U.S. I think the XStreamHD has some cool new features and it could be useful. The problem I have is price and an additional satellite dish. It will be interesting to see some reviews [...]
Asus Released the O!Play Air HDP-R3 Media Streamer
Asus is now selling the O!Play Air HDP-R3. It’s a horrible name but the specs look good with a few additions from the HDP-R1. They have added wireless 802.11n and a memory card reader. Price is $129 which puts it around the rest of the streamers on the market.
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Netflix Streaming 1080p Later This Year
It’s being reported that Netflix will start streaming 1080p content with 5.1 surround sound later this year. This will be good news if you have the setup to take advantage of it. The current line of Roku boxes won’t be capable of streaming at 1080p. I’m sure most Blu-ray players will be [...]
Roku Expects 100 Channels by Years End
According to Bloomberg, Roku expects to have 100 channels in the roku store by the end of the year. That makes that little $100 box that much more valuable. While I don’t use my Roku boxes as much as I used to, because of my blu-ray player, adding that many more channels will [...]
Popcorn Hour A-200 Released
Popcorn Hour quietly released the A-200 media player. It goes on sale on January 18th and I’m sure there will be some wait time with that like when I ordered my A-100. It is $179 but features a new design and faster processor for handling all the HD content you have ripped. [...]
Netflix Coming to Wii
The possibility of Netflix coming to the Wii are “Excellent” according to Netflix CEO. I posted about this in March of 09 that it was probably coming from a survey Netflix sent out. It’s too late for me to be too excited about it but I’m sure lots of folks will like having [...]
Netgear Releases Push2TV
The Netgear Push2TV will wirelessly stream content from your laptop to your HDTV. Whatever is playing on your laptop shows up on the TV. This is cool technology if you have all the right parts. It uses Intel Wireless Display technology for the data transfer. That will be available on select [...]
Bring the Web to Your TV
I talk a lot about different streamers and ways to get Internet content on your TV. Digital Inspiration has put a lot of those services in one handy list. It’s broken down by extenders, media players and blu-ray players. Lots of good information in the article. If you are new to [...]
