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CinemaNow unveils download-to-burn DVD service: CinemaNow unveils download-to-burn DVD serviceAll ready deadThis service will sink before it's start! unless a bunch of extremly stupid peoples join in. The idea might be good bu it miss 2 important incredients: 1. Mpg is yesterday news. Movie should be offered in DivX and the sole reason it is...; Tags: Consumer electronics, CinemaNow, Mpg, DVD, copy protection, movie; Discussion threads 2006-07-19
CinemaNow gets fresh funding: CinemaNow gets fresh fundingIs average joe ready for this...?Do you think people have the time, internet connection and ability to make this type of movie buying/renting a reality?Leave your comments...; Tags: Broadband Internet, Digital media, CinemaNow; Discussion threads 2006-07-14
Hollywood beckons for Movielink, CinemaNow replacements: Hollywood beckons for Movielink, CinemaNow replacementsOne word"Vividas"HilariousOkay, this article is just completely ridiculous. First, it calls out the current movie download sites for selling low quality versions of movies at slow download rates for the same price as a high quality DVD (plus with the DVD you get all...; Tags: Digital media, Peer Impact, MovieLink, DVD, movie, CinemaNow; Discussion threads 2006-07-12
CinemaNow: We're guessing when CinemaNow grows up, it will want to be just like Movielink. While Movielink isn't perfect, with its heavy restrictions and limited catalog, it's far above CinemaNow. Movielink focuses on re-creating the theater experience on your PC and showcases Hollywood and independent film. CinemaNow offers many more types...; Tags: Digital media, Broadband Internet, CinemaNow, MovieLink; Product reviews 2006-04-25
CinemaNow for Media Center (msi): CinemaNow is the leader in Internet-based video-on-demand. With over 2,000 titles from over 200 licensors including Disney, Fox, Lions Gate, Miramax, MGM, NBC Universal, Sony, and Warner Bros., CinemaNow has become a leading destination for the authorized downloading and streaming of feature films. CinemaNow has designed a customized version of...; Tags: Media Center PC, CinemaNow, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2005-10-24

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HP MediaSmart Connect available for pre-order: HP is jump-starting sales of its MediaSmart Connect, which debuted at CES in January, by promoting pre-orders of the digital media receiver at several online retailers. The MediaSmart Connect is priced by HP at $349, but Amazon.com is...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., MediaSmart Connect, Digital Media, Media Center PCs, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-06-19
Archos Wi-Fi media receiver includes DVR for recording TV content: Archos has just launched a new set-top Wi-Fi media receiver that one-ups Apple TV by enabling you to record content from your television. The Archos TV+, which includes a Web browser, also enables you to watch Web content like YouTube video and certain programming from network TV Web sites. ...; Tags: Archos, Video, Wi-Fi, Digital Video Recorder, Programming, Archos Wi-Fi Media Receiver, DVR Capability, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, DVR, Digital Video, Development Tools, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Wal-Mart opens video rental door for Apple: Wal-Mart opens video rental door for AppleWhose is going to support the bandwidth ...requirements for GOOD QUALITY video ??RE: Wal-Mart opens video rental door for AppleSpelling boo-boo in the last paragraph, you have lightening where you meant lightning.First and foremost, it is not Apple's goal to become the movie rental...; Tags: Digital media, Apple Inc., video rental door, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-02
Vudu: Remember that famous Qwest commercial where the guy checks into a hotel and is told that the in-room entertainment offers "every movie ever made?" We're still not quite there yet--but it's not for lack of trying. Over the past few years, more and more on-demand entertainment solutions have become available,...; Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, set-top box, Ethernet Port, Vudu, TV; Product reviews 2007-09-05
Wal-Mart's video download store: Wal-Mart's video download storeThe answer of course.Is to get rid of the DRM. It won't work in the long run as you just pointed out. You could possibly watermark video but you can't watermark audio so that's out as well. But then, in the middle of your discussion you...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Corporate communications, Consumer electronics, Digital media, Sony Corp., DVD, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, video, extender, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-02-14
The source of Steve Jobs' paranoia: Cooperation: Although it was a day late and it left enough time to include the record industrys response, I posted some thoughts yesterday on Apple CEO Steve Jobs Thoughts on Music open letter to the world and to the record industry (see Jobs drowning in his own Kupertino Kool-Aid). In the...; Tags: General, Entertainment, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Security, Hollywood On Demand, Apple, TiVo Inc., video; Blog posts 2007-02-09
Philips Portable Media Center PMC7230: It's been a relatively quiet year for Philips in the portable entertainment category, with the company mostly massaging its touch-sensitive MP3 player line into more compact, flash-based designs. The company's latest device, the Portable Media Center PMC7230 (30GB, $349) is quite a departure from the aforementioned players, in more ways...; Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital media, Cable, Digital music, PMC, Philips Electronics N.V., video; Product reviews 2006-12-21
What's on iTV? NetFlix or MacFlix?: Ive been thinking about iTV a lot lately and something occurred to while watching 60 Minutes on Sunday. Apple could use Macworld Expo to announce a partnership with Netflix on the iTV.In a previous piece I asked: iTV: What the heck is it? - and you had plenty of answers...; Tags: TVs, NetFlix Inc., iTV, Apple Computer Inc.; Blog posts 2006-12-13
AOL Video: Following in the footsteps of online movie vets CinemaNow and Movielink (as well as upstarts Guba.com and Amazon Unbox), AOL Video now offers a selection of A-list Hollywood movies for viewing on a computer and on many portable devices. Yet another content choice for Windows users, AOL...; Tags: video, America Online Inc., AOL Video; Product reviews 2006-09-28
We don't need no stinking iPod or Zune!: Since the latest Apple iPod and Microsoft Zune announcements I have been trying to think of a way to take video and audio content with me on the go for viewing and listening to while commuting in the vanpool and traveling for business. I almost pulled the trigger on an...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, video, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod; Blog posts 2006-09-20
EFF on Zune: Risk of DRM/DMCA checkmate no longer a risk. It's reality: By way of Cory Doctorow, comes a pointer to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's take on Microsoft's new Zune: a brand that has broken ranks with the Redmond-based company's previous digital rights management DRM strategy that attempted to establish an ecosystem of compatibility (under the name "PlaysForSure") between content...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Digital Millenium, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Microsoft Zune, digital-rights management; Blog posts 2006-09-18
Amazon Unbox Video Downloads: The latest source of legal downloadable movies and TV shows comes from online retail behemoth Amazon.com. The Amazon Unbox Video Downloads store and rental service joins a growing number of like services such as CinemaNow, MovieLink, Vongo, AOL Video, and Guba and premieres just a few days before Apple's...; Tags: Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Unbox; Product reviews 2006-09-11
It's (almost) Showtime: Apple's invitations to their 12 September 2006 press event (the un-keynote) feature a large Apple logo bathed in Hollywood-style search lights with copy reading "It's Showtime" across the bottom. A thinly veiled reference to the movie download service that the company appears to ready to announce in six days....; Tags: Apple Computer Inc., movie; Blog posts 2006-09-06
Guba: Editors' note: Guba has just signed a distribution deal with Sony Pictures. Adding 100 of the studio's feature films (available 7/12/06) to the Guba premium lineup is definitely an improvement for this fledgling service. (7/11/06)Take the homemade and user-driven sensibilities of a YouTube and add the feature-film pedigree of a...; Tags: video, Guba; Product reviews 2006-07-06
Starz Vongo: For more than a year now, music lovers have enjoyed all-you-can-eat subscription services such as Napster To Go and Yahoo Music Unlimited. Now movie lovers are in for the same treat, courtesy of Starz Vongo. After months of beta testing, this first-of-its-kind service is finally ready for its close-up. For...; Tags: Broadband Internet, Digital media, Starz Vongo, window, movie, Starz; Product reviews 2006-06-22