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- Netflix
- A movie disc rental and streaming service from Netflix, Los Gatos, CA. For a monthly fee based on service level, DVD and Blu-ray rentals are ordered online, and Netflix...
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- Microsoft loses MLB but keeps swinging
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz talks about the recent announcement by Major League Baseball to drop Microsoft's Silverlight service for Adobe's Flash player. Diaz says it's a setback for Microsoft but he doesn't believe the loss of business will have long lasting effects since the company has also signed deals...
- Tags: Adobe, Diaz Memo, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., MLB, NBC Universal Inc., Netflix, Sam Diaz, Silverlight
- Videos 2008-11-21
- Netflix Chief Product Officer: Streaming movies right to your TV
- Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer of Netflix, believes that the future of movies is going to go right back to the television. With bigger and better digital televisions, what people want is to be able to download movies right to their sets via high-speed internet. Netflix has taken a step...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Netflix
- Videos 2008-11-11
- Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?
- Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?RE: Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?ut oh, some one is comparing a generic product to something made by Apple, even though they are vastly different products. This should be brutal.Stone the infidels! Apple TV is perfect. Do not challenge!Looks promising, but...Comparing the present functionality...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., AppleTV, Apple Inc., netflix, movie
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Netflix fixes Web 2.0 bugs
- Netflix fixes Web 2.0 bugsOkNow if they could just speed up the receipt of movies I have sent back, everything would be fine.http://one.revver.com/watch/77151/format/flv/affiliate/23672Cookies DON'T work people!This is why these creeps should quit using cookies... ebay and paypal... all of them fall under this... I do not use any of...
- Tags: Financial services, Web, netflix, NetFlix Inc., Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2006-10-16
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- Amazon's Black Friday HDTV deals include Panasonic plasmas
- Though only 6 percent of you said in our poll that you plan to shop at Amazon.com for an HDTV on Black Friday, I still thought I should point out the deals that the online retailing giant is offering. Unlike many of the other stores' Black Friday specials, Amazon has...
- Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, Amazon.com Inc., 1080p, BD-P160, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?
- Not available on the N1000I don't see any options for this on my N1000.Bummer.Has the resolution improved on HD content?That was one thing I'd like to know. I can see a future, where everything you would ever need in the home will go thru the internet. I am already set...
- Tags: Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, FrameChannel, video quality, Roku Inc., cable television
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?
- I've been testing out the Roku HD-XR and just this last weekend was sent some beta bits for their newly announced Roku Channel Store. The Roku Channel Store is available via a software update on all three Roku players, the Roku SD, Roku HD original, and Roku HD-XR. After the...
- Tags: Cable Television, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Memory, Flash Memory, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Roku becomes cloud-enabled with new Roku Channel Store and Developer SDK
- The new Roku Channel Store, which is being rolled out to all Roku devices, will greatly expand the capabilities of the $99 set-top on-demand streaming device. Late Sunday night, Roku announced that its players would now have a "Channel...
- Tags: Developer, SDK, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Managed Hosting, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, Podcasts, Marketing, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-11-22
- Full Wal-Mart Black Friday ad hits Internet, complete with Samsung, Sony HDTV deals
- If you read yesterday's post, you already know about a few of Wal-Mart's Black Friday home theater deals, including a $78 Blu-ray player. At long last, Wal-Mart's full Black Friday ad has hit the Web, and it includes some of those brand names that the earlier deals lacked. ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Advertisement, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Internet, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks online. Here are the HDTV and Blu-ray deals.
- For electronics fans, the Holy Grail of Black Friday ads is the one from Best Buy, which can list more deals on laptops and home theater stuff than general retailers like Wal-mart and Target can squeeze into their circulars. Unfortunately, those deals are never as good as you hopeis this...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., Advertisement, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Blu-ray, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Managed Hosting, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-11-14
- Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune video coming to Xbox LIVE
- The Xbox is expanding its purpose from just a gaming console and a way to access Netflix. Starting November 17, Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune HD video will be accessible from Microsoft Xbox 360 consoles. To access the new goodies, you'll...
- Tags: Game, Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-13
- Moxi introduces three-tuner HD DVR, reduces prices on dual-tuner version
- User Interface!I think what most companies competing with Tivo don't understand is that it is the interface experience that makes Tivo who they are in today's market place. You can also download digital media from Blockbuster,Amazon, Netflix, etc.. on the Tivo as well. You can also browse from any Tivo...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, Moxi, TiVo Inc., tuner, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Blockbuster initiating rentals via SD cards at store kiosks
- AmusingEvery second American has a rear-end the size of a flying saucer and people are worried about the "convenience" of not leaving their house?You've got to be kidding.I am not going to goto the Video store...and get some crap ladden movie on SD that I can not play on...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, IMHO, movie, DVD, SD card, kiosk, Blockbuster Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Blockbuster initiating rentals via SD cards at store kiosks
- Blockbuster isn't going down without a fight. Their newest attempt to get customers in their stores and away from Netflix.com is a new rental system in which film lovers can rent movies via SD cards at a kiosk machine. Sounds like we still have to leave...
- Tags: SD Card, Blockbuster Inc., Memory, Flash Memory, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Security, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- Moxi introduces three-tuner HD DVR, reduces prices on dual-tuner version
- TiVo isn't the only company trying to entice people to choose its DVR solution over one you can get bundled with your cable or satellite programming. Moxi is going the extra step with the latest version of its HD DVR, unleashing a new model that incorporate...
- Tags: TiVo Inc., Moxi, DVR, Digital Video, Development Tools, Network Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Sony to charge $24.95 for Bravia owners to rent "Chance of Meatballs" before DVD release
- Leveraging some synergy between its electronics arm and its movie studio, Sony announced today that it's going to offer its hit kiddies flick "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" to owners of select Bravia home theater gear a full month before it's released on DVD. The price for this privilegeand...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Movie, Pricing Strategy, DVD, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Netflix on the PS3--photos
- CNET takes a hands-on look at Netflix on the PS3, and compares it to Netflix streaming available on other devices. by CNET News.com
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony PlayStation 3, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-11-09
- TiVo readying 802.11n Wi-Fi adapter?
- It's been a tough slog for TiVo, whose once-innovative DVR ecosystem has been co-opted by cable companies' own DVR services. (Though some offer the TiVo interface for an additional charge.) The company and its devices still have their champions, but it's difficult to achieve mass success when buyers have to...
- Tags: Adapter, IEEE 802.11n, TiVo Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-11-07
- Congratulations to Steve Jobs, Fortune's CEO of the Decade
- congratzunlike you, im not a mac fan. even so, i recognize how important jobs is to the tech industry. without apple's OS (and linux, bsd, blah blah blah), windows wouldnt be any more different tha, oh say, windows 98 since there would be no reason for microsoft to add better...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- LG 60PS80
- Photo gallery: LG PS80 seriesWhen it was announced at CES 2009, the LG PS80 series of plasma TVs earned one of our three nominations for Best of CES in the TV category. We've already reviewed the other two sets--Panasonic's G10 plasmas and Vizio's VF551XVT LED-based LCD--and both scored...
- Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, LG Electronics Inc., LG PS80
- Product reviews 2009-11-02
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