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- Netflix bucks trends, beats for Q4
- Netflix, considered by some on Wall Street to be recession proof, beat analysts estimates for its fourth quarter, reporting an adjusted net income of $22.7 million, or 38 cents per share, on revenue of $359.6 million. Analysts had been expecting income of 34 cents on revenue of $354 million. Revenue...
- Tags: Revenue, NetFlix Inc., Recession, Net Income, Analyst, Vudu, GAAP, Operational Accounting, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Financial Accounting, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- VUDU shuns economic reality; targets high-end
- $1299? Are they out of their minds? Last week, I posted an entry about VUDU, the company that's selling a $300 set-top box that enables consumers to rent or buy downloadable movies. I like the service, but in these economic times, it's tough - though not impossible...
- Tags: VUDU, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Branding, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?
- Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?TiVo niche ?DirecTV's has once again partnered with TiVo for a new HD model next year. Without getting technical TiVo uses dual buffers one for each tuner that Dish and DirecTV cannot copy.I don't think it's a niche product since the verb TiVo...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, TVs, TV & Home Theater, TiVo Inc., Apple iPod, Apple TV, Vudu
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?
- Vudu, the product and service that brings downloadable movies to TV sets, is chugging full-speed-ahead when it comes to adding HD titles to its on-demand video service. This week, there were reports that Vudu's catalog now has more than 1,100 HD titles, leading a pack that includes AppleTV and Xbox....
- Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, TiVo Inc., Vudu, Tv & Home Theater, DVR, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player
- Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 playerNiceWow, now THAT is some serious streaming for sure! Simply amazing.Jiffwww.privacy.es.tc
- Tags: BX100, Vudu, 1080p
- Discussion threads 2008-10-05
- Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player
- As I mentioned in my post yesterday about Netflix, one of the obstacles video-streaming services are going to have to overcome is the quality of the files they're sending to big HDTVs. Apple has recently introduced 720p HD files on iTunes to download to its Apple TV device, but lesser-known...
- Tags: Video, Movies, 1080p, Vudu, HDX, Pogue, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.
- VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.Vudu Vs. Apple TVI looked into the two competitors when I made purchase two months ago. Shouldn't the ability to load your own video material onto the device be industry standard as well?I chose Apple TV because I can load my current...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Corporate communications, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, Vudu
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- 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
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- 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
- LG 50PS80
- 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
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Blu-ray Players/Home Theater Systems
- With prices for both players and discs plunging, this may be the holiday season for Blu-ray. Already online movie streaming is making inroads—even on Blu-ray players themselves. Some of these picks are integrating on-demand video services into their feature sets, hoping to keep themselves relevant in...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Disc, Blu-ray, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- Sony's Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, no interesting Internet services available this week
- If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to buying an Internet-ready HDTV, and don't need all of the widgets the sets will be rolling out, a networked Blu-ray player could be a viable option. Most importantly, these units are offering the same Netflix and Amazon On Demand video-streaming...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., built-In, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Blu-ray, Internet Service, Wireless LANs, Internet, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-09-07
- News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- LG adds Vudu HD service to NetCast service for its Web-enabled TVs
- Unlike a global competitor like Philips, LG Electronics is still trying to make an impact in the North American TV market. It unveiled its version of Internet-enabled TV, called NetCast, last month with four new sets. Among other services, NetCast offers Netflix's on-demand movie service, and today it's added another...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Web, On-demand, LG Electronics Inc., Service, Vudu Box BX100, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Managed Hosting, Web Site Development, Cloud Computing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Blockbuster OnDemand service comes to Samsung's TVs, Blu-ray players
- Another day, another news item about a TV manufacturer and a streaming-video partner. Yesterday, Mitsubishi announced it was giving away a Vudu Box with the purchase of a TV (most models, at least) for the next month. Today, Samsung and Blockbuster have revealed a partnership to bring the Blockbuster OnDemand...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., On-demand, Blockbuster Inc., Blu-ray, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- News to know: Office 2010; Dell; Moon tech; Apple; Software buyer's bill of rights
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Office 2010 makes splashy debut Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to deliver tech preview build of Office 2010...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital Cameras, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Mitsubishi to give free Vudu Box with purchase of new TV
- Here's one way around having to offer a networked TV to consumers. From July 16 to August 10, Mitsubishi is giving away a Vudu Box, a device that downloads and plays movies—including 1080p titles—with the purchase of most new Mitsubishi HDTV models. The Vudu unit costs $149 regularly, and the...
- Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- IOGear Wireless Audio/Video Kit
- It's no secret we're inching ever closer toward ditching our cable or satellite television services in favor of Internet-only content consumption. With services such as Hulu and YouTube, the computer has become the video entertainment hub of the home. Getting that computer's desktop screen onto your television seems like...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, TV, IOGEAR, computer, video, USB, adapter
- Product reviews 2009-06-29
- VIZIO introduces Internet app-enabled XVT HDTV series
- Who really needs to pay extra for a TiVo or DVR during these trying economic times, right? VIZIO recently announced a new line of HDTVs that will incorporate video streaming sites and video applications. I got a chance to check out the TVs yesterday, and I...
- Tags: RealNetworks Rhapsody, HDTV, Video, VIZIO, VIZIO Internet Apps Connnected HDTV Feature, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Web Site Development, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Internet, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
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