Best Buy’s Insignia brand televisions are probably not on the top of many Missing Remote readers’ wishlists, but Zatz Not Funny! has caught wind of at least one model that might bear keeping an eye on. The Insignia cTV is due to launch at the end of July. The television’s distinguishing characteristic is that it will be the first television to launch […]
Read moreOnce upon a time I was a Netflix subscriber and life was glorious. Then we had some friends over for dinner and they commented that they were Blockbuster Total Access subscribers. At the time, Blockbuster was offering a similar DVD by mail program, but with the added benefit that you could return the mail delivered DVD to your local store and […]
Read moreEvery few months I get curious about WMC alternatives and end up loading Boxee. I’ve always found it just a little too rough around the edges. When the Boxee Box first came out I was hopeful that this would provide the development impetus that would turn Boxee into a viable WMC replacement, at least in my book. Unfortunately, my hopes have […]
Read moreI do not archive many television series, but those few that I have collected have been left in DVD rips because, frankly, I have been too lazy to separate the episodes and prep them for MediaBrowser or My Movies. However this little tool might just be enough to convince me to take the plunge. I also like the idea of […]
Read moreOnce upon a time, Microsoft had a service called Xbox Live Diamond. It was a short-lived, and rather pitiful, discount card program for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Sounds like we might be getting a new take on Xbox Live Diamond that could actually offer some true value. The Xbox 360 already offers IPTV funtionality with Mediaroom integration for interested service […]
Read moreThe good folks over at MaximumTech, MaximumPC’s new sister site, have put together a solid overview of most of the current mainstream online movie and TV streaming and rental services. There is not a lot of new info here, but it is a handy guide for making side-by-side comparisons of the major services if you have been thinking of casting a […]
Read moreGoogle kicked off 2010 by adding movie rentals to its YouTube service. Those early Sundance offerings have gradually been supplemented with a variety of independent, Bollywood, and anime rentals, but today Google kicked things up a notch with the announcement that YouTube would be adding 3,000 rental titles from major Hollywood heavyweights Warner Brothers, Sony, and Universal. The titles are expected to include a mix […]
Read moreMy Channel Logos has always been one of my favorite WMC plugins. The program allows users to tweak their TV Guide, most notably by allowing users to add color logos for the channels. It is a minor adjustment that goes a long way toward improving the fit and finish of Windows Media Center. Version 2.0 of My Channel Logos is now available. It […]
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We have been keeping an eye on the latest version of the popular Windows Media Center add-in for a while now, but word went out early this morning that the official, final version of My Movies 4 has been released. This new version includes comprehensive support for movie and television series collections. Be sure to check out our review to […]
Read moreIan Dixon over at The Digital Lifestyle pointed out a new media center program today called QVIVO. Like Ian, it was not a program I had heard of before, but it does show some definite promise. At its most basic level it is a fairly straighforward media front-end, but the folks behind QVIVO seem to have some big integration plans. There are public […]
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