Warner Brothers was the first studio to push Netflix, Redbox, and Blockbuster into agreements requiring a 28 day window on rentals from the date that DVDs go on sale. When Netflix, the first domino to fall, signed on, Netflix claimed that Warner Brothers would be providing better streaming options in return. How well this worked out is debatable, but there […]
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Google tried to keep Google TV out of sight during last year’s CES, but not his year. Hot on the heels of Marvell’s announcement that it was building chips to support Google TV’s transition to ARM comes the announcement that LG will be showing off their own Google TV-powered smart TV at CES this year. LG will be joining Samsung, […]
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I guess the executives at HBO decided the “Lilyhammer” trailer that Netflix released a couple of days ago looked pretty good. In just about a month Netflix will break into the world of original programming with a show that looks, at least vaguely, like the type of show that HBO has become famous for over the last 10-15 years. One […]
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Western Digital had best be careful lest their My Book external drives become full on NAS systems. The new My Book Live Duo is Western Digital’s latest network-capable My Book external hard drive, but this time WD is packing in some advanced features. There is some backup software and a DLNA server, though those are pretty much standard bullet points on […]
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It seems like just yesterday that network equipment manufacturers were falling all over themselves to release Draft-N Wi-Fi devices so that they could squeeze in a whole product cycle before the IEEE finalized the 802.11n spec. The idea of a wireless network that could send data at 150Mps meant that it just might be possible to place that HTPC anywhere […]
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Disney has been in a serious deal-making mood these last few months. First they hooked up with Roku, then they went big with YouTube. Now they’ve signed on for a 10 year deal with Comcast that will see almost all of Disney’s networks made available on Comcast’s Xfinity streaming and VOD service. If you can name a Disney, ABC, or […]
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Just in case you aren’t getting enough TV at home, MetroPCS wants to help you out. MetroPCS has partnered with Mobile Content Venture to offer phones with ATSC-MH tuners to tap into MCV’s Dyle Mobile TV service. The first phone will be a Samsung Android phone coming out later this year. Similar mobile TV services have come and gone before, […]
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There are some of us heading to CES from MissingRemote. Follow us on our twitter account for live updating if we get signal. Follow Andrew Van Til @babgvant, Kyle Button @TechButton, Mike Garcen @mikegarcen, or Mikinho @mikinho on twitter for CES updates. We will be updating throughout the week at CES. You can post questions here or request and we will try […]
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Westinghouse has joined the early announcer club and let loose with details about their 2012 HDTV lineup ahead of CES 2012. They have models ranging from 19″ all the way up to 70″ this year. Westinghouse may be a second-tier manufactuer, but it would seem that they are looking at working their way up the ranks a bit with this […]
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While most won’t care, and some will even say why bother, Google TV is moving away from the x86 platform and migrating towards the ARM processing platform. As part of that move Marvell has been selected as the processor of choice with its Armada 1500 dual core processor as the new heart of the Google TV platform. The Armada 1500 […]
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