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TiVo Launches YouTube Integration

Tivo owners will be happy to learn that starting today and continuing over the next few weeks, TiVo will be rolling out a new version of their software. And as the post title and video above would suggest, version 9.4 of TiVo’s software brings with it a healthy dose of YouTube love. That’s right people, [...]

Slow Sales Lead to Mass HDTV Price Cuts

As the economy continues to decline and unemployment rates continue to rise, now is a tough time for everyone. Particularly tough perhaps, if a big part of your business involves selling luxury items like HDTVs. In times of economic crisis people most often forgo big ticket items such as plasma and LCD TVs and opt [...]

Netflix Streaming Coming Soon to an Xbox 360 Near You

In the quest to reign the world of home entertainment streaming, partnering with Microsoft to provide your movie download service on Xbox 360 is definitely a good move. In fact, it’s a safe bet that a good percentage of potential set top box owners are already packing an Xbox 360 and for these guys you’re [...]

Sony KDL-XBR6, KDL-XBR7, and KDL-XBR8 specs, and release dates!

What could possibly be better than your 52 inch Sony XBR5 TV? The XBR6, XBR7, and XBR8, of course! If there was any doubt about Sony’s seriousness with the XBR line, we can safely put that to rest right now. We’ve just got a hold of the product roadmap for this year, in addition to [...]

Hulu Agrees, Sharing is Caring

It has been a few weeks since Hulu became available to the general public and so far the internet video service has been met with open arms. Often times when a service leaves private beta and sees a huge amount of popularity, development can become stagnant for a while. Hulu however, appears to be the [...]

Blockbuster to Announce Set-top Box This Month

It looks like Blockbuster is taking swings in the set-top box on deck circle as they prepare to make an announcement this month. According to Reuters, Blockbuster’s next big move will be the addition of a set-top box solution that will allow them to stream video content directly to televisions. Of course just as with [...]

Hulu Launches Tomorrow with Beefed Up Content; Server Errors Ensue

Online video, television and movie addicts alike are rejoicing this morning as Hulu has officially announced that its private beta blanket will be lifted tomorrow, as predicted. The service will become open to the public, initially in the US only, and what began as an NBC / Fox depot has announced hoards of additional content [...]

Say Hello to Hulu, Maybe

Could the world finally gets a taste of hulu this coming week? Might NBC and Fox’s baby finally leave private beta? Do you care? Those who have sampled hulu to date seem to have mixed feelings with regards to the service and analyst opinions are just as varied. If you somehow haven’t read about it [...]

Panasonic Announces Viera P905i TV Phone

Panasonic recently announced its latest mobile handset, the Viera P905i. Carrying the same moniker as Panasonic’s line of plasma and LCD televisions, you can guess what the focus of this bad boy is going to be. Yup, TV. The P905i packs a massive display, a remarkable contrast ratio and a playback rate of 30 frames [...]

Netflix to Take a Bite out of Apple?

We’ve already looked at the iTunes movie rental service alongside Netflix’s streaming offering. Side by side, it appears that the two video services are in completely separate leagues. Netflix offers unlimited streaming from its library of over 6,000 titles absolutely free of charge to all of its unlimited mail order subscribers. Apple on the other [...]

And This Week’s “Thinnest TV” Award Goes to…

Anorexia isn’t just a problem with models and teenage girls these days. Apparently the epidemic is spreading throughout the electronics world, and spreading fast. Apple, Toshiba, and others are vying to produce the world’s thinnest laptop, the title belt for the world’s thinnest mobile phone is always changing hands, and the television game is no [...]

SlingPlayer for iPhone Rumor Gains Momentum

SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry was finally announced formally prior to CES after having been passed around the rumor mill since September. Add the BB version to their already existing support for Windows Mobile, Palm OS and Symbian and they have all the bases covered, right? Ahhh, that’s right; OS X mobile. An iPhone / iPod [...]

Pioneer’s Kuro concept TV

Are you noticing a trend here? The CES trade show is about many things, but gigantic televisions are certainly at the forefront of most big manufacturer’s offerings. While Pioneer can’t quite compete on the size scale with the likes of Panasonic and Sharp, the company is working to make a play on the luxury screen [...]