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Roku Adding Channel Store
Roku is adding a Channel Store it’s it’s Roku players. They promised 10 more content sources by the end of the year and they hit the mark. Channel store will allow you to add sources to your Roku player from places like revision3, pand...
Video: Netflix on PS3
You can now stream Netflix from your PS3. The problem is you have to use a disc in order to do so. The disc is free and you can get it from Netflix. I think it’s funny that you need physical media to get your content in digital media form. ...
Roku Launches New Netflix Players, Makes Me Wonder Why
Roku is now offering the Roku SD ($79.99), Roku HD ($99.99) and the Roku HD-XR ($129.99). The Roku HD is the former player. I’m thinking their strategy seems a little crazy. You start offering the HD box. Most companies want to go HD along ...
Netgear EVA2000 Digital Entertainer Live
Netgear is now shipping the EVA2000 Digital Entertainer Live. This small little box handles a lot of different streaming methods. You can stream from USB, computer or NAS. It also streams Netflix, youtube, CinemaNow Movies and many more. The pric...
PlayOn Streams to the Wii
PlayOn has a new beta that works with the Wii. It will allow you to stream Hulu, Netflix, CBS, CNN, ESPN, Amazon VOD, YouTube and more. I haven’t talked about it before but PlayOn now has a plug-ins section that will allow you to add many mor...
Netflix Adding ABC Shows to Watch Now
Netflix announced a deal today that will bring ABC shows to it’s Watch Now section. This is good news since they already had CBS and NBC. I get involved with many shows through watch now. I started watching Weeds which they only had the firs...
Video: Xbox 360 Netflix Update
The new Xbox 360 update brings improvements and new features to Netflix. The video above is a little tour of the new Netflix. It’s very cool that there is a party mode where you can invite friends and watch together. Probably not an everyday...
Blockbuster On Demand Coming to HDTVs and Blu-ray Players
Blockbuster is bringing it’s On Demand service to the living room. That shouldn’t be a surprise since the company has nothing going for it right now. I’m not sure there is a Blockbuster left in my area. Netflix wiped them out wit...
Netflix Streaming Coming to Sony TVs
Netflix is still on a mission to get it’s streaming content on everyone’s TV. This time they are partnering with Sony to offering streaming to select Bravia TVs. Surprising it isn’t showing up on the Playstation 3 or Blu-ray playe...
Netflix Comes to Windows Media Center
There have been many plug-ins to get Netflix in Windows Media Center. Now there is a built-in program to watch Netflix. It’s always best to have the features built-in. It doesn’t work on extenders which isn’t surprising since mos...
Video: Amazon On Demand HD on the Roku Box
Engadget got a preview of Amazon on demand HD for the Roku box. I have two Roku boxes at home and can honestly say I haven’t used Amazon at all. While the HD does look good it’s not good enough to spend the money. As of right now the s...
5 Reasons Why I’m Not Going Blu-Ray
I get asked all the time if I have a Blu-Ray player. I guess with how much technology I have around it seems natural that I would have the latest Blu-Ray player on the market. But I don’t and my 5 reasons why are below. 1. Blu-Ray player...
Plex Update Adds Netflix Plug-in
Plex has added Netflix plug-in to it’s app store. Plex is a media center application based on XBMC. There were a lot of other updates and fixes in the new release. A couple fixes were big ones. I would definitely upgrade to the newest versi...
Netflix Streaming to the Wii?
There was a recent survey going around about Netflix streaming to the Wii. You can see the survey at Joystiq. While the Wii doesn’t offer HD resolution it does offer the services to a lot of people. And the people that could take advantage o...
Understudy Adds Hulu/Netflix to Front Row
I guy I work with told me about this new program called Understudy. Understudy is a plug-in that adds Hulu and Netflix to Front Row. It pulls the feeds from the websites to display the content. With Netflx you have to be logged in from Safari befo...
