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Sonos Digital Music System now supports Pandora
Sonos has announced that their music system will work in conjunction with Pandora, the online music streaming and recommendation system. With this announcement, Sonos is adding a nifty feature to their already impressive, albeit expensive, music system. The center of the Sonos system is its unique controller, which will now be able to directly access […]
Continue reading...Radiotime.com replaces your FM dial
15. May 2007
Radio stations have been streaming their broadcasts over the internet for years. Such internet radio has always been awkward to use with each radio station requireing you to login in at their own sight. Changing channels meant going to another website and logging into another account. RadioTime.com is a directory of terrestrial radio stations throughout […]
Continue reading...NBA.com offers digital downloads of playoff games
9. May 2007
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is now offering downloads of all 2007 Playoff games . You can download games individually for $2.99, a series for $12.99, or the entire playoffs for $79.99. The NBA is following in Fox’s footsteps of offering downloads for all the BCS Bowl games for college football. From the NBA Store: […]
Continue reading...Over the Air HD Reaching Mainstream Press
5. May 2007
Outdoor antennas are making a comeback according to CNN.com. I am not too surprised by this. This blog frequently talks about how local television stations broadcast their channels in HD for free, with such posts titled 6 Tips to watch HDTV over the air on a PC. Two things are need to receive high definition […]
Continue reading...EZTakes: DRM-free movie download service
27. April 2007
Distributing video content to consumers via a web site is a simple idea that has yet to be perfected. Many of the major online movie stores, including Movelink and Cinemanow, have onerous digital rights management (DRM) and software requirements that greatly limit what you can do with the movies you have bought. EZTakes is a […]
Continue reading...OQO and Slingbox stream content anywhere
25. April 2007
In February, I talked about the OQO Model 2, a micro-PC capable of supporting Microsoft’s Vista Ultimate. The OQO model 02 is loaded with features like a USB 2.0 port and a HDMI-out. These features got me excited about the potential of the Model 2 as a HD Tivo since Window’s Media Center is built […]
Continue reading...Auzentech to release sound card based on Creative X-Fi
17. April 2007
Auzentech, a soundcard manufacturer well-known by home theater computer users for making sound cards based on C-Media’s new Oxygen HD audio chip (which includes the ability to encode Dolby Digital Live and DTS), has announced the impending release of the Auzen X-FI™ Prelude 7.1 near the end of May. This new sound card will be […]
Continue reading...CBS and ABC offer full screen streaming video of prime time shows
15. April 2007
ABC.com and CBS.com now offer full screen streaming of their prime time shows. All four major U.S. networks offer some type of free streaming for their marquee shows, but ABC and CBS are unique in that they offer a full screen version. I watched the latest episode of Lost (that Juliet sure is sneaky) on […]
Continue reading...Google increases free Picasa Web Album storage
8. March 2007
Google has increased the free storage of Picasa Web albums from 250 MB to 1 GB. Picasa is a great way to share files with friends and families. From the Google blog: We have a few long-awaited improvements at Picasa Web Albums today. A new Community Photos search feature helps you discover and explore the […]
Continue reading...Picture Frame Antenna for High Definition Televisions
4. February 2007
With an antenna and an ATSC tuner, receiving high definition (HD) over the air is free and is perfect for watching primetime television and sporting events, especially since most sporting events are broadcast in HD. If you have a HDTV, there is no need to pay for cable when you can get crystal-clear reception of […]
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24. May 2007
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