At this year’s CES, D-Link’s Boxee Box got a lot of hype. It’s demo at D-Link’s booth was perpetually crowded as attendees showed a genuine interest in what it offers. The sub-$200 device, which is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 CPU and boasts a convenient RF remote with full QWERTY keyboard, aggregates most digital content, [...]
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Nuu Player is a real alternative to the Boxee Box
January 11th, 2010
Could the PopBox “Pop” those inflated cable bills?
January 4th, 2010
Well it’s finally here. 2010 – the year by which so many films predicted humanity zipping around in flying cars, travelling regularly throughout our solar system, and working alongside artificially intellengent computers. While technology hasn’t quite kept up with fiction, it’s still progressing nicely.
Consumers in 2009 gained more choice and available features in the [...]
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Tags: Boxee, digital media player, DVR, HTPC, IPTV, PopBox, TV 
1 Comment »National Geographic goes digital…
December 30th, 2009
I once met a guy that had over sixty years of National Geographic magazines. Although proud of his collection, it presented several “problems”, including its bulk and difficulty to search for any specific topic - relegating the entire library to the classification of mostly useless novelty. The paper pages were also old and dry, perfect kindling for [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Technology Tags: digital media, eBook, magazines, National Geographic 1 Comment »The Boxee Box and Boxee Beta
December 7th, 2009
Those of you looking for an alternative to the many varieties of proprietary digital media players which regularly hit the market should seriously consider following the development of Boxee. The open-source software, which can easily be installed on any Windows, Mac, or Linux home theater computer presents one of the best interfaces by which users can [...]
Comcast Video On-Demand Online
November 13th, 2009
For those looking to stay on the PC side of the gap between online and traditional content, Comcast just made your life a whole lot easier. In a recent announcement, the company explained the details of its new TV Everywhere On-Demand Online feature, which gives Comcast cable TV subscribers access to the company’s vast library [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Technology Tags: comcast, TV Everywhere, Video on Demand Online, VOD 1 Comment »More signs of the DVD’s decline…
November 3rd, 2009
Yesterday we reported that Paramount Studios has partnered with flash memory maker Kingston to offer movies and TV via USB flash drives and SD cards. Now, in yet another sign of a gradual migration away the entertainment industry’s more than decade old DVD standard, Best Buy has announced a partnership with Sonic Solutions’ Roxio CinemaNow, [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Technology Tags: Best Buy, Netflix, Redbox, Roxio CinemaNow, streaming media No Comments »Flash Movies Just Make Sense
November 2nd, 2009
The proliferation of personal media players, media enabled cell phones, and ultra portable laptops has been great for the consumer, untethering and allowing us to carry more of our digital lives with us. But typically around 4GB per film, carrying a decent sized library of full length DVD quality movies isn’t easy, especially when [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Technology Tags: digital movies, Flash Memory, Kingston, Paramount No Comments »Roku expands its product line…
October 27th, 2009
We’ve mentioned the Roku player in other posts, citing its ability to stream Netflix movies instantaneously to your TV via the Internet. In its original form, the standard definition Roku player allowed subscribers to conveniently play Netflix’ growing library of online content. Now, Roku has released two additional players, both supporting high definition video and [...]
Free Holiday In-Flight Broadband!
October 19th, 2009
We’ve discussed the wonders of in-flight broadband at length on TechClicker. It’s a great way to pass the time and increase productivity on long flights. Unfortunately, it’s not free and the companies offering it are limited. Google, in what can only be described as a brilliant public relations move by a company currently under fire [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Google, Internet, Technology Tags: Gogo In Flight Internet, Google, Virgin America 1 Comment »Watching TV just got easier!
October 16th, 2009
TV lovers rejoice! Thanks to the recently ratified ATSC mobile digital TV standard, you may soon find yourself watching live broadcast TV via a portable device. While all those NTSC compatible Sony Watchmen will still be trash, expect innumerable ATSC enabled portable personal media devices to flood the market in the very near future.
The full ATSC [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Content Delivery, Personal Media Players, TV and Video, Technology Tags: ATSC, HD, NTSC, PMP, Sony, TV 1 Comment »
