If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to see an OLED TV in action, you know why some folks keep waiting for them like an electronic Godot: great image quality, super-slim, and highly energy efficient. But save for an 11-inch Sony model that sold for north of ,500 a few years back, we haven’t seen another [...]
Archive for July, 2011
When will we see another OLED HDTV? LG says soon, but others are less optimistic
Posted July 30th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsWho Knew Adding a Share Button Would Get You Sued? Rovi Claims Hulu Is Infringing on Their Interactive TV Patents
Posted July 30th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsUnfortunately the details are scarce at this time, but it has just hit the wire that Rovi (formerly Macrovision and Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.) has set its lawyers on Hulu for what appears to be its latest Facebook integration. If you remember earlier this month, Hulu introduced the ability to share and discover videos with friends on [...]
Hulu Plus May Go Ad-free for a Price
Posted July 29th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsGood catch by our friends at GigaOm. @hulu_support just tweeted that they are considering an ad-free version of Hulu Plus. Currently, Hulu Plus costs .99/mo, but its larger archive of movies and TV shows is sprinkled with ads. No word, of course, when the option may become available, but it begs the question: How much [...]
What’s Grid 10 from Fusion Garage?
Posted July 29th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsFor everyone who thought Fusion Garage was dead after their JooJoo bomb, it’s not. The company is prepping the release of a new tablet tentatively called Grid 10. How do we know this? Thanks to the FCC and site’s like Liliputing and This Is My Next. It’s unclear what OS this device will run, but [...]
Netflix Relief Fund Seeks Your Help
Posted July 28th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsI’m rolling on the floor laughing. It appears Funny or Die must have read my post: “Lots of Whining over Netflix’s Price Hikes; Is It Really All That Bad?” — or at least they were thinking the same thing. The spoof, which uses the Twitter hashtag #NetflixReliefFund, begs you to donate /mo to help a [...]
Logitech Revue with Google TV Reduced to $99
Posted July 28th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsWow, talk about a steep fall. Logitech has taken a hit financially the past couple quarters and have seen fit to reduce the price of their Logitech Revue with Google TV from 9 when it launched to . “The action was taken with the goal of accelerating adoption of the Google TV platform by removing price as [...]
Nielsen Survey Reveals How People Prefer to Use Hulu vs. Netflix
Posted July 28th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsKudos to Nielsen. The company has conducted a survey which reveals how people actually use Hulu and Netflix. Not surprisingly, people like watching TV shows on Hulu (73%) and movies primarily via Netflix (53%), which makes sense since Hulu is made up of TV network content (well, at least a majority of it is) and Netflix [...]
Video: HomeSeer HSTouch Introduction
Posted July 28th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsHome Automation software makers, HomeSeer, have just put a 45 minute webinar video of an introduction to HSTouch - their touchscreen interface software. If you're a new HSTouch user or even thinking of going with this UI for your smart home control then check out the video below…9z0aecZGqGQ
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Microsoft Is Taking IPTV Serious on the Xbox As Evidence by Its New Media Remote
Posted July 28th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsBesides the new, slim Bluetooth headset you may have seen on some of the gadget and gaming sites this week, Microsoft also unveiled a new Xbox 360 Media Remote. It, of course, has buttons the mimic the A, B, X, Y buttons and D-pad navigation of the controller, but it also provides TV remote functionality [...]
Access to ‘Next-day’ FOX TV Shows Online Will Require Authentication Starting August 15, 2011
Posted July 27th, 2011 by Admin | No CommentsIt seems to some out there the sky is falling. FOX has just announced that they will require users on fox.com to provide their current cable/satellite TV subscription service details in order to watch new episodes online the next day (Hulu Plus subscribers will be extended the same courtesy). However, non-subscribers will continue to have [...]