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Grabbing a hard drive for video can be somewhat confusing.  Do you go with a 5400RPM or 7200RPM drive?  Will that hard drive spin be so loud that I’ll have to turn up the volume to 11?  Hitachi is trying to reach that consumer who wants to get hard drives… Continue Reading »

TiVo has won a suit it filed against Dish Network and now the satellite TV giant must pay up to the tune of $200 million.  The original suit was filed back in 2004 when TiVo sued EchoStar, which is now part of Dish Network, for a patent violation involving DVR… Continue Reading »

Toshiba, once know for fighting the on the HD DVD side has officially unveiled the BDX2000—a Blu-ray player.  Of course, we did recently see Toshiba apply to join the Blu-ray Disc Association, so this news should not really come as all that surprising. In terms of features, the BDX2000 is… Continue Reading »

3D TV is coming.  At IFA in Germany, Sony’s Sir Howard Stringer will throw down the gauntlet and announce next year we’ll see 3D TVs from the company.  Sony could use a big hit and bringing the hardware is an important step as content and distribution look to figured out.… Continue Reading »

S1Digital introduced what it calls the “Digital Entertainment Platform.”  This system uses three parts: “an Entertainment Server, Media Center clients and a control solution.”  You load all your content on the Entertainment Server which can support up to 32TB of hard drive space.  The server also has a Blu-ray player… Continue Reading »

i.TV is an app in the App Store that deals with all television media.  The app has tons of features as it can tell you which programs are on when, rate programs and obtain reviews.  i.TV lets you check out local movies, purchase tickets, has YouTube support and even has… Continue Reading »

It looks like Toshiba is ready to fully move on from HD-DVD products and enter in the more popular field of Blu-ray products and goods.  Toshiba applied to join the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), in order to market Blu-ray capable devices. The reason they decided to look into Blu-ray is… Continue Reading »

It’s no big news that Blu-ray adoption, at least in the US, is far from ubiquitous.  Not everyone has an HDTV and the players can be expensive.  While DVD adoption was partially attributed to the PS2, the PS3 hasn’t sold nearly as well as its predecessor with the HD standard. … Continue Reading »

Thought having Season Pass recording, direct Amazon movie downloads, and Netflix Watch Instantly was enough for TiVo?  Think again.  Starting August 5, 2009, TiVo will be offering over 100 free podcast channels, including content from networks such as G4, FOX, and CBS.  Beyond these channels, independent video podcast providers can… Continue Reading »

The ‘net is currently all abuzz with speculation as to who might be the proud new papa to internet movie rental giant, Netflix.  We’re hearing Amazon being tossed about left and right as a suitor and a couple of people are even throwing Microsoft’s name into the ring.  There are… Continue Reading »