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It has been a few weeks since Roku officially announced the Channel Store, but it looks like that wait has come to an end. Well, almost to an end. The official availability is that the Channel Store will come as a free update and be rolled out to “all existing… Continue Reading »

Going back to my confession of missing my recently sold Roku set top box, I have found a few more reasons why I will most likely purchase the updated Roku XR when it becomes available. It is expected that an announcement, or possibly multiple announcements are coming from Roku before… Continue Reading »

I have long had a love hate relationship with my Roku set-top box.  I love the device and how simple it was to set up and how simple it is to use.  But on the other hand, I have often complained about the lack of available content that it offered. … Continue Reading »

The new start up ZillionTV is using Hulu as its model behind their new set top boxes and has received backing from big names, like ABC, Disney, Fox, NBC, Sony, and Warner Bros. The company will offer a new type of set top box that will stream content to the… Continue Reading »

Vudu has announced a new, and this time permanent lower price for the set-top-box.  We have seen numerous sale prices lately, including one that dropped to $99 during this past holiday season, but this new price tag of $149 will remain intact.  The Vudu HD price was cut in half,… Continue Reading »

Every company is doing everything possible to survive.  Vudu just shed 15% of its people to stay afloat.  Vudu says that that most of the people cut were “brought on for Best Buy training.”  Well, they’re gone now. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Vudu, the company produces… Continue Reading »

CES always has some great products, but was Awox one of them?  Awox was showing off a Video-on-Demand set top box.  This device can download movies and also had a slot for SD cards and one USB port.  The Awox VOD box supports the usual set of image, audio, and… Continue Reading »

Intel and Adobe announced today they are collaborating on optimizing Adobe’s Flash and Intel’s media center CE 3100 processor.  The two companies are moving to bring the wealth of Flash content to TVs both in standard and high definition.  This is a good move for both companies and will pave… Continue Reading »

It is no secret that Blockbuster has been playing catch up with Netflix for the past few years.  Now, as Netflix has been offering streaming for the Roku for quite some time and HD streaming on newer Blu-Ray players and the Xbox 360, Blockbuster wants in.  Blockbuster quietly released its… Continue Reading »

Vudu first began showing up in Best Buy locations back in late-March and at the time it was just 24 locations, all of which were located in California. The limited availability was thought to be a testing period to make sure the devices would be able to sell as expected.… Continue Reading »