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Vudu is working with Mitsubishi once again.  Recently, a purchase of a Mitsubishi television garnered a Vudu player and more.  Now, certain Mitsubishi televisions will have Vudu built in.  The Diamond models of Unisen Immersive Sound TVs will have a Vudu player integrated.  The model numbers of these televisions are… Continue Reading »

Instant streaming movies really seem to be the way everything is going. Blu-ray isn’t exactly the hottest selling format and an increasing number of players are also including streaming services for those who want to watch something right that moment rather than going to get the disc, or waiting for… Continue Reading »

It turns out that TiVo was not the only set-top box that begin offering HD quality content from Amazon.  The HD goodness has also been added to the $99 Roku Player, which seems to be a pretty fair price when you consider the available content.  Now that it is available,… Continue Reading »

Get those TiVos ready!  Because we told you it was coming, and now it is here.  Today is the first day that TiVo HD, TiVo HD XL, or Series 3 subscribers can download high definition TV shows and movies right off of the amazon.com website. Amazon takes on iTunes As… Continue Reading »

Normally, when you want to access Netflix Watch Instantly on a TiVo, you have to go through a series of menus.  It goes something like Video On Demand > Netflix > Watch Instantly.  Now, you’ll be able to place Netflix Watch Instantly in your “Now Playing” list with the rest… Continue Reading »

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Over at the Official Netflix Blog, plenty of people have voiced their opinion on the recent increase in pricing for Blu-ray movies.  Taking a look at some of the over 500 comments on the post, there is an overwhelmingly negative response.  Some commenters have mentioned several points like: ”Blockbuster does… Continue Reading »

It seems like Amazon may be looking to bring HD to their catalog, but they aren’t officially talking about it just yet.  Such secrecy.  No doubt the jump to HD titles is a bit of a “let’s play ball” reaction to the very recent release of HD movie titles on… Continue Reading »

We can file this latest announcement as something that was expected, Roku has taken their support for Amazon’s Video on Demand out of private beta and made it available to all.  Of course, even though this was expected, it still serves as good news, and this announcement has made my… Continue Reading »

Do you VUDU?  Apparently it’s becoming more and more popular.  And with their announcement yesterday that they are the first on-demand service to offer high definition movies to own, those that VUDU are liking it a lot. Before this, subscribers could only rent HD movies from on-demand services (like VUDU). … Continue Reading »

Roku is currently in the process of adding Amazon video-on-demand on its little set top box.  The support is currently being tested as a private beta (which unfortunately has reached its limit) and is expected to be available with firmware 2.0.  Of course, there is no info on any expected… Continue Reading »