Home Theater
What I want out of a cable system…
Surely some cool dude is sitting at his desk at Comcast or Time Warner just thinking things up. He probably has tons of cool ideas, but I thought I would save him a little time and give him the ideas he needs to get into development right now.
IMDB Integration If you [...]
Tversity + PS3 = Perfect Streaming Media Player
I have been using Tversity with the Xbox 360 for awhile and have had very few complaints. Recently I upgraded the PS3 firmware and the latest version of Tversity and it was up and going with no configuration. The PS3 interface really shines when browsing through Music, Movies and Photos on the PS3. I am [...]
Wake up call for DVD studios
I don’t claim to be a math genius, but I was thinking about my previous post about piracy, and came across this thought.
Facts2001 had $8 Billion in movie rental sales, and $10.3 Billoin in straight movie sales. Lets take some guesses at average rental and purchase price for new releases. Wal-Mart traditionally sells new release DVDs [...]
Why I was disappointed in the Digg.com HD-DVD key stunts
This is going to be short and sweet, but I feel like making this statement. This week, the HD-DVD encryption key was posted on Digg.com, quite a few times actually. When Digg.com took it down, the users revolted posting it in every type of story they could.
While I am a huge proponent of being able to [...]
Xbox 360 HD-DVD Add-On Drive Review
I got around to trying the HD-DVD Xbox 360 add on and I have to say I am incredibly impressed. I have it connected with Component Cables so I am limited to 1080i resolution, but King Kong looks stunning.
I have made a few trips to try and buy another HD-DVD movie, but I just haven’t [...]
