Yesterday Roku and Netflix released the first of a few set-top boxes that stream content from Netflix’s Watch Instantly service. The service which began early last year allows subscribers with the $8.99 plan and up the ability to stream a set of movies and TV shows from the Netflix library
This Roku Netflix Player is available [...]

Roku and Netflix Release Set-Top Box For Streaming Video
Home Theater, Media No Comments »Apple Wants iTunes Purchases Over Cellular Network For Next iPhone
Apple, Media, Rumor, iPhone No Comments »As you may already know the current iPhone is only capable of purchasing music from its iTunes Music store application when you are connected to a Wifi network. Well, Apple is in talks that would allow them to sell music to iPhone owners over the 3G data network as well.
The New York Times is reporting [...]
My Idea Of The Perfect Network DVR
Media, Random Tech, Rants No Comments »I have been thinking a lot about DVRs lately, mostly because I saw the Nueros OSD and thought it was pretty cool, but I started thinking about what would be the perfect networked DVR and here’s what I came up with.
The DVR would have an ATSC tuner and a H.264 encoder, this way the programs [...]
RAmos V8 PMP Pictured With A Few Early Specs
Media No Comments »The RAmos V8 is a pretty nice looking PMP coming out of China (although I don’t know if it is going to be sold in the US) and I know it looks a lot like the iPod Touch, but it is still worth talking about.
The V8 has a 4.3″ screen and 16GB of storage but [...]
HBO Arrives in iTunes, Standard Pricing? No
Apple, Media, iTunes No Comments »The rumors were going around early yesterday but now it is official, HBO content is now available for download through iTunes. What’s strange is that Apple has seemed to give in to the idea of variable pricing with HBO with most of their content being sold for $2.99 per episode (some content is still $1.99 [...]
$298 Blu-ray Players Showing Up in Wal-Marts
Blu-Ray, Media No Comments »Funai has just began shipping their first generation of Blu-ray disc players that will be branded with various names (Magnavox, Sylvania, Emerson, Insignia, Pye). Some of these players have already began showing up in Wal-Marts for $298, super cheap for a Blu-ray player.
Funai is currently the largest manufacturer of DVD players, accounting for over one [...]
iPhone 2.0 Beta Gets YouTube Support in Safari
Apple, Beta, Gaming, Media, YouTube, iPhone No Comments »The Boy Genius Report spent a little bit of time messing around with the latest iPhone SDK and if you remember a little while ago they were saying that there was YouTube support in Safari? Well it is finally here, what it actually does is when you visit a web page with a YouTube video [...]
Zune Update 2.5 Adds Purchasing of TV Shows to Zune’s Feature List
Media, Zune No Comments »Microsoft’s Zune 2.5 update launches today and with it will come purchasable TV shows and more social features.
You can now view friends Zune cards inside of the Zune software instead of using your browser to view them. There is also a return of auto playlists and the introduction of gapless playback. Dynamic friends list that [...]