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home entertainment

ZeeVee: One Box to Broadcast PC's HD Video All Over the House

Today, a startup called ZeeVee is launching the ZvBox, a three-part plan for getting all the good HD video content from your PC out to all the TVs in the house:
• The box itself converts the video from the PC's VGA port into a high-def channel and sends it out to your home's coax cable network.
• A PC app acts as a launcher for all the good PC-based internet video clients, like Hulu, Joost and even Microsoft's own Media Center.
• The remote controls not just your TV, but the app on the PC too, giving you decent control over the otherwise PC-locked experience. More »

7:00 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,284 views, 13 comments

Latest by dkoemans: to answer your question, this is a remarkable price and bit of technology, at least at this stage. I know people that are home installers on high end whole house solutions and this nut has just been about impossible to more »

home entertainment

Motorola Readies Up MPEG-4-Ready Next-Generation Set-Top Box Army Led by DCX3400

The Scratch: Motorola is launching a new line of MPEG-4 set-tops designed for HD video and surround sound—DCX. They all rock 1GHz tuners (good for bandwidth-binging HD and VOD) and support whole home networking, which is useful for sharing DVR goodness. The DCX3400 (picture) is a dual-tuner HD DVR, while the DCX3200 is a single-tuner HD set-top and the DX100 is standard def set-top box. The Catch: Whether or not you'll see 'em on your shelf depends on your cable company. [Motorola]

4:20 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By matt buchanan
1,978 views, 7 comments

Latest by koryglenn: It is most likely your UI app. I am guessing you are a comcast customer and use TV Guide. Pretty much everything you do with your remote on your DVR is controlled by that app. You should more »

home entertainment

FyreTV Update: Subscription-based IPTV Porn at DVD-Quality

We've got some more details on the FyreTV IPTV porn box that brings DVD-quality porn into your living room (where it belongs). If we're reading the site correctly, the FyreTV box will be subscription-based, meaning it's essentially an "all you can eat" type of porn instead of an a la carte—think Zune Pass vs. iTunes. It's entirely streaming, so there's no saving of content, but you can bookmark and search for your favorite scenes. Go sign up for the free beta if you're interested. [FyreTV]

6:29 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Jason Chen
8,735 views, 12 comments

Latest by HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak: Somehow, I don't think this is going to do so well. While it's true the porn industry (and its customer base) is among the biggest early tech adopters, porn still does have a stigma attached. Nobody's going to want a more »

allgizwants

All Giz Wants: An All-In-One Set Top Box

If you've been around long enough, you'll remember All Giz Wants—our series of fanciful and unlikely wishlist items that would totally make this the Best Holidays Ever if we got them. Here's one I've been wishing for for the better part of a decade: an all-in-one set top box that does everything. More »

5:20 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Jason Chen
14,737 views, 24 comments

wireless

Broadcom to Bring Bluetooth to Set-Top Boxes

Chip manufacturer Broadcom has gone ahead and decided to add Bluetooth to its reference platform for consumer set-top boxes. Not only does this mean that you might be able to use a Bluetooth device as a remote control, but also opens up the possibility of having direct audio transfers. That means either wireless speakers or headphones are a very easy and real possibility. Maybe Sony wasn't as crazy as we originally thought for skipping IR on the PS3. [The Register]

4:20 PM on Mon Sep 10 2007
By blongo3
1,106 views, 4 comments

Latest by Worf: Problem is, with no IR, means no integration with existing remote controls. I.e., yet another remote control to have to handle, or pay $expensive for one with bluetooth support down the road. There's a reason why people use Harmony remotes more »

blockbuster buster?

Vudu Video Wonderbox Picture Walkthrough and Review: Just Short of Wonderful

Rather than just tell you what's great (and terrible) about the hot new Vudu video-on-demand box, I thought I'd show you, so come on... More »

Feature

11:01 PM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Wilson Rothman
14,188 views, 26 comments

video wars

Microsoft Media Extender Platform Relaunched With 802.11n, DivX and Xvid Support

Probably the only Media Extender hardware most people are aware of is the Xbox 360, and with everyone and their mom getting into the set-top box game, it's time Microsoft re-juiced the stagnating platform. Renamed "Extenders for Window Media Center" (okay?) the new platform will debut on hardware from Linksys, D-Link and Niveus Media later this month and appears to newly support wireless N, DivX, Xvid, Windows Media Video HD, and encrypted HD streaming at a minimum. We'll get a closer look at some of the hardware at CEDIA later today, but hit the jump for the full release. Update: Only these new devices have the capability, and the Xbox 360 does not. More »

4:30 AM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Matt Buchanan
12,274 views, 12 comments

Latest by mcrocks: Can't wait to get the Xvid and DivX native support through xbox 360! Have not had much luck with Transcode 360 and Vista MC. more »

video wars

Building B Promises the One True Set-Top Box, Without Wires, PCs or Details

The do-it-all set-top box market's about to get even more crowded, the newest kid on the block coming from start-up Building B. Their hook: wireless delivery of traditional TV content in HD, plus VOD and web video without a PC. The catch: They're not so forthcoming with the details in regards to the tech it's using for delivery or prices for either the box or the service. More »

1:40 PM on Mon Aug 20 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,599 views, 2 comments

home entertainment

New Video Watermark Tech Traces Bootlegs Back to Pirates

Future set-top boxes and gateways from Thomson SA are going to come with video watermarking tech that will allow investigators to pinpoint the origin of pirated videos. The tech, NexGuard, identifies "individual copies of the films distributed digitally to cinemas or on DVD as preview copies for reviewers and awards juries." Before video content leaves a gateway or set-top box, it embeds a watermark unique to each device using the box's digital video chip. More »

7:15 PM on Fri Mar 16 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,102 views, 19 comments

netflix

Netflix Previews a Hint of a Download Service to Come?

Could this be a hint of Netflix's plans for a movie download service? This week Netflix launched Netflix Previews, a service on the site that allows users to watch previews of movies Netflix thinks you'd like with a nice easy "add to queue" button underneath. On the surface it's a nice if unexciting new feature, but could Netflix be ramping up to start allowing full movies to be downloaded? More »

1:53 PM on Fri Dec 15 2006
By www.gizmodo.com
2,070 views, 7 comments

gadgets

All Giz Wants: The Netflix Set-Top Box

I, for one, am sick of having to get up off my ass to get new movies to watch. Sure, it's gotten easier since the days that had me driving to the video store to rent a movie (remember video stores? How quaint.), but it's not easy enough. I still need to mail movies back to Netflix and wait a few days for the next film on my list to arrive. Bah! More »

3:34 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By www.gizmodo.com
4,839 views, 42 comments

gadgets

The Loop: Motion Controlled Remote Hands-On

The Loop motion-controlled remote may have seemed like a gimmick at first, but after playing with it firsthand, we have to say that it seems like the remote of the future. Let us explain. Hillcrest Labs' technology allows you to flick your wrist up, down, left or right in order to move the cursor around on the screen—it's basically a mouse control in mid-air. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Dec 6 2006
By Jason Chen
887 views, 15 comments

home entertainment

Dcube Mvision: HD Playback, No Discs

Bypass the Blu-ray and HD DVD "revolution" altogether with the Dcube Mvision, an HD DivX player that can also play ripped DVD files from its hard disk. This setup box plays back DivX, OGG, WMA, WMV and MP3 files from its internal hard disk, and sends Dolby 5.1 sound through optical and coaxial ports, too. More »

10:10 AM on Fri Oct 27 2006
By Charlie White
984 views, 10 comments

comcast

Comcast Video + Music Download Store Launching Before October 31

We've heard a little bit more about the upcoming Comcast video store hitting PCs and set-top-boxes before October '06. More »

4:55 PM on Thu Oct 5 2006
By Jason Chen
2,413 views, 1 comment

home entertainment

Coming Soon: Matrixstream 1080p IPTV Streaming

You've seen how voice-over-IP services such as Vonage and Skype have turned the world of plain old telephone service upside-down, and now Matrixstream may be just about to play a similar trick on the cable TV and satellite TV market space with its end-to-end IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) set-top box and transmission technology. More »

10:18 AM on Fri Jun 30 2006
By Charlie White
2,735 views, 3 comments

gadgets

iSetBox-Home Multimedia Communication Center


iSetBox-Home Multimedia Communication Center is an oddly-shaped set-top box from Bulgarian company Media Systems Ltd. that uses a PixelWorks CPU running Linux. It has a DVD player, accommodates six different types of flash cards, has a PAL and NTSC digital/analog tuner, and it also functions as a networkable PVR if you spring for its optional hard drive. Attempting to cram every possible feature into the same box, it even has an FM radio. More »

9:00 AM on Fri Mar 24 2006
By Charlie White
181 views, Comment