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    Sezmi Takes Big Step Towards Delivering All-in-One TV Solution

    1080p Android Set-top Boxes Are Set to Invade Your Living Room

    Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951

    Would You Rather Have an HTPC or a Set-Top Box?

    Cable Industry Starting To Realize That They Need To Let Go Of the Box

    Do You Want a Boxee Dedicated Set-Top Box?

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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/16/09

    In reply to Sezmi Takes Big Step Towards Delivering All-in-One TV Solution
    Does this thing use CableCard? #sezmi
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    08/30/09

    In reply to 1080p Android Set-top Boxes Are Set to Invade Your Living Room
    I actually like this a lot!!
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    08/30/09

    In reply to 1080p Android Set-top Boxes Are Set to Invade Your Living Room
    While it is not yet truly and completely open, I fully expect it to be. How difficult would it be to have Google later on provide the ultimate in personalized ads to a TV set near you. Picture it; cartoons rendered 100% in Sketchup version 12 which renders a photo-realistic 'coke' can rather than a 'mountain drew' simply based on the sites google knows you visit...
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    08/29/09

    In reply to 1080p Android Set-top Boxes Are Set to Invade Your Living Room
    ok. Let's have them play friendly with 1080p, DVR, Blu-ray, and the rest...
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    Image of kimchibrown kimchibrown
    08/28/09

    In reply to 1080p Android Set-top Boxes Are Set to Invade Your Living Room
    I'm tired of all these android products that never seem to come out in the states. It seems that Giz posts some sort of non phone android powered gizmo that they never review. Is it because they never come out? That's what I think.
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    08/28/09

    @kimchibrown: I'm sorry I put a gun to your head and forced you to read this...
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    Image of CustomFirmware CustomFirmware
    08/29/09

    @Don Nguyen:

    You get a heart. :D
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    Image of Hi, I'm God Hi, I'm God
    08/28/09

    In reply to 1080p Android Set-top Boxes Are Set to Invade Your Living Room
    ...invade? That makes them sound so evil...

    I'm going to be welcoming them with open arms. No siege needed! Come right in, sir! Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hurry the fuck up and get set up, sir.
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Edited by Hi, I'm God at 08/28/09 7:31 PM Hi, I'm God was starred Hi, I'm God was unstarred
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    08/28/09

    @Hi, I'm God:

    I highly agree. Keep the hardware simple and cheap and they'll have a clear winner!
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    Wow, slow news day today huh? This isn't in relation to this post or anything, but I get home from a hard day's work hoping to lose myself in gizmodo.. and there's like 6 posts total today.
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    07/25/09

    @AlexSea: If you haven't noticed, it's the weekend. People are usually out having fun with friends and family, not hunched over the computer posting news articles.
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    Image of AlexSea AlexSea
    07/25/09

    @Δεν βρέθηκαν λέξεις: HAHA wow. I actually didn't notice it was the weekend, I have a weird ass job and the days sort of run together. SORRY GIZ, I stand corrected.
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    Wow! So 1951 was the year kids began wanking it to scambled porn?! I thought I was trailblazer in the 80's. Gotta give it up to the Greatest Generation.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/25/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: I think you may be confusing April Showers and Homecoming with more contemporary titles, Golden Showers and Home, Cumming. That is, unless I'm unaware of Clark Gable's moonlighting jobs.
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    07/25/09

    @bosskev: i see you're the creative mind behind all those wonderful movie titles in the pr0n industry.
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    Image of N1k0s N1k0s
    07/25/09

    @Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: And that's also when the ORIGINAL saying began when a mother caught her son in the act: "If you keep doing that, you'll lose your phonevision!"
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    07/25/09

    @Nick: DeusExMach needs a star: He probably works here
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    bosskev promoted this comment Nelson was starred Nelson was unstarred
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    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    "Started in 1951...cancelled in 1969"

    So, this service lasted 18 years? Jeezus. I was curious, then, as to why it would flop, given how popular the pay-per-view concept is today. I found these two tidbits in a Wikipedia article:

    "One of the major limitations of the Phonevision system was that due to the delay line being switched in and out, color could not be broadcast, as the 3.58 MHz phase lock necessary for NTSC color broadcasting could not be held. This limitation contributed to the demise of the system, along with the FCC authorization of subscription programming about 1969."

    And that part where the "industry called Phonevision a 'massive flop'", yeah, those "industry folks" were...drumroll, please...The Theatre Owners of America. OF COURSE theater owners would call a home theater system a flop!

    Anyway, nice find, Dan, and a great article about a near-miss technology that's--wow!--even older than I am. (Yeah, that is ancient.)
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    Edited by bosskev at 07/25/09 2:20 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    07/25/09

    In reply to Phonevision: The Death of Physical Media Started in 1951
    It should be noted that the FCC denied permits for this and that was part of it demise.

    Nice piece Dan, good gadget history right here
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    05/28/09

    In reply to Would You Rather Have an HTPC or a Set-Top Box?
    I have no interest in an HTPC, I just don't see the point. TiVo and a PS3 handle my needs - DVR, downloads, and optical media.
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    05/27/09

    In reply to Would You Rather Have an HTPC or a Set-Top Box?
    Does anybody know if BluRay can play through MCE yet?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/27/09

    In reply to Would You Rather Have an HTPC or a Set-Top Box?
    I like my HTPC, mostly b/c it also runs one of the webcams on my site. So I get the best of both worlds.
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    05/27/09

    @GenerousHelpingOf_GitEmSteveDa...: You get movies while we get your webcam? I think I know who gets the better end of this deal...
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    05/27/09

    @GenerousHelpingOf_GitEmSteveDa...: SteveDave webcam while he's watching a porno?!!!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/27/09

    @smegz: Porno does not get watched downstairs unless someone wants to watch it.


    Porno is watched on the laptop on my bed.

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    05/27/09

    @smegz: quick dos attack the webcam image, so it crashes his HTPC.. HA!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/27/09

    @beekerstudios: Have to make it through two routers to get to it. You're welcome to try.
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    05/27/09

    @GenerousHelpingOf_GitEmSteveDa...: I find it funny that you think it's cool to have your actual life online and available to everyone 24 hours a day, yet you are probably one of those paranoid people who won't use twitter... irony?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    05/27/09

    @beekerstudios: Twitter? [twitter.com]


    LiveJournal? [gitemstevedave.livejournal.com]


    Photobucket? [s165.photobucket.com]


    But yes, I am extremely paranoid. There are knives hidden on both mine and the passengers side of my bed, one in the shower, etc... My main paranoia is not being prepared when a situation comes along. I have no delusions that my life is exciting enough for someone to "track" me. If that was someones job, they better have them on suicide watch.


    Oh, and BTW, to bring ALL my cameras down, you would need to get through two routers and three computers, one of which is a Mac.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/27/09

    In reply to Would You Rather Have an HTPC or a Set-Top Box?
    Neither, thank you. Nothing beats live performance, so I just pay a troupe of local actors to recreate movies for me and the cats.


    Tomorrow night they're doing Blade Runner (final director's cut version, none of that crappy VO). Anyone local to SF is invited to stop in, curtain at 8:00, BYOP.

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    Image of klaybc klaybc
    05/27/09

    @bosskev: Who you got to play the unicorn?
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    05/27/09

    @klaybc: Funny you should ask. The part of Decker had already been committed to troupe member Arnie Gerbler, so when another external actor demanded to be let into the production, all that was left was the role of the unicorn, and he took it.


    And talk about your consummate professionals! Not only did he accept this lesser part, he assures me he plans to bring a new dimension to its interpretation. If you're reading this, Harrison, you ARE a real team player!

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    05/27/09

    @bosskev: I'm in the east bay, I'll be there at 8:15 because that's how I roll.
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    05/27/09

    @Bustout: Well, since you're coming from that direction anyway, would you mind stopping by Fred's Donuts'n'Liquor Hut to pick a pint of Jack? Good pricing, just watch that old sly Fred gives you back the correct change.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    05/13/09

    In reply to Cable Industry Starting To Realize That They Need To Let Go Of the Box
    2 way cable cards would be a nice start.
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