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So many products, including the $100 Roku Netflix box, come with wireless, so it was surprising that the $300 Vudu broadband video-on-demand box requires a hard Ethernet connection. Today Vudu announces an $80 Vudu-branded Ethernet-to-802.11g bridge kit built by Asus. I tried it over the weekend, and it worked great.
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Vudu Finally Gets Wireless Kit (Works Fine, Expensive by Competitive Measures)
So many products, including the $100 Roku Netflix box, come with wireless, so it was surprising that the $300 Vudu broadband video-on-demand box requires a hard Ethernet connection. Today Vudu announces an $80 Vudu-branded Ethernet-to-802.11g bridge kit built by Asus. I tried it over the weekend, and it worked great.
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akimbo
Akimbo Execs Hit Eject, Shutter Company For Good
The polymorphous life of Akimbo came to an abrupt end this week, as the embattled video-on-demand turned white label video service was shut down for good. The surprising move went down just four months after Akimbo was given an additional $4 million to fund its video services venture. Now the extra cash will go towards former employees' severance packages. Let us reflect on the tumultuous past of Akimbo.More »
ps3
PS3 Movie and TV VOD Service Arriving... Sometime
Sony is preparing for the inevitable and will launch a movie and TV video-on-demand service for the PS3 to compete with the glut of other options already available, according to Sony's Peter Dille. He was thin on details, saying the only thing that we'd be getting "very soon" is more details on the service, which he claims will separate itself from the pack that we've already seen. Does that mean low-budget stag films? Exclusively movies/shows that feature Kareem Abdul-Jabaar? Only time will tell. [Kotaku]
1080p instantly
MatrixStream 1080p Instant HD Streamer Now Searching for Content
Gaze into the future with us, foreshadowed by a company called MatrixStream. These wizards teased us with their 1080p HD streaming box 18 months ago, bragging about how it lets you instantly watch 1080p videos over a broadband connection. Fast-forward to today, and now they're announcing the streaming of a grisly-sounding zombie movie from 2006 called Shadow: Dead Riot. Such is the business of walled-garden TV networking. So as the company waits for the content to catch up, their 1080p on-demand hardware and software sounds like it's enormously powerful. More »
blockbuster buster?
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...
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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...
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11:01 PM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by xxdesmus: ...I just got into the evangelist program, and I can get one of these boxes for $99 (instead of $399), and then I'd also get $99 in movie dollars...so I'd essentially get the box for free. Now my question is "is more »
cablecards
When's CableCARD 2.0 Getting Here?
Engadget HD has the story on why CableCARD 2.0—the standard that everyone's waiting for to provide bi-directional high- def cable support like video on demand—isn't here yet. Turns out the standard for bi-directional certification isn't there, and the associations and coalitions of companies can't agree to agree on what's needed for certification. More »
cellphones
Pray You're Not on "The List": Sylar Coming to Your Cell Phone On Demand
NBC Universal is teaming up with MobiTV to bring its TV shows to the small(er) screen: Full-length episodes of "Heroes," "The Office," "Monk," and "Battlestar Galactica" will be available over the air on demand for $1.99 (awesome) but currently only for "a 24-hour viewing period" (not awesome). More »
home entertainment
Netflix Watch Now: Secret Technique for Cutting In Line, Get Streaming Now
Netflix is slowly rolling out its movie streaming feature, but some members of the movie service won't be getting this capability until June. If you're one of the unlucky Netflix users who haven't seen that Watch Now tab appear on the Netflix website yet, now there's a way you can skip waiting in line and have it right away. There's a manual method, which we also skipped, but you might want to try it:• Log into Netflix.But what worked best for us was the following one-click technique: More »
• Click on "Your Account"
• Look for a small graphic on the right column that says "How can I watch movies on my PC?"
• Click the "Start Now" link, and voila, you have a new tab next to Queue.
home entertainment
Movinflicks Offers Free Current Movies On Demand, Will Be Dead Soon
In the middle of all this big talk about industry titans joining up with BitTorrent, and Amazon and TiVo and Netflix and Wal-Mart all starting to offer movie downloads, isn't it funny when some maverick interloper suddenly offers even better and more current movies than the big boys are offering? Oh yeah, and also with another key diff: they're free. More »
home entertainment
TiVo Blockbuster Partnership Leaked Again
TiVo's store unwittingly leaked their secret relationship with Blockbuster last month, so it's fitting that Blockbuster now returns the favor. More »
home entertainment
TiVo Bundles Blockbuster Online
A TiVo partnership with Blockbuster was uncovered at the TiVo store, where the DVR service was offering a Blockbuster Online subscription (that's the Netflix clone) for $13-$15 extra per month. The deal locks you into the contract with Blockbuster for a year. We'd rather be locked in a cage with a wrestling bear. More »
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