Online Video: Miro is Your TiVo for Internet Video
Monday, den 11. August 2008
In the dog days of summer when there’s absolutely nothing new on television (except the Olympics), it’s time to start watching the web—and you need the right tool to do just that. The free, cross-platform internet video player Miro can automatically download online video series via RSS feed [...]
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YouTube: YouTube File Hack (and Others) Download Clips to Your Desktop
Sunday, den 10. August 2008
Windows only: Free software YouTube File Hack is a standalone application and Internet Explorer integrated menu item that downloads videos to your desktop from the popular video sharing site. Simply run the application, enter the URL of the YouTube video you want to view offline, and press the [...]
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It’s Official: Get Netflix on your Xbox 360
Tuesday, den 15. July 2008
This morning we announced support for Netflix service as being built-in in an upcoming software update to 360 service. As C|Net points out, there have been some workarounds for this in the meantime, but this solution will allow you to stream natively and without a dedicated Media Center PC. [...]
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ZuneTV | Load up the Zune
Monday, den 2. June 2008
Zune fansite ZuneBoards has recently launched a YouTube-like site for converting and sharing Zune clips with the community. The site is called ZuneTV. Here, users can upload videos, which are automatically converted into the Zune-compatible .wmv format. Those clips are then made available for download by any member. Like any social video sharing site, there [...]
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Zune TV lineup gets some NBC love
Tuesday, den 6. May 2008
While we’re still waiting for the early year flirtations of NBC and Apple to sprout into a renewed relationship, it looks like Microsoft is picking up the ball and running with it. The new Zune Marketplace TV lineup includes NBC favorites "The Office, "Heroes" and "30 Rock," in addition to popular shows from Comedy Central, [...]
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BitRipper Converts DVDs to AVIs in One Click
Sunday, den 27. April 2008Windows only: Freeware application bitRipper provides no-hassle, one-click conversions from DVDs straight to AVI video files. Until recently a commercial program, bitRipper handles the decryption and encoding of the DVD video in one fell swoop, emphasizing a very simple one-click process (though you can set more advanced options if you like). The on-the-fly encryption and [...]
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Modern Feed serves up the ultimate Web TV surfing tool | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone
Tuesday, den 8. April 2008
Modern Feed is a smart product, taking hosted video programming from a variety of sources and consolidating it into a single directory that’s curated by human beings. The entire experience revolves around a small navigator that sits atop your browser in its own frame. It lets you browse around playlists, search for your favorite shows, and [...]
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FairUse Wizard - Easy DVD Ripping for FREE. Just for a limited time.
Sunday, den 16. March 2008FairUse Wizard has been one of my favorite DVD archiving applications for a long time. The application makes ripping DVDs almost as easy as ripping CDs. You just pop in a disc, decide where to save it, and FairUse Wizard will do all the heavy lifting, ripping and compressing your video using the DiVX, [...]
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Xbox Live Increases Video Library
Friday, den 29. February 2008
Watch out, Netflix and pay-per-view: You have some serious competition from the Xbox 360. Microsoft is reporting that video-on-demand monthly sales have been doubling month over month and are up more than 70 percent since last September. More important for videophiles is that much of the content available is high-definition, and the Xbox Live Marketplace [...]
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Exclusive Heroes Video Podcast Series to Debut on Zune
Friday, den 29. February 2008
Five exclusive music video podcasts are coming to the Zune marketplace free of charge. Download the first here. The first video features the title "Weightless" by Nada Surf and clips from the NBC hit series HEROES. The videos promote the the upcoming release of the official HEROES soundtrack. By subscribing to the podcast the [...]
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Browse and Play Your Ripped DVDs with DVD Play
Tuesday, den 26. February 2008
Windows only: Browse and play the DVDs you’ve ripped to your hard drive using DVD Rip with freeware application DVD Play. Just point DVD Play to the folder DVD Rip is saving your backed up DVDs to, and DVD Play displays them with thumbnails you can browse. Similar to how DVD Rip is a companion [...]
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Zune survey points to video downloads
Monday, den 25. February 2008
Apparently, video is all the rage these days. Just ask the folks who received a survey from Microsoft about services which may or may not be coming to the Zune. It’s possible your heart might skip a beat when you read questions like, "I would rather download a movies from an online service than buy [...]
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Livestation Begins Beta
Thursday, den 21. February 2008
Livestation, the new video streaming service that features Silverlight technology, has begun its invite-only beta this past week by sending out invites to those who signed up for on the Livestation web site.
With Livestation, you can watch a range of live radio and television channels on your computer if you have a broadband connection, with [...]
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Comcast’s Fancast: For those of us who are obsessed with media
Thursday, den 10. January 2008
While the Writers Guild of America is on strike, Hollywood is giving us plenty of opportunities to catch up on content that we haven’t seen. Fancast features full episodes of TV shows, TV listings, and news on TV, movies, and celebrities. Comcast’s Fancast may look like the latest entrant into the web video scene, but [...]
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Stream video to Xbox 360 with Winamp Remote and Windows Media Player
Saturday, den 5. January 2008
Microsoft recently added support for Divx and Xvid video to the Xbox 360 via a Dashboard update. I already knew how to stream music to my Xbox 360, but had never tried video. In this article I’ll describe a couple of applications that allowed me to stream video content to my Xbox 360.
I successfully streamed [...]
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OPENhulu - Hulu Embeds for EVERYONE
Friday, den 14. December 2007You may have already heard of Hulu, a closed beta, on-demand TV service from NBC Universal and News Corp. designed to stream the latest new shows from NBC, Fox, Bravo, Sci Fi, and more YouTube-style. But you may not have heard of OpenHulu, a Hulu clone that’s attempting to embed every video from Hulu (which [...]
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Upgrades: TiVo Now With 2 Terabytes of Storage (Unofficially)
Monday, den 10. December 2007
TiVo chop shop WeaKnees is offering the biggest Series 3 TiVo they can muster. Cramming a 1TB drive internally along with an external 1TB eSATA, they’re offering ready-to-run TiVos with a whopping 2TB of storage space, or enough for 292 hours of HD programming. But when you have enough storage for well over 100 HD [...]
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Ugly but Cool: Logitec TV Tuner Lets You Watch More Than One Program Simultaneously on Your PC
Wednesday, den 5. December 2007
Plug the Logitec LDT-1S30X4U into the USB port of your PC and you will be able to watch two TV shows at the same time. Connect a second one, thanks to its double USB, (see below, along with a screen grab) and you get to watch four shows. All sorts of features make the LDT-1S30X4U [...]
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Ricavision kicks out VAVE100 universal MCE / SideShow remote - Engadget
Sunday, den 2. December 2007
Following up on the RICA 100 that Ricavision unveiled in May is the VAVE100, which doesn’t deviate too far from its past siblings in the design department, but does offer up a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD, a shiny green MCE button and SideShow functionality. As we’d expect, this thing is a Class 1 (~50 meters promised) [...]
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Every Episode of South Park Ever Being Put Online for Free Next Year
Saturday, den 1. December 2007
Earlier this year, Viacom put every Daily Show episode online for free, and it was awesome. Now, they’re following suit with South Park, with plans to put every episode of the animated series online for free next year.
It’s a ballsier move than putting The Daily Show online, as South Park sells lots of DVDs, [...]
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