Is the Apple TV, the little black hockey puck, not the full sized mythical HDTV, ready for a refresh? 9to5 Mac is reporting that some authorized Apple retailers such as Target, Amazon and Walmart have run out of inventory. Since the 9to5 Mac article was posted, Amazon has removed the 2 to 5 week lead...
As you read through all of the coverage of the mythical Apple HDTV (or iTV), a lot of it focuses on the nuances but no one seems to know what the product is actually going to do or why we would want to buy it. What would an Apple TV’s differentiators be? Will it...
Experiencing significant subscriber loss in 2011 after announcing a price increase and the splitting of the service into DVD and streaming plans, Netflix bounced back as it reported its Q4 2011 financials. In addition to beating the expected financial results, Netflix reported in its letter to invenstors that it had positive subscriber growth for its...
What’s a metadata crisis? It has nothing to do with the “Human Time Lord Meta-Crisis” from Doctor Who. It also has nothing to do with the resignation of Netflix’s Chief Marketing Officer. Instead, over the last week, Netflix has had some issues with the accuracy of their metadata. The metadata is what describes each title...
At CES, there are lots and lots of TVs. All of the major manufactures rolled out their new wares: Plasmas, LCDs and LEDs and now OLED and Crystal LED. There were lots of incremental improvements but no game changers. After sitting through press conferences from LG, Samsung and Panasonic, the one thought that kept...
I’ve just arrived in Las Vegas and here’s a preview of what I expect to see at this year’s 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. As usual, I’ll be on the hunt for the best home theater experience that’s affordable. While audio and video quality are always at the top of my list, it’s also about...
The last couple of weeks many of the connected devices (i.e. boxes that plug into your TV) have received software updates. In the style of Chris Berman, let me see if I can give you the run down in three minutes: The folks at Roku have been busy! The Roku 2 and new LT...
If Oprah can have a list of favorite things for the holidays so can we. The exception being that our list is much geekier than Oprah’s (and I don’t have a TV show or a billion dollars). There’s no one-size-fits-all for connected devices in the living room, so we’ll help you find the right box...
TechCrunch is speculating that a new Apple TV set top box may be waiting in the wings for this holiday season. Both Amazon and Best Buy recently reduced Apple TV’s price to $89 from the original retail of $99 (which Apple is still selling it for). Amazon also distinguished that this is the “2010″...
Until now, no streaming box on the market provided as many video streaming services as Sony’s SMP-N200. Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Netflix and VUDU: all of them are there, as well as the Sony Entertainment Network. Even Cinema Now is coming to the device. It’s also the only streaming box we’ve seen that...
It’s easy to assume that one needs to have an Apple TV to use Airplay. Airplay is Apple’s technology that allows you to stream music, video or photos from your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Mac OS X computer. What you may not know is that there are alternatives to Apple TV as an...
