While in the works for some time, the FCC’s proposed change to encrypt all cable service is getting some attention again. Boxee recently posted a strongly worded note asserting that the encryption rule is anti-consumer. Given all this, I thought it was appropriate to share a cautionary tale about the CableCARD standard and how it’s...
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...
In the last couple of days, it feels like Adobe Flash has been infected with the Black Death. First, came the announcement that Flash would not be supported on Mobile devices and the declarations in the press that Flash was dead. Yesterday, GigaOM reported that Adobe stated that the Flash browser plug-in was also dead on connected...
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...
It’s a couple of days late but it’s been worth it. HBO GO is now available on the entire family of Roku devices. We spent the day using the new HBO GO app watching Game of Thrones and selected movies. Here’s what we found: HBO GO Channel on the Roku This version of HBO GO is significant...
Here’s the latest status of the HR 2471 to amend the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) to allow us to share our video viewing on social networks: The bill has been voted out of the House Judiciary Committee and is expected to be brought to the House floor for a vote before the end...
In the movie theater, projectors display 24 frames per second (FPS). Film purists love to watch their movies at home the same way. TV Shows, on the other hand, are typically filmed at 30 FPS. As a result, for a long time, most TVs were only set up to handle only 30 FPS and...
The much maligned Netflix HTML5 interface for Playstation3 has made its way over to the D-Link Boxee box. Netflix started rolling out this interface early this year with the bulk of PS3 users being moved in June. The new interface removes the high level menu and instead presents one level of categories to browse....
We recently took the D-Link Boxee box, the DSM-380, for a spin. While the box has been around since late last year, we put the box with it’s newly released firmware, version 1.2, through the paces. Available at retail for $199, it’s a virtual Swiss-army knife of streaming boxes. If you’re a geek or...
Thanks to the special FIOS offer to try out HBO, Starz and Showtime for the first three months free, the Hub has been enjoying all of the great content available on HBO Go. HBO Go gives you access to all of the HBO original series as well as their current movies and other featured...
There was no lack of news around tablets and 3D TVs out of this year’s CES. Personally, the Hub was hoping to see something really interesting in the world of HDTV such as an announcement around 4K (high resolution than 1080p) or the creation of content in Deep Color or x.v.YCC (yes, while our...
2012 CES Coverage