Today, Verizon and Redbox (Coinstar) announced a new joint venture to be a potential one stop shop for video needs of consumers. The service will include Redbox’s current Kiosks which rent DVDs, Blu-rays and video games as well as a streaming video catalog from Verizon. The to-be-named service (I like Red Verizon) is supposed...
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...
LG announced it will be showing off its new 55″ OLED TV at next week’s 2012 CES. Based on the press release, the HDTV has the potential to exceed the picture quality of plasmas and LED TVs currently on the market. Potential is key word here as I haven’t seen the new set in...
Just in time for Christmas, there’s some user interface surprises for the Playstation3 Netflix player. If you go to the near bottom of the browsable categories, you’ll see the addition of “Holiday Favorites”. Besides getting us all in the holiday spirit, the category demonstrates some new ways to present cover art. As you can...
In October 2010, the Playstation 3 was the first Netflix-enabled device that could access 1080P HD video. Out of the hundreds of Netflix-ready devices, the PS3 stood alone in this respect for many months. Last summer, that changed with the Roku 2 XS and XD also gaining access to 1080P video. Recently, the new...
The Netflix client for the Playstation3 was recently updated to version 2.0.5. For some time, the PS3′s Netflix client has been plagued by audio problems. In particular, an earlier update created issues with movies and TV shows with surround sound. As members of the AVS Forum pointed out, the PS3 would not pass Dolby...
Back in the beginning of August, we wrote that the HBO Go app for Samsung devices was coming “soon”. Well, as the end of September approaches, there’s been no sign of the app. While we realize that “soon” is a subjective term (especially in the world of software development), we thought it was time...
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...
For some time, the Sony Playstation3 was the only Netflix device that could play a 1080P video stream. Other Netflix devices that could display HD content were limited to 720P. The embargo is now over. The new Roku 2 that was just released includes a new Netflix client that supports 1080P video as well...
Today, when the Hub went to fire up Netflix on the Playstation3, the Netflix app asked to upgrade itself and it installed a new version: 2.0.3. On the surface, there does not appear to be any big changes with this version. One still needs to be signed into the Playstation Network to use Netflix....
Not invited to E3 or WWDC 2011? Did you not have hours to burn watching the live streaming events from Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo? Did your boss catch you in the act? Luckily, the Hub has the power of time. In the interest of saving you time, we’ve summarized hours of presentations with...
2012 CES Coverage