Archive for November, 2009
Roku adds Flickr, Facebook, Pandora, and more video channels | Crave – CNET
Roku adds Flickr, Facebook, Pandora, and more video channels | Crave – CNET.
Just off the heels of adding 2 new models of Roku set-top boxes, now Roku is adding new channels to it’s lineup of Netflix, Amazon, and MLB.com. Although most of the new channels aren’t video including Pandora, flickr, and Framechannel, we can expect that Roku will be adding even more video soon. Now that you can get Netflix on many other TV devices like Xbox, PS3, HDTVs and Blu-ray Players, you’ll start to see Roku begin to establish itself as much more than the Netflix TV box.
VIZIO’s Matthew McRae Discusses the Future of Connected TVs | eHomeUpgrade
VIZIO’s Matthew McRae Discusses the Future of Connected TVs | eHomeUpgrade.
You’ve probably seen them at your local Costco or Walmart and in 6 short years, VIZIO has displaced many of the Consumer Electronics titans as the king of flat panels. In this interview from NewTeeVee LIVE, VIZIO’s Matthew McRae discusses how VIZIO went from rags to riches in flat panel HDTV, it’s plan for connected Internet experience across it’s product line, and plans for the future of remote controls, TV apps, and creative places where people are putting TVs nowadays.
Update on Netflix coming to PS3
The Official Netflix Blog: Update on Netflix coming to PS3.
Netflix has already begun updating PS3 customers with instant streaming discs to enable Netflix on their game consoles. Now, Xbox users won’t be the only ones able to access the streaming movie service on their televisions. No word yet on support for Wii users, but hopefully it won’t be long.
Home Computer Network Is Already Linked – Yahoo! Finance
Home Computer Network Is Already Linked – Yahoo! Finance.
Even Investor’s Business Daily is picking up on the growing demand for connecting the home theater to your computer network. The article mentions both Powerline and MoCA as the best wired alternatives. For connecting the home theater, coax networking makes the most sense due to the availability of coax outlets in consumers homes as well as being “far simpler than their electrical system”.
Read the article here.
