Looks like getting your hands on the slick, 7-inch screen Mobinote DVX-POD will be getting a little easier. PVP4U has posted news that US-based Hauppauge, best known for their PC TV tuner cards, will be releasing a re-branded and slightly restyled DVX-POD in Germany called the Hauppauge pMVP. We’re sure it won’t be long before the pMVP makes its debut at your local Best Buy. MORE »

It looks like the idea of tagging digital video content with meta data, for making Internet video and TV broadcast searchable, is gaining some traction. According to CNET, Google is quietly “courting broadcasters and cable networks with a new technology that would do for television what it has already done for the Internet.” MORE »

Well folks, the time has come to retire my beloved and trusty Phillips Series I TiVo as my primary PVR. It’s sad, I know… especially since I bet I’m something like subscriber 1000… I clearly remember my friends and co-workers making fun of me when I bought and hacked my TiVo. They didn’t understand it actually revolutionized television watching… they did, however, figure it out a couple years later. MORE »

Got the itch to run out an buy an OEM version of Windows Media Center Edition 2005 and build your own PC? Microsoft has posted a hardware compatibility list that will be critical when selecting components. Remember you can also determine if a product is compatible if it has an MCE 2005 certified logo displayed on the packaging. MORE »

Goodmans, better known in the European market, has introduced a new, high-end Portable Media Player they like to call the Personal Entertainment System. The GPDR40 Personal Entertainment System features a 40GB hard drive, 3.6-inch TFT screen, built-in speaker, SD/MMC card adapter, Outlook calendar (guessing contacts too) syncing capabilities, and can record your favorite reality shows directly from the TV (or video from any device with A/V outputs). MORE »

John Dovak actually has something interesting to say about Interactive TV or how he likes to call it, Invasive TV. Unfortunately, you’ll have to quickly read through the first two paragraphs to keep from wondering where he’s going with his satire, but you’ll find that he makes a case that Interactive TV as just another way for advertisers to take your money and create a backdoor for TV spyware. In his words, “You might as well invite a mugger into the house.” MORE »

Our reader Simon Mackay checks in every so often and points us to new, innovative technologies and products. This time he dropped us an email telling us about the “Power-Speeder”, an all-in-one HomePlug-Ethernet bridge, USB Network adapter, and 4-port Ethernet switch that can come in handy when trying to network a cluster of connected devices on a HomePlug powerline network segment. MORE »

Got Movies? The creator of the “My DVD Collection” plug-in for Windows Media Center Edition 2004 has just released an updated version for MCE 2005 called “My Movies.” At first glance My Movies looks to be a winner. Similar to what you can do with the $27,000 Kaleidescape server, the plug-in allows users to index their online and offline DVD movie collection and browse items by titles, actors, directors, or genres including cover art and image extras. MORE »

Engadget’s Phillip Torrone delivers the goods again. This time he outlines what you need in order to use RSS and BitTorrent to find and download your favorite TV shows, automatically, using Azureus and a few other freeware apps. The process conveniently labeled “Broadcatching” is questionable legally since you’ll be downloading copyrighted works, but offers users more power than ever before to watch, stream, record, or transfer TV programming in ways not possible with conventional systems. MORE »

Rakesh Agrawal, CEO of SnapStream, has posted the final details days before the December 1st release date of their highly anticipated Beyond Media software. MORE »