TiVo Gets Netflix Instant Video Streaming Capability

TiVo Netflix Instant QueueTiVo and Netflix are both announcing today that they've partnered up to provide TiVo Series 3, HD, and HD XL owners the ability to stream more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes on-demand from Netflix via their set-top. Of course, this also means you'll have to have a subscription to both TiVo and Netflix in [...]

Discover the Web in a Whole New Way with the CoolIris Browser Plug-in

CoolIris TV EpisodesCoolIris may be the best kept secret of plug-ins on the web. Evolving out of the PicLens plug-in, CoolIris uses a 3D-esque interface to browse pictures and video across the web. There are many cool features for your iris with this app, pun intended. Users can “window shop” through Macy’s, Wal-Mart, Land’s End, and other [...]

Netflix HD Streaming Previewed in New Xbox Experience

Netflix HD on Xbox 360 ScreenshotSweet! It looks like HD video content is very much going to be a reality from Netflix; and the Xbox 360 is going to be the first to bring it to users. According to Engadget, who've just published a hands-on impression article on the New Xbox Experience (NXE), state that the “quality was stunning.” Darren [...]

Sonos Intros the Sonos Controller for iPhone App

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLbpdQTbo9s] Sonos has some interesting news today. The company is announcing that owners of their Sonos multi-room audio systems can download a free iPhone/iPod Touch app called the Sonos Controller for iPhone at Apple's App Store. In essence, it's a soft version of the standard hardware controller providing users a new interface to quickly link and [...]

Mvix Releases 3 TB MivxBOX NAS

Mvix, primarily known for their media servers, has announced a new network attached server called the MvixBOX. This high end device can function as a NAS, a media server, or a web server. It can hold two 1.5 TB drives for a 3 TB total capacity and comes preinstalled with several applications (Apache, MySQL, PHP) [...]

Netflix Expands Its Streaming Video Service to Samung Blu-ray Players and Mac OS X

Samsung BD-P2500 Netflix GraphicThere's some interesting developments happening with Netflix of late. First, the company announced last week that they've partnered with Samsung to provide streaming video to Netflix subscribers directly through their BD player set-top (FYI, Samsung has also added Pandora music streaming support as well). And today Netflix is out saying that Mac OS X users [...]

Engadget Reviews Embedded Automation’s mPanel

Embedded Automation mPanelThe holy grail of home automation and technology is to have every device in the home integrated together. Unfortunately, the cost to do that still remains too high for the average consumer, especially now. It is with those ideas in mind that Engadget has reviewed Embedded Automation’s mPanel; a seven-inch, in-wall, touch panel that can [...]

ZeeVee Introduces Zviewer Internet Video Brower for the Big Screen

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q6mYNQ-c8I] ZeeVee, the creators of the remote PC viewer device ZvBox, are now introducing a new way to watch PC accessible content on your TV. Unlike the ZvBox, Zviewer is a stand-alone PC application that one installs on a TV connected Windows XP/Vista PC (Mac support coming soon). The idea here is to provide pretty much [...]