Warner Bros. Launches a HD DVD for Blu-ray Movie Exchange Program
For all the early HD DVD movie adopters who got burned when the industry decided to go Blu-ray instead, you'll be happy to learn that Warner Bros. will trade your WB distributed titles for a Blu-ray version (up to 25 per household) through its new Red2Blu program [Terms PDF] for only $4.95 each (plus [...]
TVersity Goes Pro – Adds Content Access to Hulu, BBC iPlayer, Joost, Sling, and Others
TVersity has stepped up their game and has added access to many of the top video sites on the Net [full list]. According to TVersity's announcement (attached below), TVersity Pro ($29.95) is able to accomplish this by playing premium web content via an "off-screen browser." TVersity is still able to transcode user generated video from [...]
Amazon Video On Demand Rolls Out HD Quality TV Episodes and Movies
Big news today for folks who enjoy renting Amazon Video On Demand content through their Windows / Mac PC, TiVo (Series 3, HD, HD XL), Roku Digital Video Player (now available through Amazon.com), and Sony Bravia Internet Video Link. The service has been upgraded to serve up HD quality TV episodes and Movies in 720p [...]
Indigo 4.0 Home Automation Software for Mac OS X Released (Now with iPhone Support)
Next New Networks Releases Its First Boxee App
Obviously, the beauty of having an open API for a platform like Boxee is that anyone can develop an app for it and create a dedicated channel page in just a few hours. Being the case, Next New Networks jumped on the Boxee app bandwagon and created a dedicated channel for their well produced video [...]
NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Elite Now Shipping Worldwide
NETGEAR is announcing the worldwide availability of its smoking-hot Digital Entertainer Elite (EVA9150) we got a preview of last year [video demo]. MSRP is $399 and it will come pre-loaded with a 500GB SATA hard drive. Out of the box the digital media adapter doubles as a NAS server, UPnP server, and it can pull [...]
First Look: YouTube TV Shows and Movie Channels
In a move that's obviously a shot across the bow of Hulu, YouTube has announced that visitors can now view "thousands of television episodes and hundreds of movies" instantly through the site from partners like Crackle, CBS, MGM, Lionsgate, and Starz. Visitors can access the TV show and movie content via the site's newly added [...]
Okoro Media Systems Announces the Availability of Its 2009 RK Digital Entertainment Servers
If the idea of having a rack mountable Media Center PC or Home Server functioning at the core of your Digital Home appeals to you, then you'll be interested in learning more about Okoro's 2009 RK Digital Entertainment Server offering, which can be configured to run Windows Vista Ultimate (32/64-bit) or Windows Home Server (32-bit). [...]