Posts Tagged ‘ TV/video ’

I’m at the DMZ

Looking for something? The Digital Media Zone (DMZ), a tech blog about the products and services available for home and mobile media consumption, is now home to my post about CableCARD and the HDHomeRun Prime. Expect to find future posts about home entertainment and consumer electronics devices there, while The World According to Richard continues to [ READ MORE ]

I Don’t Want Apps on My TV

I don't want video content distributed through a handful of separate content portals—I want it aggregated and seamless. Are the overpriced Google TV devices the solution[ READ MORE ]

Crestron’s Analog Sunset Ads Seem Misleading and Deceptive

Some of Crestron's recent ads mislead consumers about the impact of licensing restrictions on Blu-ray players and content manufactured after this year. These ads suggest that all of your component-connected equipment will suddenly stop working. At best, it's spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt. At worst, it looks a lot like deceptive advertising. This is the message I sent to Crestron stating just that[ READ MORE ]

Feedback for CBS.com

I love that you make content available online. I love that I can CHOOSE a sponsor to favor during breaks, but I can’t believe you’re applying the same, annoying practice of making the audio for advertisements notably louder than the content itself. For years the networks have been claiming technical limitations prevent proper limiting. That’s [ READ MORE ]

Marriott Understands Travelers’ Technology Needs

After finally giving up on the Sheraton Stamford, I strayed from my Starwood roots to stay at Marriott’s Courtyard Stamford Downtown earlier this week. I was surprised and delighted to find the room appointed with many perks, including an LG high definition LCD TV, and a desktop interface with power, communication, and media connections galore! [ READ MORE ]

Response to Netflix

I am enormously disappointed to see Netflix abandon its HD DVD customers in favor of supporting just the Blu-ray format. Clearly Blu-ray looks like the inevitable winner in the wake of confusion left by this unfortunate format war. However, many consumers invested in HD DVD hardware over the past year or so [I’m included in [ READ MORE ]

DirecTV Tuner for Media Center Closer to Becoming Reality

Yesterday DirecTV started officially talking about its upcoming new PC tuner. At CES, product sheets outlined the features of a stand-alone, USB-connected, two-tuner device called the HDPC-20 (think external CableCard tuner). Specifically, this product provides significant new options for Media Center and DirecTV customers alike. It delivers DirecTV HD content to Windows Vista Media Center, [ READ MORE ]

Feedback for NBC

I’m frustrated and disappointed that NBC has decided to walk away from iTunes–the leading online store for purchasing TV episodes to watch on a mobile device. While I’m sure the executives have everyone convinced that this was the right move, I believe that it was short-sighted. Like many, many other consumers, I have no interest [ READ MORE ]

NBC and the Business of TV Downloads

Apparently, NBC Universal thinks that consumers should pay more than the going rate of $1.99 per episode to download single episodes of television shows…as much as $4.99! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. HA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Wow…they just really don’t [ READ MORE ]

Feedback for Amazon and TiVo about Unbox on TiVo

I love Amazon Unbox video downloads for TiVo. When Amazon first unveiled Unbox, I was leery of its proprietary desktop playback solution. I don’t want to watch a movie at my computer. I want to sit back and use my remote—I don’t want to have to fumble clumsily with my mouse for some soft pause [ READ MORE ]

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