News "Other" March 2009 News Archive

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Netflix Increase Blu-ray Rental Fee

Posted by: Jonathan M

A mere six months after Netflix tells its customers that can rent Blu-ray disc for a $1 more, the company decides to up the fee $10 ... Read more ...

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2009

Average Person Stares at Screens 8.5 Hours

Posted by: Jonathan M

According to a new study by New York Times, the average American spends 8.5 hours a day watching some form of a screen ... Read more ...

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2009

California to Ban Large HDTVs

Posted by: Jonathan M

The California Energy Commission is proposing to ban the sale of TV sets that do not meet new efficiency standards ... Read more ...

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2009

Samsungs New "Edge-Lit LED TVs"

Posted by: Jonathan M

Samsung is going even greener by announcing the pass production of edge-lit LED backlighting TVs ... Read more ...

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2009

BitTorrent Set-Top Box Coming in April

Posted by: Jonathan M

The HD-enabled BitTorrent set top box from Myka begins shipping in the second week of April ... Read more ...

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2009

New YouTube Features Announced

Posted by: Jonathan M

YouTube has announced a number of changes to its website and is promises to keep its user in mind in regards to what is going on ... Read more ...

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2009

Disney May Join Hulu

Posted by: Jonathan M

Walt Disney is talking about joining Hulu in exchange for adding ABC programming to the NBC Universal programming ... Read more ...

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2009

Blockbuster Teams up with TiVo

Posted by: Jonathan M

Blockbuster will bring its movie-download service straight to your TV thanks to a recent deal with TiVo and their time shifting DVRs ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Gaming-On-Demand is Coming to a TV Near You

Posted by: Jonathan M

OnLive will be launching a On-Demand gaming service later this year that would bring you subscription type games without the need for a XBOX or Play ... Read more ...

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2009

Netflix & Facebook Come Together

Posted by: Jonathan M

Netflix will be mixing its media with the popular social networking site Facebook in hopes to propel its online DVD rental service ... Read more ...

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2009

Zeevee releases HTPC Movie Browser

Posted by: Jonathan M

The Zinc movie browser was built off Mozilla's browser technology and focuses primarly on accessing internet movie content ... Read more ...

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2009

Alternative to Picked Over Video Stores

Posted by: Jonathan M

If your tired of your local movie store always being picked over before you get there, try your local library ... Read more ...

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2009

Move over iTunes HD...Amazon VOD is Here

Posted by: Jonathan M

Amazon is preparing to sell HD TV downloads for as little as $2.99 in hopes to battle with iTunes HD downloads ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Warner Offers Film Archive to Customers

Posted by: Jonathan M

Warner will supply you with a list of classic films from its huge archive to either Manufacture-On-Demand (MOD) or download immediately ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

SpiralFrog Goes Under

Posted by: Jonathan M

The ad-supported music site shuts down as it sinks farther and farther in to debt ... Read more ...

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2009

March Madness On-Demand

Posted by: Jonathan M

CBS announced traffic to its March Madness On Demand service increased 56% from last year ... Read more ...

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2009

Samsung's Very Own Movie Store

Posted by: Jonathan M

Samsung has also jumped on the VOD bandwagon by launching its very own movie download store that will allow consumers to purchase movies and TV shows ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Rent or Buy HD from iTunes

Posted by: Jonathan M

Apple announced today that the iTunes store will now give customers the ability to purchase and rent box office favorites in HD ... Read more ...

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2009

IMDb Streaming Video

Posted by: Jonathan M

IMDB.com has begun streaming free movies and television episodes for users in the United States ... Read more ...

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2009

MovieFlix Starts a Subscription Service

Posted by: Jonathan M

MovieFlix became the latest movie rental service to reveal a revised subscription program ... Read more ...

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2009

AMD Releases New Catalyst Drivers

Posted by: Jonathan M

A new group of Radeon video drivers has just been released by AMD that boosts performance and fixes ... Read more ...

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2009

Valve Gets In-Game Downloads

Posted by: Jonathan M

Valve announced today that its game delivering software, Steam, will now support in-game downloads ... Read more ...

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2009

Vudu Opens Pandora's Box

Posted by: Jonathan M

If your a user of the Vudu HD video-on-demand you can now enjoy Pandora's internet radio service ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Hidden DRM in iPod Shuffle Found

Posted by: Jonathan M

A group of individuals have found a mysterious chip inside the headphones and believe that it might be Apples attempt at some form of DRM ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

PowerPlay Service from Movie Gallery

Posted by: Jonathan M

In an attempt to bring itself back from the dead, Movie Gallery tries out a new plan that allows you to buy Movie Gallery points redeemable for movies and games ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

True High-Definition Video from TV.com

Posted by: Jonathan M

TV.com announced today that it is beta testing streams in full 1080p high-definition to rival Hulu, Veoh, & Joost ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Magic Wand for Apple TV

Posted by: Jonathan M

Apple has been tinkering around with a wireless remote wand for its Apple TV system that acts much like a computer mouse ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

TV Bundle to Include Delivery & Hook-Up

Posted by: Jonathan M

Best Buy's latest promotion offers you free delivery and hookup of your new TV when you buy a TV 32" or bigger and they will also haul off your old one ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Sony & NBC Cut a Deal

Posted by: Jonathan M

Sony’s PlayStation Network is getting more content from NBC Universal today to its already large library available to purchase ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Hitachi Pleads Guilty in Price Fixing

Posted by: Jonathan M

Hitachi this afternoon has agreed to pay $31 million in fines for its role in a price fixing scheme involving LCD display panels ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

HDTV Prices Increase

Posted by: Jonathan M

The average price for a HDTV increased more than 10 percent in February ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

24X DVD Burners

Posted by: Jonathan M

Sony & Lite-On have both come out with a DVD burner that burns at a warp speed of 24X for a fast effective way to backup ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Donate Your Unused DTV Coupons

Posted by: Jonathan M

If you ordered an extra DTV coupon or you broke down and upgraded that old TV instead, donate your unused ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

Trade in your Old Video Games

Posted by: Jonathan M

Amazon.com has just come out with a used game trade-in program that allows consumers to trade in their old video games ... Read more ...

Mar

2009

New VOD Service Out

Posted by: Jonathan M

Although its currently in "Beta" mode, ZillionTV is working with content providers to deliver on-demand non-subscription videos streamed directly to your TV ... Read more ...

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2009