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Netflix Increases Blu-ray Prices from $1 to $4!

Just got this email from Netflix saying they are increasing my Blu-ray access from $1 to $4 per month. What the hell? I have to pay 4 times what I was paying before? Way to screw your most loyal... Full Story

Posted on March 30, 2009 3:39 PM

Christmas Blu-ray player + Netflix = A Very Blue Christmas

I have a Blu-ray player on my Christmas list that I hope to get. Santa Claus hasn't failed me yet. I also have a subscription to Netflix and planned on upgrading it to the Blu-ray package for an additional... Full Story

Posted on December 16, 2008 5:10 PM

CinemaNow Brings Movie Downloads to Windows Media Center

CinemaNow was one of the first to offer downloadable video content on-demand, but has been lost in the shuffle of competitors like Apple, Amazon, and Netflix for their digital movie, music, & TV downloads. And of course you have the big... Full Story

Posted on May 23, 2008 10:17 AM

R2-D2 Home Theater System DLP projector

Who wouldn't love R2-D2 in their living room projecting not just Princess Leia, but any damn movie you please. Hammacher Schlemmer, who carries the Skype R2-D2 I oggled over, has done it again with The R2-D2® Home Theater System... Full Story

Posted on December 11, 2007 2:17 PM

TiVo's new Buy on TV for Amazon Unbox

A litle while ago, TiVo introduced Amazon Unbox movie downloads. but you still had to log on to Amazon.com to order your moves for playback on your trusty TiVo.. Fortunately, some coders came up with a home-grown solution that allowed... Full Story

Posted on July 10, 2007 11:09 PM

BitTorrent Download Movie Site launches

Today, BitTorrent has launched their licensed entertainment networl and an enhanced BitTorrent protocol that will allow it to offer copyrighted movies, TV shows, games, and other media. The BitTorrent Entertainment Network will launch starting with over 5,000 titles, including films... Full Story

Posted on February 26, 2007 9:22 AM

Apple iMovies: Why Not?

In the "Why not?" category comes the iTunes/movies linkup. Although Apple's iTunes Music Store has sold more than 15 million digitized TV shows and videos (who would have guessed?), it  has yet to begin selling feature-length movies. Is this due technical... Full Story

Posted on August 4, 2006 3:58 PM

MovieLink offers DVD downloads

Movie download service Movielink announced that it has licensed technology from Sonic Solutions to allow consumers to download a movie and burn it onto a DVD for use in standard DVD players. This is a huge move since before MovieLink... Full Story

Posted on July 18, 2006 4:47 PM

Video rentals on the Apple iPod - iVideo

ThinkSecret, the guys sued for revealing Apple secrets, is at it again with a rumored Apple video rental service in the works that will allow you to rent videos for download to a video iPod. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is... Full Story

Posted on July 18, 2006 12:09 PM

Download DVD quality movies

Is Hollywood embracing digital downloads of digital high-quality movies in the popular DVD format? Can this be? I just received an email from Movelink, which states, in part: As a reader of VoIP & Gadgets, I wanted to make sure... Full Story

Posted on April 3, 2006 1:32 PM

Ludicrous speed! 150 gigabits per second!

According to Fermilab, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center recently joined an international team in shattering the world network speed record. To capture first place in the SC|05 Bandwidth Challenge,... Full Story

Posted on December 8, 2005 2:05 PM

AOL Hi-Q DVD video format downloads

Nearly half of online consumers are watching video online, according to Forrester Research, and AOL.com is the first portal to introduce a trial for a new “AOL Hi-Q” high quality video format. The AOL.com trial will initially offer more than... Full Story

Posted on November 14, 2005 9:12 AM

Movies from your phone

Fandango announced they will be rolling out an online and phone movie ticketing service in October. Fandango, will enable users of Web-enabled mobile phones and PDAs to access movie information and ticketing at mobile.fandango.com. Movie-goers can also text Fandango at... Full Story

Posted on September 29, 2005 11:53 AM

Download High-Definition Movies

I've been itching to buy a new Microsoft Media Center 2005 PC for the past week or so. Microsoft Media Center 2005 has support for multiple TV tuners and it supports PVR (personal video recording) functionality as well as pause/resume... Full Story

Posted on October 19, 2004 2:45 PM