Vudu joins the adult content world

Posted in Set Top Boxes by Nino Marchetti on August 5th, 2008

Vudu

Remember Vudu? That set top box striving to bring you lots and lots of video content over the Internet? You can now add porn to the list - welcome the AVN Media Network to the Vudu line up.

AVN said it is launching the AVN Adult Channel, which will offer “hundreds of the latest standard and high-definition titles from the leading adult studios including Wicked, Vivid, Hustler, and many others.” Though it plans to offer free access to the upcoming 2008 AVN Adult Movie Awards, you’ll have to otherwise pay for your porn to the tune of standard definition movies at around $7 rental/$20 purchase and HD movies at $9 rental/$30 purchase.

New ZeeVee ZvBox brings your PC content to HDTVs

Posted in Set Top Boxes by Nino Marchetti on August 4th, 2008

ZeeVee ZvBox Zv-100

Another consumer electronic box striding to bridge the gap between your PC and home entertainment system is now heading to retail. The new ZeeVee ZvBox Zv-100 is priced at around $500.

The ZeeVee ZvBox Zv-100 is designed to bring video content and other data from online or on a computer to the HDTVs around one’s home. The basic gist of it is that, according to ZeeVee, you connect to the monitor output of the computer, turning your “computer screen into a new high- definition TV channel called Zv, which it then ‘localcasts’ across the existing coaxial cable wiring to all the HDTVs in the home.”

Kodak unveils HD media player for home theatre

Posted in Media Players by Nino Marchetti on July 10th, 2008

Kodak Theatre HD Player

Kodak surfaced today in the set-top box, media player space by unveiling its take on such a device. It is called the Kodak Theatre HD Player and pricing is said to be around $300.

The Kodak Theatre HD Player, like similar products, is designed to bring digital media content from your PC and other sources to your home media room. It offers high resolution as a viewing option, with still images shown at a 16:9 Aspect Ratio and videos at 720p. Connectivity is either wired or wireless.

New D-Link media player is DivX Connected… yippee?

Posted in Set Top Boxes by Nino Marchetti on July 9th, 2008

D-Link MediaLounge DSM-330

D-Link said today it is ready to debut its first “DivX Connected” device in the United States. It is called the D-Link MediaLounge DSM-330 and pricing is set around $300.

The D-Link MediaLounge DSM-330 is a high definition media set-top player which uses DivX Connected as “a  powerful, open media platform that allows consumers to experience and control PC-based digital media on their television using a remote control.” This device, like similar players, lets one stream digital media content from a PC to a television.

Zenith adds new digital converter box to line up

Posted in Set Top Boxes by Nino Marchetti on July 8th, 2008

Zenith DTT901

Chances are if you pay any shred of attention to tech news (and by reading this blog you do) lately you know about that analog to digital television switch happening in Feb. 2009. A number of companies are selling converter boxes to help the most basic of television users, with a new set top box just debuting from Zenith.

The Zenith DTT901, priced at around $60 before that $40 government coupon for digital upgrading, includes analog pass-through for picking up low-power TV stations such as community access channels. Zenith says this box is no larger than a hardback book.

FyreTV streams porn to your living room

Posted in Set Top Boxes by Nino Marchetti on January 11th, 2008

fyre.jpgAnyone who attends CES knows that at the same time this big trade show is going on another entertainment event - the Adult Entertainment Expo - is going on at the same time nearby. It seems a piece of technology being shown off at that event this year drew quite some interest - a porn on demand set top box for the home called FyreTV.

We kid you not - check out this AP story. You can get a link at the end of this post to the FyreTV Web site. You’ll have to register your age to view the site, so don’t expect to see Disney content.

New D-Link device acts as Windows Media Extender

Posted in D-Link, Set Top Boxes by Nino Marchetti on September 27th, 2007

D-Link DSM-750 MediaLounge Media PlayerD-Link today unveiled its latest wireless media player device which can double as an Extender for Windows Media Center from Microsoft. The D-Link DSM-750 MediaLounge Media Player is priced at around $350 and should be available in November.

The D-Link DSM-750 MediaLounge Media Player first and foremost is touted as being a Windows Media Center Extender, meaning it can be used to wirelessly stream media from a host PC running Windows Vista with Windows Media Center Extender technology to a device attached to the player. It also offers features like silent operation and a TV user interface for browsing and selecting digital content for playback.





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