TiVo unveils YouTube on your TiVo box

Posted in Tivo by Nino Marchetti on July 17th, 2008

YouTube TiVo

TiVo and YouTube, which announced plans earlier this year to unleash YouTube videos on TiVo set top boxes, made good on that promise today by kicking off said service. Get ready TiVo subscribers - YouTube videos of cheap dog tricks and people’s virtual diaries are coming your way.

TiVo and YouTube specifically said this new partnership “allows broadband-connected subscribers with TiVo Series3and TiVo HD DVRs, to access hundreds of millions of user generated videos hosted on YouTube.” You’ll need a YouTube account to access this new TiVo feature, which will be made available when a new TiVo box software upgrade is rolled out.

Blinds with web 2.0 logos

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on July 11th, 2008

Blinds with web 2.0 logosNets2go has a new set of 9 custom-made wood blinds, but they’re not the kind you find in home decor stores. They feature Web 2.0 logos. You can get them in Google flavor, Firefox, YouTube, Digg, Stumbleupon, Facebook, even Wordpress. Just be warned, being this geeky could cost you your marriage.

In fact, these blinds have an interesting story. Net2go manufactured the entire set for a customer who separated from his wife a couple of weeks after installing these blinds, because “She doesn’t understand the intense geek in me”. Maybe he should have added match.com into the mix.

Kodak Zi6 direct-to-YouTube camcorder

Posted in Camcorders by Conner Flynn on July 10th, 2008

Kodak Zi6 direct-to-YouTube camcorder
We’ve seen our share of direct to Youtube camcorders. Here’s the latest from Kodak. The Zi6 features 720p HD video and a 2.4-inch LCD.

It’s got a switch that lets you toggle between standard and macro focus distances and also features a flip-out USB connector. The connector button doubles up as a mirror for shooting your face. It’s 128MB of storage isn’t much, but it will take SD cards to increase it. The Kodak Zi6 is available in black and pink. Runs on 2 AA batteries or a USB connection. Kodak plans to ship the camcorder in September for $179.95.

Samsung aims at YouTube crowd with new SC-MX20 camcorder

Posted in Samsung by Shane McGlaun on July 9th, 2008

Samsung SC-MX20 CamcorderCamcorders have steadily come down in price to the point where they are nearly disposable. Many low cost camcorders produced today record video digitally in formats that are compatible and easy to upload to services like YouTube online. Samsung unveiled its latest camcorder today aimed at YouTube users called the SC-MX20.

The camcorder features a 680K pixel CCD sensor and can record video at a resolution of 720 x 480 with good color and clarity. The SC-MX20 has a 34x optical zoom lens to let you get up close from afar. Samsung integrates optical image stabilization and Face Detection into the camera as well.

Sony brings YouTube to its Internet video device

Posted in Web 2.0 by Nino Marchetti on June 6th, 2008

BRAVIA Internet Video LinkSony topped off its announcements yesterday with word it was bringing new content to its BRAVIA Internet Video Link service. Chief among these is a partnership with popular video Web site YouTube.

Sony said its BRAVIA Internet Video Link device will now let people have access to millions of YouTube videos through connected BRAVIA LCD flat-panels at no additional charge. Models supporting this device include select 2007 and 2008 flat panels.

Vivitar DVR565HD digital camcorder

Posted in Digital Cameras by Conner Flynn on May 20th, 2008

Vivitar DVR565HD digital camcorder
If you’ve been looking for a cheap digital video camera for posting YouTube videos, there is the JVC Everio, but some might find it a bit too large to carry around on a daily basis, and maybe you’re looking for something cheaper still. The Flip camcorders a favorite, but they might have some competition with the latest Vivitar model.

The DVR565HD can record 30fps 720P “HD” videos in MPEG4 or H.264 directly to an SD card. (Up to 4GB cards are supported.) It can also apparently play 1080i videos and can connect directly to an HDTV with an included HDMI cable. It won’t be available for a few more weeks, but Target currently has it listed for just $129.99, which makes it pretty tempting.

Planex DigiJuke NAS: YouTube and BitTorrent for the Wii, Xbox 360

Posted in Wii by Conner Flynn on April 28th, 2008

Planex DigiJuke NAS: YouTube and BitTorrent for the Wii, Xbox 360
The studios won’t like this device one bit. The MZK-NAS02SG1T network attached storage device from Planex. The $524 1TB Gigabit Ethernet block claims “universal access” for all your devices, courtesy of its DigiJuke browser, searching and tagging BitTorrent and YouTube content you want downloaded in the appropriate PSP and iPod (MPEG-4), Wii (FLV), or TV (MPEG-2) format for in-home or portable viewing.

The NAS will also stream audio and video to your iTunes laptops or desktops, DLNA TV, Xbox 360, or other compliant device in the home. A USB 2.0 jack offers one-touch dubbing of USB sticks while a second around back offers storage expansion. It ships with a pair of 3.5-inch 500GB drives, which you may want to swap out for higher capacity drives at a later date.

Tivo brings YouTube to its DVRs

Posted in DVR by Nino Marchetti on March 12th, 2008

tivo-youtube.jpgTivo is getting set to add another online offering to owners of its digital video recorders. This time around the company has announced a new relationship with YouTube to bring online videos to your set top DVR.

Under the terms of the announcement Tivo will begin to offer access to YouTube videos directly to owners of Tivo Series 3 DVRs - sorry Series 2 owners, you look to be out of luck. Access will be included for the Tivo HD as well.

Pakistan reverses YouTube ban after videos removed

Posted in News by Darrin Olson on February 26th, 2008

Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube after offensive video is removedAfter removing video clips that were deemed as offensive to officials in Pakistan, the country decided to lift a country-wide ban on the YouTube website that it had imposed last week. The popular video sharing site had videos of cartoons originally published earlier in a Danish newspaper depicting the prophet Mohammad in which Pakistan lawmakers described as “blasphemous”.

Pakiston blocks entire YouTube site for a few cartoons

Posted in News by Darrin Olson on February 24th, 2008

Pakistan blocks access to YouTube over offensive contentThe government of Pakistan has today ordered all local internet providers to block access to Google’s YouTube video sharing site “until further notice” due to offensive content. According to officials, the YouTube website contains cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad which angered a large number of Muslims.

The same cartoons were published earlier in a Danish newspaper which led to protests, rioting and eventually more than 50 deaths in countries including Pakistan. Internet surfers in Pakistan trying to access the YouTube site were met with a simple message saying the site was unavailable, with the local ISP’s unable to restore access despite upset users.





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