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Roku now offering DISHWorld content

Shane McGlaun, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Roku has been around for a long time with various different streaming boxes offering all kinds content for TV watchers to enjoy. Roku has announced that it has landed a new on-demand partner providing 50 new international channels in the United States allowing viewers who aren't native English speakers to watch TV from their home countries. The service is called DISHWorld. Read The Full Story

Comcast launches next-gen X1 cloud-enabled DVR

Rue Liu, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Comcast has launched its next-gen cable box called the X1 that brings a slick new interface, cloud integration, and app support. Over the coming weeks, the company will start by making the new set-top boxes available in the the Boston area followed by a nationwide launch later this year. Read The Full Story

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SlashGear Mother’s Day 2012 Guide to Gadget Gifts!

Chris Burns, May 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

It’s almost Mother’s Day, and so we’ve taken a look through the products we’ve most loved over the past few months and have put together a guide for what’ll work best for you to give your mom this weekend! It’s just that simple, folks, and it’s time to get on board with electronics for moms. We’ll move through a few different categories and, by the end of the guide, you’ll know exactly what Mom will want most – or what’ll be best to get her, at least!

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$99 Xbox 360 and Kinect with two-year subscription tipped

Ben Kersey, May 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

What if you took the classic cellphone business model and applied it to consoles? Did your mind just explode? Microsoft is certainly hoping it will. The Verge reports that Microsoft will be offering a $99 Xbox 360 and Kinect as part of a two-year subscription starting from next week. The $99 upfront cost would net you the hardware, and you would continue to pay a $15 monthly subscription over the course of two years. Read The Full Story

Roku 2 XD and 2 XS launched in Canada

Chris Davies, Apr 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Roku has launched its streaming media boxes in Canada, with the Roku 2 XD and the flagship Roku 2 XS both going on sale today. Offering easy access to Netflix, Crackle, internet radio and casual gaming including Angry Birds and Jeopardy, the boxes kick off from CA$89.99 and support up to 1080p Full HD video and WiFi connectivity. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: April 11, 2012

Chris Burns, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Good morning world, it's time for the SlashGear Morning Wrap-up, starting with a brand new Spotify Play Button to embed your favorite tunes in your own webpage - for free! Apple is working on their own Flashback malware removal to make the devil go away. Nokia is popping out another Windows Phone with the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC. There's a brand new version of the ROKU out there with ROKU HD - coming to stores soon! Read The Full Story

Refreshed Roku HD box surfaces

Shane McGlaun, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Roku HD is a little set top streaming media box that has been around for a long time now. Recently a refreshed version wearing the same name has turned up and created a bit of confusion. It appears that Roku is taking a page from Apple's naming convention handbook and not using a number modifier to designate an updated unit like Apple did with the new iPad. I am not a fan of this naming convention. Read The Full Story

Blip Boots Smart TV partners

Shane McGlaun, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Blip is a platform for distributing web-based TV series. The company has traditionally been partners with a number of smart TV platforms, but that has changed. Blip has been severing ties with several of the larger smart TV platforms on the market citing the fact that there is little money to be made in smart TV. Read The Full Story

Simple.TV’s connected DVR shipping in June

Cory Gunther, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Simple.TV's cord cutting DVR was unveiled this year at CES although didn't receive its fair share of attention. They've been calling it a cord-cutting DVR for the fact that it can connect right to basic cable connection, or remoted onto a connected smart TV. According to PCMag we expect to see the Simple.TV hit the market sometime this June. Read The Full Story

HBO Go Xbox 360 app coming on April 1

Mark Raby, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Hopefully this isn't an April Fool's joke, but HBO has announced that it will bring its streaming video service to the Xbox 360 in just a little more than a month. This would be the latest extension for the platform, which has already launched on set-top boxes like the Roku as well as Android and the iPhone/iPad. Of course, the service only works if customers have an existing HBO subscription with a participating provider. Read The Full Story

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Philips HMP2000 Review

Chris Davies, Feb 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Smart TV is gaining traction, but not everybody wants to upgrade every set in their house just to add native streaming support for Netflix and similar services. Philips believes it has the answer with the HMP2000, a compact Netflix adapter that also promises YouTube, Facebook and local media access for under £50 ($79). Is this the Roku rival we’ve been waiting for? Check out the full review after the cut.

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Philips HMP2000 hands-on

Chris Davies, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Philips only revealed its HMP2000 smart TV adapter this morning, and one of the compact Apple TV/Roku rivals is already sat under our TV. The palm-sized box really is as straightforward as Philips promised, predominantly because you don’t have much in the way of choice: there are just three connections, for power, HDMI and an optional USB drive. More first impressions after the cut.