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HD videos download service gains Blu-ray recording in Japan

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Dec 11th 2008 No Comments

Look ma, it’s not fair; they got all the Blu-ray recorders in the world and now gaining permission to export downloaded HD contents directly onto Blu-ray recordable disk at its full extent. A Japan-based Tsutaya online Corp will soon become the first videos content service provider in the world to enable Blu-ray Disk recording of its library of 412 movies and TV shows. Half of its including dub HDTV contents from US favorite shows like Heroes, Desperate Housewires, Lost, Cloverfield, No Country for Old man etc. Videos will be encoded in 1080i MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 with VBR compression rate up to 20Mpbs.

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Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite with 500GB and 1080P coming soon

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Dec 11th 2008 No Comments

Facing the increasingly crowded multimedia streaming players market, Netgear is set to launch its elite lineup of a digital media player with price and features that may fall short of competitions. The new EVA9150 Digital Entertainer Elite streaming media player, though packs with largest storage for its kind (500GB), supports free videos and photos from Youtube and Flicker, and with 1080P full HD output on contents from your PC, is planning to launch at a suggested retail of $400 without major content providers on-boarded.

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Amazon offering free VoD “The Dark Knight” with DVD purchase

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Dec 9th 2008 1 Comment

If you have plans for purchasing The Dark Knight anytime soon, then you’re probably going to want to purchase it through Amazon. Why, you may be wondering? Well, it seems if you buy the DVD or Blu-ray version of this film, you’ll get a VOD version of it for free.

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Netflix ‘Watch Instantly’ arrives on TiVo: streaming SD & HD

By Chris Davies on Monday, Dec 8th 2008 1 Comment

Now we know why TiVo were so keen to deny that Amazon HD rumor: heaven forfend it should over-shadow today’s announcement of Netflix SD and HD on the Series3, TiVo HD, or TiVo HD XL DVRs. First promised back in October, the service offers Netflix’s 12,000-strong catalog of movies and TV episodes direct to your TiVo, with no premium above the standard $8.99 subscription. A mixture of standard-definition and high-definition titles are available.

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Boxee gets Netflix in latest update

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Dec 4th 2008 No Comments

Boxee is pretty much brand new, but they’re already releasing an update to add new features to the mix. The company’s media player software that’s currently in an alpha version for Macs and Linux only, just got an update that adds the ability to stream Netflix movies and videos from sites such as the WB network, MTV and offers up photos from the Boston Globe.

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Blockbuster OnDemand rushed out? Glitchy playback & DRM issues

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Dec 4th 2008 No Comments

Has Blockbuster cut a few too many corners in order to meet its “in time for the holidays” OnDemand release promise? That’s looking increasingly likely; Dave Zatz, one of the first to receive the 2Wire-made streamer, has been plagued with usability and performance problems, including lagging menus, patchy downloads and poor audio/video synchronization.

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TiVo deny Amazon HD imminent

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Dec 3rd 2008 1 Comment

thumb amazon hd tivo streaming 480x360 After a non-functioning HD option appeared on Amazon’s On Demand video service for TiVo subscribers, the obvious assumption was that the content provider was planning an imminent launch. Things, however, may not be so clear cut. In a statement made to SlashGear, TiVo are now denying any such launch is planned.

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Samsung BD-P2500 & BD-P2550 get HD Netflix streaming

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Dec 3rd 2008 No Comments

TiVo aren’t the only ones getting a streaming HD update: Samsung have released a firmware upgrade for their BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray players that enables high-definition streaming from on-demand partner Netflix. Version 2.1 also “improves playback compatibility” of some content.

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Amazon HD streaming coming to TiVo?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Dec 3rd 2008 1 Comment

A prematurely added menu item seems to have confirmed that Amazon will be offering high-definition content on TiVo. The new option – which has appeared in the normal Amazon Video On Demand menu – currently does nothing when selected, but presumably it will soon offer a list of titles that can be streamed in HD.

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Blockbuster OnDemand gets unboxed

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Dec 2nd 2008 No Comments

Blockbuster’s OnDemand video streaming box was promised before the holidays, and Dave Zatz has just taken delivery of his. The 2Wire-made streamer offers access to over 2,100 titles, including movies and TV shows; first-impressions suggest it’s a neat, if initially frustrating, option.

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