Media
Is Netflix Worth It Anymore?
I’ve been a Netflix subscriber from damn near day one. I’ve certainly appreciated having the service there as an entertainment alternative long before video streaming was a remote possibility. I’d have three DVDs out at a time and often forget I was holding onto them for months on end. You could say that I’ve wasted [...]
Where are the Thunderbolt Devices?
Thunderbolt was announced by Apple some time ago. New Apple computers are featuring the port in their design. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a big rush for manufacturers to produce products that support the platform. Storage devices including the LaCie Little Big Disk and the Sonnet Fusion RAID have joined the slow-growing list of [...]
Apple Digital AV Adapter for the iPad
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The Apple Digital AV Adapter allows you to mirror anything on your iPad 2 screen to an HDTV or computer monitor with HDMI input. Use this compact little cord to show your apps, presentations and more right on your big-screen television [...]
Set-Top Debate: Boxee vs Roku vs Apple TV
Streaming content in your home is quickly becoming much more than just a fad. People are cutting the cord in favor of set-top boxes such as Roku, Apple TV and Boxee. Using a device such as this gives the consumer more control over the content they can watch as well as being more cost-effective than [...]
Please Call It the iPod Touch
Look, I’m a tolerant man. When Pixie wakes me up and asks for a trip to the little doggy’s room at 3am, I don’t yell at her. If Wicket throws up on my MacBook Pro, I forgive him. Eventually. But seriously, I am out of forgiveness for people who can’t figure out the name of [...]
Apple TV Moves to Rental Model, Drops Price to $99
DISCLAIMER: I thought the first Apple TV was relatively useless. Today, Apple announced significant changes to Apple TV at the press event held in San Francisco (which, by the way, was streamed LIVE for the world to watch). The new Apple TV, available by the beginning of October, comes in at 1/4 the size of [...]
Et Tu, Cloud? Caveat Clickor!
For the longest time, we knew where our data existed – it existed on our computers, typically on a hard drive or potentially a floppy disk. So now when we create files, let’s say on a Web service like Google Docs, for example, we may never actually know where that file sits. We know we [...]
How to Turn Your TV Into a Media Center
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You have content scattered all over your network, I’m sure. The problem is when you want to watch your media on your HDTV. That’s where the FreeAgent Theater + from Seagate comes in handy! It allows you to not only access [...]
How to Convert Files Using Format Factory
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Trying to convert things from one file format to another can be a royal pain, as we all know. There are many programs out there that will do the job for us, but most of them will cost you an arm [...]
Convert VHS to Digital
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I was rummaging through old boxes the other day, and came across several MiniDV tapes. These are pretty important tapes. For instance, I have Wil Wheaton’s keynote from Gnomedex 4 back in Lake Tahoe. Another is Steve Wozniak from the same [...]
How to Broadcast a Wireless Audio / Video Signal from PC to TV
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Let’s say you have an HDTV, a computer and Internet access. Why not put all of those things together by experiencing computer content on your computer? How would you get content from the computer to the television? You know you don’t [...]
How to Share Music and be Your own DJ
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I am quite literally all over the musical map. I’ll listen to any kind of music. Inevitably, I’ll be playing a song and someone has to ask who sings it. Then, of course, they want to know how to download the [...]
Where to Find MP3s of New Music Releases
Amazon MP3 has a wide selection of popular new MP3 albums for music fans of any genre from rock to hip hop, country, jazz, and beyond. This month, they’re celebrating indie rock with a well-crafted list of the 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time and over 100 free songs from 12 Indie Label [...]
Where to Fall in Love with Valentine’s Day Romance Music
Broken Heart Radio – Broken Heart Radio on Slacker is a melancholy mix of lost love and yearning with a touch of soulful redemption. These songs of heartbreak and hope will show you that sadness can be beautiful and love is fleeting but always on the horizon. Slow Jamz – Slow Jamz on Slacker Radio [...]
Apple TV vs Every Other DVR
When Apple first announced their Apple TV product, I was interested but not excited. Years later, that interest has completely warn off – largely because of the lack of updates and killer features. Admittedly, I do already have a TiVo (and a few Comcast DVRs to boot). Still, why has Apple seemingly abandoned the Apple [...]
