Amazon Archive

  • ViewSonic streams Netflix, other stuff with NexTV VMP75 networked media player

    ViewSonic streams Netflix, other stuff with NexTV VMP75 networked media player

    Posted on June 16, 2010 | No Comments
    The world needs another network media player like it needs another eight billion barrels of oil floating around in the Gulf of Mexico, but if you're somehow still struggling to decide on one of the many, many options available to you, ViewSonic has an alternative up for consideration. The new NexTV VMP75 is a rather compact set-top box, donning a glossy black finish and proud support for streaming Netflix Watch Instantly content. You'll also get local and network playback of whatever content you've got laying around on your nearby hard drives, and around back, you'll find an Ethernet socket (WiFi is optional), eSATA / USB combo port, a dedicated USB socket (for connecting thumb drives and external HDDs), a S/PDIF audio port, HDMI output and an AV aux plug. ViewSonic claims that you can also stream content from YouTube, SHOUTcast, Flickr and Live365.com, and there's even an inbuilt web browser if you take pleasure in (presumably) torturous experiences. All you? If so, it's up for pre-order right now at Amazon and Newegg for $129.99.

    Continue reading ViewSonic streams Netflix, other stuff with NexTV VMP75 networked media player

    ViewSonic streams Netflix, other stuff with NexTV VMP75 networked media player originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

    Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Full Story

  • Start the Day on the Right Note

    Posted on June 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Logic3 Launches the TimeCube – a New Alarm Clock Radio for iPhone and iPod June 16, 2010: Logic3 today unveiled the latest product within the immensely popular i-Station range of speaker docks – the i-Station TimeCube, a superb new iPhone and iPod compatible radio alarm...

    Full Story

  • Project Leap hopes to hop into your TV screen, source-agnostic VOD in tow

    Project Leap hopes to hop into your TV screen, source-agnostic VOD in tow

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Last year, Bittorrent portal Vuze allowed you to push downloaded video directly to game consoles and iDevices, sure, but the company's latest product promises to let you pull media from the internet and any network-connected device right to your TV. Dubbed "Project Leap," the application lets you simply type in the name of a film and searches your local computers, attached storage, Amazon, Hulu and Netflix databases for a match, after which point you can play, add it to your queue, begin instant streaming or purchase (if need be). The program pulls up a widget-like selection of additional data as well, including Rotten Tomatoes reviews and YouTube trailers, and those who enjoy company with their digital celluloid will be happy to hear to hear Twitter, Fandango and live internet chat might make appearances as well.

    Though we didn't get hands-on for ourselves, the scrolling, card-based interface seemed plenty polished in its present, five-button (up, down, left, right, ok) iteration -- the challenge now is to find a device manufacturer who'll build it into a set-top box or connected TV. Vuze CEO Gilles BianRosa said he might settle for it becoming a Google TV app or Yahoo widget itself, but only if the final combined product was simple; no offense to septuagenarian matriarchs, we're sure, but he told us it must be "grandmother" easy. While he said he's already received interest from unnamed consumer electronics companies, the product will launch one way or another -- even if Leap doesn't land in embedded hardware quite yet, a beta will be available in September for Mac and PC.

    Project Leap hopes to hop into your TV screen, source-agnostic VOD in tow originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

    Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Full Story

  • High-Def week in Amazon’s Gold Box keeps the deals coming until June 11

    High-Def week in Amazon’s Gold Box keeps the deals coming until June 11

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    If you've been waiting for the right time to make that next home theater upgrade Amazon should be in your bookmarks, as it's kicked off High-Def Week in the Gold Box running from now until June 11. There's plenty of Blu-ray movies & players, displays, projectors, and speakers that will be on sale over the next few day so we'd hit the read link and check the schedule just to make sure you don't miss a sweet deal. The Spiderman trilogy on Blu-ray is up at the moment with The Sopranos S1 on deck later tonight, but we'll wait and see for a price on tomorrow's deal of the day -- a Denon home theater receiver -- before pulling the trigger on any HTIB purchases.

    High-Def week in Amazon's Gold Box keeps the deals coming until June 11 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

    Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Full Story

  • The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap… and a $99 price tag

    The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap… and a $99 price tag

    Posted on May 28, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/The_next_Apple_TV_revealed_cloud_storage_iPhone_OS_99'; If you thought that Apple's foray into the world of home entertainment died with the last iteration of the Apple TV, you're quite wrong. A tip we've received -- which has been confirmed by a source very close to Apple -- details the outlook for the next version of the Apple TV, and it's a doozy. According to our sources, this project has been in the works long before Google announced its TV solution, and it ties much more closely into Apple's mobile offerings. The new architecture of the device will be based directly on the iPhone 4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage -- 16GB to be exact -- though it will be capable of full 1080p HD (!). The device is said to be quite small with a scarce amount of ports (only the power socket and video out), and has been described to some as "an iPhone without a screen." Are you ready for the real shocker? According to our sources, the price-point for the device will be $99. One more time -- a hundred bucks.

    Not only will this be priced to sell (like hotcakes), it seems that Apple is moving away from the model of local storage, and will be focusing the new ATV on cloud-based storage (not unlike Amazon's streaming scheme, though we're talking instant-on 1080p, a la Microsoft). For those still interested in keeping their content close, there will be an option to utilize a Time Capsule as an external storage component, but the main course will be all about streaming. The new ATV will do away with its current OS X-lite variation as a operating system, and will instead adopt the iPhone OS for the underlying experience. There's no word at this point on whether apps and the App Store will be coming along for the ride, but it makes sense given the shared platform. Of course, scaling iPhone apps to that 52-inch plasma in your living room isn't exactly a no-brainer. Perhaps not surprisingly, Apple won't deliver the ATV news at the upcoming WWDC -- that event will be focused on the capabilities of the new iPhone -- but development on the product is most definitely full steam ahead. Is your TV screen the next battleground in the platform wars? Survey says: hell yes.

    The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap... and a $99 price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 May 2010 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

    Permalink | Email this | Comments

    Full Story

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »