Is Amazon planning on taking on Netflix? The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that the online giant is developing its own version of Netflix’s streaming video-on-demand service, with a plan to augment the existing Amazon Prime program by adding the ability for subscribers to stream movie and television.
If true, Amazon would …
The addition of Netflix’s streaming only plan has had many people excited. With a good portion of their movie and TV catalogue online, paying $7.99 for immediate unlimited legal, crystal clear video is barely nothing compared to cable plans and buying a television. The anticipated increase of Netflix online subscribers has some people …
We will never forget whatever Apple’s announcing tomorrow, according to the teaser text on the company’s website. “Ah, November 16th. The day Apple launched iTunes for the web,” we might say in the year 2056. That’s not to say that Apple’s launching iTunes for the web, but a web-based version of iTunes would certainly be a relatively big …
Well this ought to be interesting.
If you have an iPad or an iPhone, head over to FilmOn.com in the web browser. What you’re looking at are all the broadcast TV stations in the LA area, plus a couple at the bottom of the list that definitely aren’t safe for work.
Tap any of the network stations and—voila—there’s some live TV …
The Sezmi TV service was rolled out in the LA area back in 2008 but has recently expanded its availability to 36 additional markets. The package consists of a $149 TiVo-like receiver that hooks up to your broadband internet connection and a high-powered TV antenna capable of pulling in free, over-the-air, local HD channels.
For a $5 …
Sweet fancy Moses, YouTube can now display full-resolution video shot on 4K cameras from the likes of Red Digital Cinema. That kind of footage is a bit rare, as YouTube’s demo playlist only contains four clips, and as the blog post suggests, “the ideal screen size for a 4K video is 25 feet.”
The resolution is 4096×3072, which is …
YouTube’s new Leanback feature is pretty much just like it sounds. You fire it up (youtube.com/leanback) and lean back in your chair. Do NOT lean forward! You’ll be treated to a non-stop barrage of YouTube videos that play in full screen, one after another “based on your YouTube settings and preferences, including content from your …
Upload all your music to the web somewhere, then access it on your phone. Sounds simple enough, but legal red tape and spotty network connections have a funny way of impeding progress sometimes. If you’re an Android user, though, you might want to give mSpot a whirl now that it’s out of beta.
You sign up at the site and then download …
UPDATE. 4:10pm EST: Larger, HD stream here: http://bit.ly/aKEcbZ
UPDATE. 2:40pm EST: Apparently they are running a little bit late; the pre-show is still in progress, with movie to come.
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is the first great sci-fi masterpiece – a visionary epic that would define all other sci-fi movies to come. Its vision of …
Thursday Jan. 21, 2010
Today in Techland: Steve chats about the bad ass factor of fallen angels with Legion director Scott Stewart, tech guru Doug shares his tips for keeping gunk out of your gadgets and Mike gives us the best panels of this week’s comics. We also spent the morning giggling over Avatar sex. It was good day,
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