Apple working on a touchscreen remote for upcoming Apple TV?
Our Apple tipster (who accurately predicted organizable iPhone homescreens in iTunes as well as integrated social networking components) is back at it again! This time …
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VUDU on-demand HD content coming soon to an LG BD390 Blu-ray player near you
File this little guy under gadgets we need ASAP. VUDU has been tearing it up lately as the company wisely broadens its horizons beyond dedicated …
Playstation 3 Slim on sale at Best Buy
We know, we know — if you really wanted one and stay up on your blawgz you’d have purchased one by now, but for everyone …
Blockbuster sheds 34% of Total Access subscribers last quarter
We haven’t really covered Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service since this past March when a string of policy changes finally culminated in our exclusive scoop covering the …
SlingMedia SlingPlayer for iPhone 1.1 in the works
Sling let us know that they’ve gone and submitted version 1.1 of their popular SlingPlayer for iPhone application to Apple. New in this version include …
Toshiba dances on HD DVD's grave, gets in bed with Blu-ray
Following a long a grueling battle that forced the company to bury its now-defunct “next generation” home entertainment media tech, Toshiba was left bleeding worse …
DTV came, saw and conquered; was it good for you?
Changeover day came and went this past Friday and while the vast majority of the country likely didn’t even notice, a handful of people were …
DTV cometh
Today is the day our grandparents have been dreading for quite some time now — that is, if they even knew DTV was on its …
Comcast Town finalist voting ends June 15th
We’ve been getting a bunch of comments and emails looking for an update on the Comcast Town design giveaway and since there’s $30,000 worth of …
Blockbuster to pilot Total Access video game rentals
We’ve long since given up on Blockbuster and the debacle that is Total Access. As the company continues to struggle with the evolving home entertainment …
Sony posts record $1 billion loss for fiscal year 2008
As expected, Sony announced a record ¥98.9 billion ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ending in March 2009. This is Sony’s first reported yearly …
Only two days left to enter the Comcast Town Design Showdown
You judge us every day in the comments section and now it’s our turn to return the favor! Last month we told you about a …
Comcast launches ComcastTown, giveaways and an apartment makeover
Here’s the deal… Comcast just launched this big marketing initiative called ComcastTown (you’ve probably seen the ads on BGR by now) and we’ve agreed to …
Disney to bring new content to Hulu?
Hulu may be getting a healthy dose of new programming content courtesy of Disney. According to sources close to the situation, Hulu and Disney are …
VUDU soon to add PC-streaming feature
Official word that VUDU jazzed up its service offering with the addition of Pandora came through this morning but now some less-than-official news is creeping …
VUDU adds Pandora as content expansion continues
Since the announcement of VUDU’s Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform, we’ve been waiting for some new big news to come down from the Santa Clara-based …
Roku officially adds support for Amazon Video On Demand
Roku announced this morning that it would be adding Amazon Video On Demand to its portfolio of available online video content, bringing the grand total …
Roku’s VOD service to include integrated YouTube?
While there’s nothing more than a rogue screen-shot to go by at the moment, we wouldn’t rule this one out as a possible feature of …
Blockbuster aligns with CinemaNow in an effort to stay relevant
As much fun as it is to bash the top of your DVD player each of the 135 times your Total Access movie skips during …
Sling Media announces iPhone SlingPlayer application, HD Mac streaming
Well, Sling has gone and done it again. This time they’ve got some iPhone app nonsense for your TiVo-addicted souls. You might remember the initial …
Roku announces Amazon support for Netflix Box
Roku has just announced support for Amazon Unbox Video on Demand movie streaming with its diminutive Netlix set-top box. Up until today, the little box …
Intel and Adobe bringing Flash to a living room near you
As is always the case, we can all expect plenty of home entertainment-related news to come this week as CES kicks off. New TVs, new …
Nintendo Wii to offer streaming video and online food ordering service in 2009
Nintendo announced on Thursday that it will offer a streaming video service for its Wii gaming console. The new service will launch in Japan in …
VUDU box now $99 for the holidays, and possibly beyond
How low can you go is the question on the minds of potential VUDU owners as the company today announced a new price point for …
Farewell VHS, we’ll miss you – thanks for the memories!
Remember those Friday nights when you’d rent video tapes by the bundle and watch them all as fast as you can because they were due …
Sharp to unveil Aquos HDTVs with integrated Blu-ray players
We can’t hate it when we find out that something interesting is going to be unveiled at CES 2009 since all signs are pointing to …
VUDU introduces internet application platform and on-demand TV
VUDU swings for the fences and connects! Big news from California-based set top box provider VUDU this morning, as the company announces a huge new …
Amazon streaming HD to TiVo soon?
Listen up, couch potatoes! It looks like NetFlix and Vudu might not be the only streaming services that will offer up a high definition content. …
Blockbuster and Microsoft team up to deliver new mobile video service
A report in the Dallas Morning news suggests that Blockbuster may be planning to develop a mobile video service. The new streaming media service would …
Nokia unveils Home Control Center
Home automation used to be something you only saw in futuristic movies, but it seems like the idea of controlling everything in your home via …
