Sling Media Working on Apple TV Support
Sling Media, maker of the SlingBox, has confirmed that it is working on making the streaming device compatible with the Apple TV. This feature would allow the combination of the Apple TV and a SlingBox...
View ArticleApple TV Ad Now Online in HD
Apple has posted the company's new television ad for Apple TV in various sizes and qualities: Small, Medium, Large, and HD. The newest Apple ad features a scene with Jack Black from the "School of...
View ArticleWeaKnees is Offering an Apple TV Upgrade Kit
WeaKnees is now shipping an Apple TV upgrade kit with a Seagate hard drive replacement for $199 US. According to WeaKnees, the installation process only takes a few minutes and then the AppleTV will...
View ArticleApple Emails Video Podcasters
Apple has sent out an e-mail the iTunes video podcasters recommending that they increase the resolution of their video blogs. Apple is recommending that those podcasters still using 320x240 videos...
View ArticleUpdated HandBrake Now Available
Getting your DVDs onto your iPod, Apple TV and your PS3 just got easier. HandBrake 0.8.5b1 was just released now supporting the AppleTV and PS3. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed,...
View ArticleSlingPlayer for Mac Reaches 1.0 Supports Apple TV
Sling Media announced the immediate availability of SlingPlayer for Mac Version 1.0, a software client for Slingbox customers who want to view their Cable TV, Satellite TV, Over-the-Air or Apple TV on...
View ArticleFiOS TV and EyeTV PVR Happy Together
I am a long time user of Elgato's EyeTV PVR (personal video recorder) for the Mac. For quite a long time I was using my EyeTV 200 with analog cable TV, allowing me to record, archive to DVD, export to...
View ArticleSling Your Apple TV
Two products I really like are Sling Media's Slingbox and the new Apple TV. Boy, I was in geek heaven when Sling Media recently updated their SlingPlayer software allowing both of my favorite devices...
View ArticleElgato Turbo.264 H.264 encoder for iPod, PSP, Apple TV Review
UK website RegHardware, has a nice review of the new Elgato Turbo.264 USB hardware H.264 encoder for the Mac. I received my Turbo.264 and have encoded some video with it on a Intel Mac mini and an iMac...
View ArticleYouTube Coming to Apple TV
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said YouTube will soon be coming to the Apple TV via a software update in mid-June. Google's YouTube will be offered in the Apple TV main menu. Using the Apple Remote users can...
View Article160GB Apple TV Now Shipping, YouTube Coming Soon
Apple is now offering two versions of the Apple TV: the original 40GB model for $299, and a new 160GB model for $399, which is shipping in 1-2 business days. I already own two Apple TVs, one with the...
View ArticleEMI Videos Coming to YouTube DRM-free
EMI and YouTube have agreed to a deal that will make EMI music videos available free of charge, and EMI music can now be featured in user-generated footage. YouTube has now inked deals with all four of...
View ArticleMovie rentals coming to iTunes?
According to several websites, Apple is said to be currently in talks with several major Hollywood studios regarding the launch of an iTunes-based online movie rental service. This was first to be...
View ArticleWelcome iPhone and New iTunes 7.3
Welcome to the very anticipated day for gadget lovers. Today is iPhone day and Apple has dedicated the entire front page of Apple.com to the iPhone. The long lines are forming across the country to be...
View ArticleFlash-based TV Site mimics Apple TV, Joost, and Babelgum
Site designer Paul Yanez has also created web versions of Joost, Babelgum and now the Apple TV using Flash in a mashup. The Flash based interface feels quite a lot like the "real" applications. The...
View ArticleHappy New Year – MacWorld Cometh!
Now that we are in the new year and the holidays are over I am looking forward to the MacWorld Keynote San Francisco on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 scheduled from 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST. Should be an...
View ArticleApple TV Stands Alone Price Drops
One of my favorite announcements from Steve Jobs Keynote was the news about the Apple TV (what Jobs called Take 2) and the new iTunes with video rentals. I have sitting out with the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray...
View ArticleiTunes Movie Rentals Arrive
Updating iTunes to 7.6 will bring you the ability to now "rent" movies from all the major movie studios, including Fox, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal and Sony, along with Touchstone, Miramax, MGM,...
View ArticleFox and Apple Show Off iTunes Digital Copy
Apple and Twentieth Century Fox have introduced iTunes Digital Copy which are specially configured DVD movies with the ability to copy the movie to iTunes, for playback on the Mac, Windows PCs, iPods,...
View ArticleEyeTV 3 Released for Mac
Elgato has announced EyeTV 3, a major software upgrade to its popular television PVR software for the Mac, as well as updates for its EyeTV Hybrid and EyeTV 250 Plus television receivers. EyeTV along...
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