Category Archives: General Tech

Blockbuster Wants To Top Your Set With Their Box

Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 by MegaZone

Well, it looks like Home Media Magazine was right, Blockbuster is releasing their own set-top box. Well, like Netflix partnered with Roku, Blockbuster is partnering with 2Wire. The 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player is currently available for free if you … Continue reading →

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Sonic Solutions Buying CinemaNow

Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 by MegaZone

Sonic, the digital media company best known for their Roxio products, not the drive-in food chain, is acquiring CinemaNow. I think that leaves Netflix as the last independent digital movie rental site. Akimbo is gone, Blockbuster bought Movielink. I suppose … Continue reading →

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DVRupgrade Offers TiVo Fountain Of Youth

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by MegaZone

Long-time TiVo expansion and service vendor DVRupgrade is today launching new TiVo life-extension services. While DVRupgrade has long offered pre-upgraded TiVo units, as well as drop-in replacement drives and the tools needed it to do-it-yourself, they’re now offering full TiVo … Continue reading →

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Ad Council Adopts Backchannelmedia’s TV-to-Internet Tech

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by MegaZone

Backchannelmedia recently announced their TV-to-Internet technology was being trialed by LIN TV Corp. in New England, and now The Advertising Council will adopt the technology for use with their public service campaigns. The Ad Council’s use will coincide with the … Continue reading →

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Save 30% On Nero Move It

Posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 by MegaZone

Nero Move it was announced in September at the same time as LiquidTV | TiVo PC. It is designed to make it easy to manage media files and move and sync them between mobile devices. These days many people have … Continue reading →

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