Ted Wallingford at Signal to Noise points to a Mac Rumours forum thread that says Apple’s new wireless iTV IPTV device, announced earlier this month at an Apple press conference in San Francisco, might incorporate the new, faster “N” (802.11n) wireless specification. That means a full-length movie could be transmitted to an iTV (TV over […]

Imagine an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel that can show three different images to three different people at the same time, provided they view the screen at different angle. In terms of in-car use, such a panel could be used for navigation and video playback, among other things, at the same time. Well Sharp Corp […]

While TV and Apple Mac junkies are salivating over the recently announced Apple iTV IPTV device, Snappy Multimedia’s HAVA seems to hvae gone quietly unnoticed. At least, this is the first I’ve heard of them. Of course, they are kind of the opposite of iTV. Instead of your downloaded video content being streamed wirelessly from […]

Okay, maybe I’m not as much of a TV junkie as a I thought. I certainly don’t have a TiVo, and certainly not the big TiVo Series3 unit (US$800, or $1,000 with transferred lifetime subscription) that’s pictured over at Engadget. Apparently, though, there are some problems with using TiVos with plasma TVs. It has something […]

YouTube isn’t the first web video streaming service and they won’t be the last. But they are arguably one of the most popular. They’re streaming 100 million videos per month (or is that per day?); I don’t think anyone else has reached this level. But new contenders include Microsoft’s Soapbox [Silicon.com]. According to the Silicon.com […]

Good news for some people, I guess, but the chair of the US FCC, Kevin J. Martin, says that there is no need to regulate [Teleclick.ca] online video services such as YouTube. I guess he hasn’t seen some of the other video channels. (Anyone know where the uncut version of Janet Jackson on the Superbowl […]

Apple only announced their iTunes movie download service last week, but they’ve already pulled in US$1M in sales [CIO]. And that’s despite the limited number of studios (all financially related to Disney) and films (75). Then again, at the current download prices, that’s only 125,000 downloads/ sales. Not exactly record-breaking numbers. However, they are limited […]

For years, record labels and movie studios have been complaining about the losses due to bootleg copies of music CDs and movie DVDs. Well this may be over thanks to a technology known as RFID (radio frequency identification), at least for DVDs. The basic premise is that each disc will have an RF tag with […]

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You wouldn’t think Gene Simmons of Kiss would be all that likeable a character. One’s first exposure to the man tends to lean to the negative, what with the dramatic stage make-up, the extraordinary clothes and boots, and — oh, yes — the tongue.
But that’s not Gene Simmons; that’s the Demon, […]

[UPDATED] This is quite possibly one of the best supernatural-topic TV shows ever produced. And I’ve watched a lot of them in my lifetime. Nothing gives me the chills the way this one does. In fact, I often watch it with the lights out.
The two actors that play brothers Sam and Dean Winchester are well-cast. […]

Jennifer Love Hewitt, whom I liked in the Fox drama Party of Five, plays one of the most useless mediums on TV. In Ghost Whisperer, her character - complete with bad Cleopatra hair cut/ wig - can see and talk to ghosts. She also gets premonitions and is able to interpret some of them. But […]

Wagering on the possibility that TV over Wi-Fi will be profitable, Wi-Fi TV Inc. is spending a million on advertising at online job boards. They’re looking for a sales team [Market Wire] across the United States. Their website offers 300 channels of live TV programming, as well as free VoIP (Voice over Internet Calling) calling. […]

Psych is either going to be one of those sleeper hits or a total bomb (but if only because it hasn’t been hyped all that much). I almost missed it, intending to watch CSI. However, after rushing out in the rain yesterday to buy myself a TV capture box, I can now obviously record one […]

Due to licensing issues and fears of piracy, Asian countries will not get to use [Antara News] the new iTunes movie download service that Apple revealed yesterday, amongst other announcements of new iPods and the iTV PC-to-TV video streaming device. Asia in general is supposedly a fast-growing consumer of digital content.
The iTunes movie download service […]

Om Malik speculates on Rupert Murdoch’s idea about using WiMax for broadcasting video content. Murdoch doesn’t think it’ll work, but there are already companies doing it. Sort of. TV-over-WiMax? Well why not? If Apple’s new wireless-streaming iTV device isn’t already proof of the possibilties, then I don’t know what is. WiMax wireless networks haven’t been […]

Actually, CNBC TV just showed some clips of the device. It has a three-inch screen, 30 Gb of space and integrated wireless capability. In fact, they also showed a clip demonstrating two Zunes communicating, with one transmitting songs to the other. Toshiba will also manufacture the device under the name Pyxis.
There was little use of […]

CNBC TV had clips tonight of the new iTV device from Apple. With it, you can stream video content from the Internet to your TV. What I saw showed RCA jacks, but earlier news said that you can stream IPTV content wirelessly. Apple also started selling movies as of today, at US$9.99 per copy.
The problem […]

I found this clip at ManiaTV, which is like YouTube and other IPTV websites. If you’re a fan of Smallville, you’ll probably like this fan clip of film that’ll never be shot: Superman and Batman together, fighting Lex Luthor, Two-face and others.
Unfortunately, the ManiaTV code won’t embed properly in at least two web browsers I […]

Vietnam will be getting DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld) mobile TV services thanks to a joint deal [Cellular News] between Nokia and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC). Nokia’s also working with Motorola to ensure that their DVB-H devices and services are interoperable. They will be working on solutions based on the open DVB-IPDC (presumably DVB […]

It’s official. Apple just announced in San Francisco today that they have an adapter which will let people transmit content from the Internet, via their computer, directly to their TV sets. And as I was wishing yesterday, the PC-to-TV converter is not specific to Apple Mac computers. Hurrah!! Something like this will revolutionize IPTV, and […]