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DVD

Zediva Has A New Way To Stream Movies

Stories about Zediva have been kicking around the internet for the past few days.  It's an interesting story and an even more interesting concept.  The company's founder explained that concept to Rotten Tomatoes as this: "We don’t rent digital copies of a movie," he said. "Our users rent a physical DVD, along with a DVD player, from us for a

Should You Pay For Content?

I was listening to a podcast where the hosts were chatting back and forth about the newly offered Hulu Plus, where for $10 dollars a month, you can get Hulu on a wide variety of devices including smart phones and over-the-top Internet TV boxes. Hulu is also offering a somewhat wider, but still incomplete back catalog archive of shows. One

Choosing Influences

So now that I’ve cut the cord with Dish Network, I’ve started digging deeper into the instant streaming material available on Netflix. It seems that most of the programs I would have watched on Discovery, TLC or History – the three channels I watched 99% of the time -- are available as season DVD sets streaming via Netflix. There are

Do Paywalls Ever Make Sense?

There was a recent article at Arstechnica.Com describing how The Times in the U.K. ended up cutting its web traffic in half by simply requiring registration so that viewers could read their articles. Prior to this, the articles on the site were freely available. The registration requirement is in anticipation of their future paywall plans. I have to admit that

GNC-2009-12-29 #539 I make a Startling Announcement!

Some of you are gonna flip out when you here the conclusion, I came to today while visiting a local merchant. I reverse my opinion on something I have long stood against. Sorry no more clues. I get back on track today on the intro timeline. Enjoy I think this one will go down in the history books and I

GNC-2009-06-05 #483 Video is a Main Topic!

Newsletter subscribers check your emails for clues but you have to listen as well to win. I talk about the Video Gravy train for a bit tonight. Looking for input from non podcasters details on the show. As we head into the summer months you will want to remember to take the show with you as you roll outside to

LG Blue-Ray Player – CES 2009

LG always comes to impress. Check out their new products that will be making there way into your home theaters this year.