Earlier in the week, Microsoft gave the Xbox a big push in the race for HDMI 1 with Steve Ballmer announcing Xbox TV and partnerships with over 40 content providers. Jeffrey Powers has already covered the main announcement on GNC but I wanted to add a little bit of UK spin. In the UK, additional programming boxes such as the
There's been a lot of buzz surrounding Hulu lately, and I am trying to figure it all out. There's Hulu Plus, rumors of an IPO, content questions...the list goes on. So, what do we make of it all? Let's start with Hulu Plus. For those not familiar, Hulu Plus is the recently announced, and released, paid version of Hulu. You
I canceled, well, actually, "suspended" my DirecTV account after the season finales of Lost and 24. But, as many of you know, from my previous post about the NFL and Sunday Ticket, I was hoping to stay gone permanently. I have had no problem watching the few shows that I actually do watch online. And, with a media center PC
Okay, it's been three days of watching the Tour de France online and my experience has been less than perfect. The audio has been fine, but the video has been, mostly, bad. The Prologue, on Saturday, froze continuously while we tried to watch the On-Demand version. Yesterday's Stage 1 was pretty close to prefect. Today's Stage 2 was great until
While the world is buzzing about the Soccer World Cup and the vuvuzela, I will be following the OTHER big European sport - cycling. Being a cycling fan in America isn't easy. While the big races are covered live on all of the big Euro TV networks, America has only sporadic coverage on Versus and Universal Sports. Now, since I