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Hulu continues to surprise me -- the service never seems quite mainstream, but continues to thrive. This time the TV service is announcing record gains in subscriptions to its Plus service, the paid subscription plan that it introduced back in 2010. "Overall, Hulu continues to grow very quickly. In Q1 of this year, we set new records for revenue, and
XBMC has long been a darling of the HTPC crowd, bringing a free and open source alternative to Windows Media Center. Now a Dutch company wants to bring the platform to a set-top box. Known as "The Little Black Box", the device has just become available for pre-order. The box will contain 1GB of memory, 4GB of Flash storage (800MB for the
Today, rumors are circulating around the web regarding Amazon. It is nothing new -- the online retail giant has long been subject to such babble. Rumors of an Amazon phone still appear on a regular basis. Thanks to the success of the Kindle Fire, everyone seems to expect a handset to be the logical follow-up. Today's rumor is different though
HBO has remained a stumbling block for potential cord-cutters everywhere. While offering a wonderful app, the content producer has made it a requirement that users prove the existence of a cable or satellite TV subscription to use the app. Today the first chink in that firewall may have appeared. Reuters is reporting that HBO CEO Richard Plepler, while talking at
One of the downsides to Internet-based video content is that generally each new program being played back must be initiated by the user. This isn't much of a problem if one is watching a full-length movie or television show via Netflix or Amazon Streaming. However, if one is watching short-form content like video podcasts such as "Film Riot" then watching
If you are a home theater enthusiast or HTPC owner, as I am, then you have probably heard of Silicon Dust and the HD Home Run. The box has been out for some time and retails for $199, but can be found somewhat cheaper in many locations. The box takes a cable card and then sends its data out via
HDMI is great interconnect technology but it's really only designed for relatively short cable runs. What do you do if you want to send a 4K UltraHD picture 100ft? PhaseHD have the answer. Canadian outfit phaseHD uses standard, albeit long, HDMI cables with smart adaptors on each end of the cable to transmit a clean signal at one end and