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Roku launches Channel Store; Pandora, Flickr, Facebook photos included Already one of the best buys in home video, the bargain-priced Roku player — which already delivers streaming Netflix, Major League Baseball, and on-demand Amazon videos — now offers content "channels" from the likes of Pandora, Flickr, and Facebook. Read More

When are Darth, Indy coming to Blu-ray? [Fall 2009 update] Thinking about snapping up a Blu-ray player for the holdays? Wondering which of your favorite movie franchises — think "Star Wars," "Indiana Jones," "Lord of the Rings," and "The Matrix" — have gone Blu, and which haven't? Help is here. Read More

Upcoming Black Friday deals: Blu-ray players for as little as $78 Blu-ray player prices appear poised to drop well below the $99 mark come Black Friday. Examples: A Sylvania Blu-ray deck that'll go for just $89 in the Great Lakes region, and a Magnavox deck at Walmart for just $78. Read More

Eyes-on with 1080p video streaming over Xbox Live

By Ben Patterson - Posted Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:26PM EST

Eyes-on with 1080p video streaming over Xbox Live If not for the constant, distracting whine of the Xbox 360 console itself, I'd call the new streaming Zune Marketplace features on Xbox Live the on-demand HD panacea I've been waiting for. Read More

A DVD that lasts a thousand years?

By Christopher Null - Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:49PM EST

A DVD that lasts a thousand years? What will you be doing in 3009? While you may be dead and gone, one startup wants to ensure that even after 40 generations of your progeny have come and gone, your great-great-great-etc.-grandkids will still be able to watch that precious copy of Read More

Retailers slashing prices on latest Blu-ray releases One of the biggest complaints I hear about Blu-ray concerns pricing — not for the players themselves, which have finally plunged south of $200 and even $100, but for Blu-ray movies and TV shows, which often sell for upwards of $35 each. As we head into th Read More

Boxee: We're making our own TV set-top box

By Ben Patterson - Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:43PM EST

Boxee: We're making our own TV set-top box Wish there was an easier way to watch streaming video from Boxee on your TV? Well, looks like the makers of the popular media-streaming software and Apple TV plug-in have decided to go ahead and make their own set-top box, although early word is that it m Read More

Movies on SD card now a reality

By Christopher Null - Posted Mon Nov 9, 2009 2:36PM EST

Movies on SD card now a reality First came movies on USB thumb drives. Now feature films are suddenly Read More

Movies on USB thumb drives get real

By Christopher Null - Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 11:24AM EST

Movies on USB thumb drives get real I was almost joking when I suggested back in 2007 that movie studios might package motion pictures on flash media like SD cards or USB thumb drives... ... Read More

Redbox tinkers with higher prices, tries $2 first-night rentals in PA Known far and wide for its $1-a-night DVD rentals, the red-hot kiosk company is reportedly testing some new — and higher — pricing schemes, including $2 first-night rentals in one market and $1.50/night rentals in another. Read More

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