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Archive for the ‘TV’ Category

January 2, 2008

Joost Taking Over

Joost is another online TV solution. It combines both software and content, with a dosage of advertising. In April I gave Joost beta my first try. I tried it on a relativly fast PC’s with more than enough bandwidth. But I was constantly disappointed with the CPU usage and bandwidth the program required. Their content [...]

December 24, 2007

Miro Internet TV on demand

The “internet tv” and video player Miro, previously known as Democracy has caught my attention lately. I tried Democracy for the first time more than a year ago. My first impression was OK. Considering the fact that I can’t afford to keep up with the latest hardware updates, I tried it on a little older [...]

December 23, 2007

Zattoo Satellite Relay

I first heard of Zattoo via TechCrunch, but I did not try it before a couple months ago. With Zattoo, as with some other services I have tested, I believe in trying the application a little more in depth over time before I give a verdict. There is something about watching TV, next to real [...]

October 20, 2007

CSI:NY Investigation in Second Life

The popular TV-show crime series CSI:NY from CBS will include an investigation in Second Life in its next awaited episode, that viewers can also participate in, TechCrunch reports. I find this is a very exciting new step in the social media world, as it truly does add interactivity into a prime time TV-series. As Hollywood, [...]

April 30, 2007

CozmoTV Customized Feeds

Cozmo is taking Web 2.0 concepts and adding them to allow users to create their own “TV channels”. These so-called channels can be created by choosing content from most popular video sites (YouTube, Google videos, etc) or can be a RSS feed, your own channel will eventually take shape as widgets. I gave CozmoTV Beta  [...]

April 18, 2007

Costly HD Security Camera…

Stumbled upon this new HD camera this morning. Iconix HD-RH1 is a 64-gram miniture camera with a 1080i/p resolution. However accoding to Create Digital Motion it will cost about $15,000. In light of its price, I don’t think its main use would be for security cameras. Though this camera could be a small step in the direction of the videocameras and Crime [...]