atmaspheric | endeavors

When I first read the headline I got very excited, but then I realized this is not what I was hoping for…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC.N) said on Monday it plans to introduce a video recording service as early as this year that aims to replace the living room [...]

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Thanks to the enhanced processing capabilities of the Intel Core Duo, you can now record and playback HDTV directly on a Mac mini, iMac or MacBook Pro! An all digital EyeTV 500 is starting to sound quite nice…
This version expands support for full-resolution playback of HDTV to Macs with Intel Core Duo processors — [...]

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I love this new feature! Today I ordered a pass to the Daily Show based how damn easy it is. The pricing is excellent and you get 16 shows for a considerable discount - thanks Apple and Viacom for getting how it should work.
The service is essentially paid podcasting. You pick what [...]

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OK I’ll bite. I received a video link from an “anonymous” friend on You Tube… (just learned it was from my dad and You Tube did not carry forward his name or email) Seems based on the other videos posted by user lowblackdub that this is a viral move by VW and one [...]

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So - Happy New Year first of all!
I’ve been slammed at the office and have not any real time to post, but more on that later…
During the holidays, I decided to check out Battlestar Gallactica while um, browsing online. I downloaded the first series for my iPod and started to watch it while commuting [...]

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I so rarely even try to watch Saturday Night Live these days, but I like Jack Black and happened to catch a bit of the show. By far the best bit was lazy Sunday with Chris Parnell and Adam Samberg which was just released for Free on iTunes…

Technorati Tags: Lazy Sunday, TV

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I was catching up on last week’s episode of Arrested Development last and I caught a joke that was well current. Oscar was being imprisoned for looking like his twin brother George and the warden says “no more Imoscar.com this time and Oscar says, this time I think I’ll do a podcast. I [...]

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Apple’s Mac mini will be reborn as the digital hub centerpiece it was originally conceived to be, Think Secret sources have disclosed. The new Mac mini project, code-named Kaleidoscope, will feature an Intel processor and include both Front Row 2.0 and TiVo-like DVR functionality.
Think Secret
While just a rumor for now, this is a very exciting [...]

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With each day the future of TV gets brighter… The content may not be directly from Primetime, but it’s quality stuff and is a major move from a major player - AOL Time Warner.  They’ve clearly been thinking about how to manage things across divisions and have a plan to appease the DVD release [...]

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So now that the iTMS has announced a successful foray into video it seems the impact has been realized and other deals are starting to flow in, which is great news … in theory.
In Januaray, if you are a Comcast subscriber you’ll be potentially able to view CSI, Survivor, NCIS and Amazing Race for $.99.  [...]

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I previously stated I thought that the aggregator rather than the direct relationship was the way to go, and I still believe that to be the case.  Even Jeremy Allaire, who is definitely smarter than I am, concedes any direct relationship will take up to 10 years - if the shift were to take place.
Another [...]

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I was just reading a piece in Media Magazine called Which World Will Get Video? (no link) and thinking how mainstream media does not get it.  The basic point of the piece is that big media can be in control and that rather than allow Google iTunes or Yahoo to control how people get your [...]

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We’ve mentioned before what ATI’s Avivo technology will bring to the table, but ExtremeTech has got an early look at their yet-to-be-released Avivo Transcode application (pictured). When paired with a compatible videocard it cut the time to convert video clips to an amazing 1/5 of the original.
HD Beat
Tasty treat for sure!  Time is the [...]

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I’ve been thinking about the iPod 5G and the video capability in iTunes and the ITMS and considering the success announced this week believe that it’s quite possible for things to accelerate much more rapidly towards a new network model.
If you think about the manner in which you subscribe to a podcast and apply that [...]

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“Selling 1 million videos in less than 20 days strongly suggests that there is a market for legal video downloads,” Jobs said. “Our next challenge is to broaden our content offerings so that customers can enjoy watching more videos on their computers and new iPods.”
Tech News on ZDNet
Not quite the 4 days it took for [...]

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Thomas Hawk pointed me to an interesting piece written by Alex Raiano at the TiVo Blog comparing MCE to TiVo.
First, thanks for blogging on TiVo (Alex specifically), but what the hell are you thinking with this?  MCE certainly has a DVR (at least in systems that ship with TV tuners), but it’s about much more.  [...]

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APC Magazine’s Dan Warne reckons Apple is about to deftly round-house kick Microsoft’s media center strategy for six. First Apple leaves a mysterious header on the Mac Mini motherboard for a non-existent iPod dock connector. Then it brings out media center software and a video iPod at the same time. Then it recruits the head [...]

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I love, love, love this. Donald Trump has zeroed in on Martha Stewart as the cause of the declining ratings suffered by his original version of The Apprentice. He says that confusion between the two has led some viewers to leave his show. Both he and producer/creator Mark Burnett think that NBC failed the franchise [...]

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Zatz reports cablecard 2.0 - which is two way if you’ve been tracking will be ready for deployment next year. Cablecard delivers a superior picture (no cable box compression) and the 2.0 version will give you two-way control so you won’t need a box for VOD or enhanced services if your provider supports this [...]

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This is cool stuff…. Nice to know it can be added for my commuting listening pleasure.
CBS WILL DISTRIBUTE ITS FREE podcasts, from “60 Minutes” to the long-running soap “Guiding Light,” on Apple’s iTunes Music Store, CBS Digital President Larry Kramer said Monday. The extensive suite of CBS podcasts includes news, entertainment, and sports programming [...]

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