Unfortunately if you were hoping to make this into a high definition mini-media box to sit under the TV, you'll be disappointed.
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Clearly taking a cue from Cupertino's own iTunes app on the tiny media box, the Hulu Plus redesign makes perfect use of a top navigation bar, which, as pictured above, lists familiar entries like TV, Movies, Kids, Latino, Queue and Search -- a nice visual (and useful) change when compared to what we've been become accustomed to since the app first arrived on the "hobby" platform.
While it's technically always been possible to stream (using the 360's Media Center Extender technology), the new update gives the masses who aren't yet using a Media Center box a quick and easy way to stream video to the television.
As we all found out, however, users who prefer to roll their own Media Center box (like yours truly) will be left out of the option entirely -- support will only be available for CableLabs certified boxen, which home-rolled are, of course, not.
Step one in streaming is, of course, authorizing your PS3 to access your media on your Vista box.
One of the most promising proposed solutions, and one which rests somewhere between the two extremes, is a procedure analogous to organ donation (and not unlike existing social-media privacy settings) by which social-media services would prompt users to check a box indicating their postmortem instructions for social-media asset disposition.
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"Homer's odyssey paid off, " said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office analysts Media By Numbers.
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So if HD DVD does go away only leaving with Blu-ray, we might not ever see the ultimate HD media experience all in one box.
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First, the success of this popular remake where the difference is essentially centered around the introduction of 3D technology, which highlights the importance of 3D movies in driving box office sales for media companies including Disney, Time Warner, News Corp and Viacom.
Online sales of movies and music are booming, fueled by Apple's lineup of iPod digital media players, the AppleTV set top box, and now, the iPhone.
Many companies are still seeing social media and virtual collaboration tools as a box to be ticked rather than the corporate strategic tool it can be if done right.
Are they considering a wireless media-link kind of system between the box and the TV?
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Believe it or not, but the new Slingbox 350 is actually the first from Sling Media that looks like, well, a box.
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Measuring in at 6.5- x 6.5- x 1.97-inches, this 3.2 pound box packs an awful lot of media playing oomph into a ridiculously small enclosure.
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Media center software, a streaming set top box and a TV-tuning USB dongle -- Boxee already has a pretty decent amount on its plate.
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Social media firm Fizziology, which uses social media to forecast real world behavior, from box office to advertiser impact to overall fan experience, decided to spend time on analyzing some interesting conversation surrounding the NHL Lockout from December 11-17.
Until now, only league and team personnel have had access to the NBA's complete official stats -- media got access last spring -- with box scores that go as far back as its start in 1946-47, individual stats for anyone who has ever played in the league plus advanced statistical breakdowns and rankings of best lineup combinations.
Devices that allow users to skip ads, such as the TiVo box, may drive advertisers towards other media.
Next, Huang showed off 100 Windows desktops grinding through video games, movies, and other rich media applications being supported by a single pizza-box sized server.
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"If a box office success is trumpeted in the media on the opening weekend, it makes the public think that copyright theft isn't actually doing any harm, " Carey told CNN.
That process is already possible through its Apple TV set-top box, but it is cumbersome and some media companies, such as Time Warner Inc.
Within that range, though, the Wii U magically streams hiccup-free gaming to both the GamePad's screen and an HDTV -- no small feat, and one that opens up a Pandora's box of ideas for both game developers and media providers.
Only in the world of personal computers could a company like Apple, essentially a has-been reduced to a miniscule market share, introduce a throwback model distinguished only by a differently colored plastic box, and have it treated by the media as if it was a history-making event.
Since its founding, TiVo has evolved into the ultimate single-solution media center by combining its patented DVR technologies and universal cable box capabilities with the ability to aggregate, search and deliver millions of pieces of broadband, cable and broadcast content directly to the television.
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Before we tried out Napster, we did successfully transfer a few MP3 files from our library to the player via Windows Media 10, so the H10 did work well there right out of the box.
Virgin Media in the U.K. is using TiVo's set-top box and software as the cornerstone of its advanced TV rollout to its 4 million subscribers.
But Whitehall sources accused Mr Reid of attempting to "box the government into a policy just to satisfy the gaping jaws of the media" - claims denied by the Home Office.
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With the writers' strike increasingly wreaking havoc on media company bottom lines, to say nothing of the industry's declining ratings and box office attendance, Hollywood's economic model is poised to undergo a big change in 2008.
And so in the case of the set-top box you typically would store the video back on the server, either the Media Center server in the home, or the your video provider server back at the head-end.
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