Those of us no longer blessed with studio apartments or dorm rooms tend to have the heavy-lifting desktop computers stationed a few rooms over from the widescreen TV set-up. The forward-looking Trekstor MovieStation maxi t.u stores audio and video files in the A/V rack without the need for a companion computer. The 250-gigabyte model packs in about … [Read more...]
VeohTV: all over the place
The new digital goodies blog last100 took a test lap with VeohTV, the full-screen P2P aggregator that goes by the slogan "Video Lives All Over the Web." The application is still in beta, but last100 blogger has posted a fairly detailed review of VeohTV. Here's a look at Veoh's YouTube channel, where, presumably, most of the action is: Videos … [Read more...]
Unbox, iTunes put on Hewlett’s ‘Dog’
A little film has rustled up some big publicity via its online film debut. MGM's "A Dog's Breakfast," directed by "Stargate Atlantis" star David Hewlett, went live on Amazon's Unbox and iTunes earlier this week. It's now listed as the No. 2 downloaded movie on Unbox. "We've got such a huge loyal and tech-savvy fan base for this film. What … [Read more...]
‘Prom Queen’ has date with Amazon Unbox
"Prom Queen," the Emmy-nominated web serial from Michael Eisner's new-media company, has resurfaced on Amazon's Unbox as a $9.99 download ($3.99 rental). During its 80-episode run on MySpace, the series was sponsored by the likes of New Line and Fujii water. Episodes whizzed by at 90 seconds each. The Unbox feature version runs 2 hours-plus, … [Read more...]
Codec conversions: something, anything
The New York Times has a fairly detailed look at the options available for converting video files into various formats -- cell phones, games, iPods -- and the alphabet soup of codecs that render the data. The Times has been paying more attention to alternative video output platforms in recent months, a good thing since they're usually on target. … [Read more...]
