Category Archives: Broadband

NewTeeVee Pans The Channel Master TV

Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 by MegaZone

NewTeeVee, part of the GigaOM network, has done a video review of the Channel Master TV, aka CM-7400, and they pretty much panned it for the same issues I pointed out in my two previous posts. Basically the high price … Continue reading →

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Low-end Roku LT Drops Price Point Under $50

Posted on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 by MegaZone

Roku brings their price point to its lowest level yet, $49.99, with the new Roku LT. It joins the recently launched Roku 2 product line, but it is not a ‘Roku 2 LT’, simply Roku LT. You do give up … Continue reading →

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Woot! – Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer Just $59.99

Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 by MegaZone

Today Woot! is offering a Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer for only $59.99 + $5 S&H. What is the Dash? Basically it is a less cuddly Chumby. It runs the Chumby platform and has access to over 1,000 Chumby apps … Continue reading →

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Is This How TiVo Will Get Place Shifting?

Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by MegaZone

Entropic Communications Inc. has made a $10 million investment in Zenverge Inc., buying their way into the video transcoding segment. So what, you ask? Entropic is the company supplying the MoCA chipsets to TiVo for the TiVo Premiere Elite and … Continue reading →

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Amazon Inks Deal to Stream FOX Content, Netflix Needs to Watch Their Back

Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 by MegaZone

There’s an interesting announcement on the Amazon front page today. They’ve inked a deal with FOX to include their content in the ‘free’ Prime instant video streaming service. Amazon Prime has traditionally been a $79 year service which gives members … Continue reading →

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