Tag archive: media streamers

Steve Job’s “hobby” device has received an update and redesign, but is it for the better? Apple unveiled its new, slimmer Apple TV during a press conference at the beginning of September, and announced that it will launch at $99. What did Apple sacrifice to hit that price point? That’s what we’re going to find out. Below we breakdown each important aspect of the new Apple TV and put it head to head with the last-generation model to help you… Read More

Steve Job’s one-time “hobby” is finally starting to look ready for primetime. On Tuesday, Apple released the fourth revision of the Apple TV, making it smaller, adding Netflix support, and perhaps most importantly, dropping the price to just $99. But the landscape has changed since in the days since Apple TV first appeared in 2007, and the new box will face a horde of well-equipped challengers that have already staked their claim on set-top… Read More

Ready to sever your cable and switch to free Internet TV content in 2010? So are we. Besides the plethora of connected features built right into next-gen televisions from virtually every manufacturer, a number of new set-top boxes will make it possible to retrofit any existing TV for Web video – and do it easier than ever. Take a look at these upcoming streaming media devices set to launch in 2010.

To a casual onlooker, the hype and excitement that D-Link’s Boxee Box generated at CES 2010 must have looked almost inexplicable. It’s another media streamer. It sits by your TV and plays content off a network. And the case looks like something ripped straight from a first-year industrial-design student’s notebook. All valid observations. But it also plays Hulu, costs less than $200, and sports a slick user interface that makes most DVRs and… Read More

The television set has to be the most loved device in the house. After all, how many hours do you spend in front of the toaster each day? Despite all of that adoration, though, the boob tube no longer corners the market when it comes to audiovisual excitement. Thanks to advancements in online multimedia delivery, services such as YouTube, Picasa and iTunes also offer a lot of Web-based entertainment to get you through the wee hours of the… Read More

What would it be like if you could watch your favorite television or video programming locked away on your cable box, DVD player or Tivo at home? Sling Media, already successful with its first generation “placeshifting” Slingbox, is back at it again with the recent introduction of their second generation of Slingbox products geared for different levels of home user enjoyment. For those unfamiliar with Sling Media, this company… Read More

MovieBeam, a venture formerly funded by just The Walt Disney Company, but now with backing as well from Intel, Cisco and several venture capital firms, is a new set top box ready to join the array of boxes already cluttering home entertainment systems across America. This latest unit though provides some of the most interesting promise: wirelessly downloaded movies from virtually every major Hollywood studio, including 20th Century Fox,… Read More

Slim Devices? newest Squeezebox network music player is turning heads with a stylish look and the ability to stream digital music and Internet radio stations to a stereo. It is the third generation of a device which has won numerous awards from the tech media. The Squeezebox network music player is available in black or white and comes in a slim, vertical brushed metal case which contrasts with an aqua-blue display. This 7.6? x 3.7? x 3.1?… Read More

Photo Courtesy of StreetFire The StreetFire RBX1600 home media device takes management of your music collection in a different direction. Instead of focusing on MP3s and video files, the developers at StreetFire Sound Labs have created a product which uses your PC, home network and a broadband connection to help manage your actual collection of CDs stored in up to four Sony MegaStorage CD changers. The RBX1600 is capable of managing up to… Read More