Tag archive: Unbox

One of the things Apple does vastly better than Microsoft is move their users between operating system versions. With the one exception of a massive installed base bath they took when they moved to OSX, losing about half of their market at the turn of the century (these were folks that probably weren’t buying product anyway), Apple has been well ahead of Microsoft in terms of installed base migrations. To be fair, a lot of… Read More

Leading online retailer Amazon and the National Hockey League struck up a content deal today in which users of Amazon's online video download service will be able to enjoy NHL videos for a fee. This new Amazon Unbox offering is available now. Under the agreement between NHL and Amazon, the Amazon Unbox service will begin offering three or more NHL games each week during the regular season and playoffs as well as classic NHL games.… Read More

Just yesterday Wal-Mart entered the video download business, but today Amazon.com and TiVo fired back, announcing that they've begun testing a service which lets customers download movies and television shows from Amazon's Unbox video download service directly to TiVo set-top boxes—no computer required. “The television is and will continue to be the preferred platform for watching video content, and TiVo is leading… Read More

Amazon.com today took the wraps off Amazon Unbox, its new digital video download service for Windows which offers DVD-quality movies and television programs from nearly three dozen studio and network partner. Amazon Unbox makes videos available for either rental or purchase, and operates using Amazon's own Unbox software available only for Windows XP (Macintosh, Linux, and Windows 2000 or earlier need not apply. And you'll… Read More