Archive for the 'media' Category
Back in the old (eek!) days of the VCR, I used to record shows and keep lots of them for future viewing. My friends have tons of VHS tapes in their library still.
When I got my first DVR/PVR, I stopped recording to tapes and everything goes on that box. I have a DVD recorder but [...]
Juno was just released on DVD this week. One of the new features being touted is the new “Digital Copy” option that allows a user to quickly and easily transfer a copy of the movie to their Ipod or other digital device. Of course, it comes with copy-protection to ensure that you can’t do it [...]
I’ve been on the fence with satellite radio since it came into popular culture a few years ago. When Howard Stern moved to Sirius, it really seemed to take off but I think a lot of that was really the media hype over it.
I don’t know anyone who has satellite radio yet. Yet, I [...]
So NBC-Universal and FOX have set up this great web site called ‘Hulu” where you can watch tons of your favorite programs online. It sounds great! The library is huge.
Live outside of the U.S.? You’re not going to see anything. But you won’t know that until you try to watch something specific. You can look, [...]
I have a feeling that my grandchildren will not watch television or at least, not very much of it.
I’m seeing this pendulum swing that is just beginning really. It started with video blogging who are really the new broadcast pioneers. In reality, they are narrowcasters though.
I am finding, more an more, a reliance on [...]
This has to be a dream right? Imagine paying $5 a month and being able to have every song in the world for free! And you can give the songs to your family and friends, legally!
The Songwriter’s Association of Canada wants every Internet subscriber to pay $5 per month to them since we all pirate [...]
Do you subscribe to any “digital magazines”? I’m not talking about web sites that claim to be magazines. I’m talking about the ones that are actually a true magazine converted to a digital format in which you can flip through the pages like a real magazine.
I currently get two magazines in this format:
eWeekComputerWorld Canada
I used [...]
