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Save $25 on a Roku HD-XR from now until June 20th

Savings are always nice, especially when you are talking $25 off of a product that is starting at $129.99. Anyway, those interested in taking advantage can hit the ‘shop’ link below and go ahead with the purchase of a Roku HD-XR Player. The player is priced at $129.99, however using this coupon code “ready2roku” during more »

Black Friday 2009: Get a Roku HD-XR for half-off

Those interested in picking up a Roku set-top box may want to pay close attention because for a limited time this morning (Friday November 27) you will be able to grab the top of the line Roku HD-XR for half price. This offer is going to be available once the Roku Store opens this morning more »

Roku unveils the Channel Store lineup, includes Pandora, Flickr, Revision3, TWit and more

It has been a few weeks since Roku officially announced the Channel Store, but it looks like that wait has come to an end. Well, almost to an end. The official availability is that the Channel Store will come as a free update and be rolled out to “all existing Roku customers over the course more »

Roku adding Pandora, Flickr, TWiT, Revision3 and more

Going back to my confession of missing my recently sold Roku set top box, I have found a few more reasons why I will most likely purchase the updated Roku XR when it becomes available. It is expected that an announcement, or possibly multiple announcements are coming from Roku before the end of the year more »

Vizio unveils the everything-including-the-kitchen-sink enabled HDTV

Vizio seems determined to stand out in the HDTV market and by standing out it seems that they are making an attempt to do so in other ways aside from being one of the more affordable models on the store shelf. The latest announcement coming from Vizio includes HDTVs that are ready to support just more »

Revision3 brings back PixelPerfect

If you are a fan of online video, you know about Revision3. Recently, there was a big shake up at Revision3 that led to several shows getting the axe.

One of those shows, PixelPerfect, is getting a second chance. PixelPerfect is a great show where Bert Monroy teaches the viewer the ins and outs of Photoshop. The newest episode covers Adobe’s new CS4. The show was canceled for less than 60 days before being brought back.

12th Annual PC building competition to take place at CES 2009

The 12th annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity hosted by TigerDirect, CompUSA, AMD and Systemax is set to take place again from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. on January 8, 2009 at the Wynn Hotel. In case you aren’t familiar with this charity event, basically 30 tech journalists/companies work amongst themselves to design a PC in the shortest amount of time. For first place, $10,000 gets donated to that companies’ chosen charity, second place gets $2,500 to their charity, and then third gets $1,000 for their charity.

To give some perspective on how fast these computers can be assembled, last year’s winner, Maximum PC’s Will Smith, made his PC in 10 minutes 30 seconds.

RevisionG4? Taking a look at the Revision3 shake up

If you’re a fan of online video, you’ve probably heard of Revision3. Plenty of people are calling the company “RevisionG4” in light of the recent changes.

Primer

If you’re unfamiliar with Revision3 here’s a quick primer: The company started as a vehicle to produce podcasts like thebroken, systm, and Diggnation. Many new shows followed and lots of familiar faces were added to the mix. Those of us who missed TechTV were comforted with the arrivial of Revision3 along with TWiT.

The shake up

Recently, there have been big changes over at Revision3. Cancellations of shows, distribution deals dropped and personnel changes.

Has Revision3 turned into RevisionG4? Keep reading.

Revision3, VideoClix open up new opportunities for clickable videos

Quick question – what would you get if you combine a pioneer of clickable video space and a TV network for the web that creates and produces its own original, broadcast quality shows? You’ll have clickable videos with interactive elements embedded within the video itself. And that is what the Revision3 and VideoClix partnership is more »