Colleague John Sciacca just posted a new blog over at Residential Systems about his experiences with the fresh-out-of-beta Kaleidescape movie download store: Kaleidescape’s download store has been in Beta for the past four months while Kaleidescape monitored member feedback and response, and continued adding titles to the service, and there have been more than 12,000 downloads more »

Sony has officially announced two new 4K TV models, along with an Ultra HD playback device, all at prices well within the realm of the reasonable. The 55-inch XBR-55X900A and 65-inch XBR-65X900A will hit store shelves in April for an amazing  $4,999 and $6,999, respectively, putting the smaller model at a fifth the cost of more »

Boxee TV is getting firmware update today that delivers the much-requested local scheduling of DVR recordings, bug fixes, and 3D rentals from Vudu to the device. In addition, the device is now DLNA-enabled for easy sharing of all of your media across your home network. Boxee sells itself as a streaming box that has an more »

Red more or less pioneered the digital cinema revolution with their Red One Digital Cinema Camera, putting affordable, high-end cameras in the hands of capable filmmakers. Having used a Red camera before, I can say that they make a fantastic product and really tailor it to the needs of the market. Not to mention that more »

“If you could purchase movies over the Internet with precisely the same video and audio quality of a physical Blu-ray Disc or DVD, would you ever purchase a shiny, round disc again? Well guess what? This is now a reality.” – Kaleidescape My first brush with Kaleidescape’s innovative disc-based movie server was back in 2002. more »

Advertising is the lifeblood of the television industry, and for the longest time, DVRs were seen as a gigantic threat to that revenue. As time went on, and tracking systems improved, they learned to stop worrying and love the TiVo, but Dish’s new AutoHop evolution threatens to undo the balance they’ve regained with advertisers. AutoHop more »

The DVR/Streamer Simple.TV, which got a lot of attention at CES, needs your help getting the production line moving. The box, once hooked up to your cable or antenna, will save your favorite shows to a flash drive, which can then be accessed on a tablet, laptop, Roku, or smartphone either over WiFi or the internet. more »

I’m not a conspiracy theory guy. In general, I don’t want to hear about second gunmen or grassy knolls, or missiles into the Pentagon or bombs pre-loaded into the Trade Center buildings. I hate all of that nonsense. For most things, I subscribe to the Occam’s razor theory, being that when presented with multiple hypotheses, more »

That booming sound you may have heard Monday was the echoing ripple of a bit of your electronic freedom and innovation being smashed under the heavy-handed gavel of Judge William J. Monahan of the California Superior Court. As I wrote several weeks ago in my DVD CCA 1, Kaleidescape and Innovation 0 post (a good more »

One of the toughest jobs of any HTPC builder is eliminating noise, and most of the noise from the average PC comes from the multitude of fans that keep the internal components cool. On top of that, even the best cases tend to come in at something more akin to a receiver in size, weight, more »