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Apple iTV on hold as Apple TV plans serious cable injection

Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 12:08pm

With the looming iPhone 5 and smaller iPad on the way, all is quiet on the Siri-powered Apple HDTV/iTV rumor front. Two new reports indicate that the little "hobby box" aka Apple TV will stick around, but get upgraded with set-top box capabilities in the form of live TV and "other content."

Dreamer brings app stores to Blu-ray players

Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 9:16pm

One of the most promising ideas we saw today at CES was from Dreamer, which makes software that turns any Blu-ray player into an iPhone. Well, not an iPhone actually, but a device with an app store similar to the...

Popbox blasts 1080p network video with improved interface

Monday, January 4, 2010 - 8:11am

Remember that Popcorn Hour box that plays just about any video with awesome power, but has an awful user interface? Its daddy, Syabas, just created its little brother, named Popbox, and it's packing features that almost match the power of...

Apple TV 3.0 software update on the way? (Update: download it now)

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 9:48am

Apple TV, the forgotten digital video set-top box that can't play 1080p, might be finally getting an upgrade after nearly two years of languishing in the doldrums. While there's no word about a much-needed hardware upgrade, buried in Apple's newest...

Popcorn Hour C-200 digital player: Cable TV killer?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 7:20am

Popcorn Hour set-top boxes keep getting better. This new one, the C-200, has an even faster chip inside, so it can do an even better job of playing back the longest list of HD video file types we've ever seen...

ZillionTV lets you dump cable for good

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 10:57am

How would you like to dump your expensive cable TV service and get the same thing for free? That's the allure of ZillionTV, a new service that offers ad-supported HDTV shows as well as pay-video on demand, courtesy of the...

Roku/Netflix box now gives you 40,000 more titles from Amazon

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 10:17am

That little Roku/Netflix box just learned another neat trick: It can now snag 40,000 movies from Amazon's Video on Demand service. You can either buy movies for between $10 and $15, or rent them for between $1 and $4, and...

Vudu Labs eyes-on: ugly video-on-demand, but auspicious beginning

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 9:22am

We told you about video streaming set-top box Vudu's new update yesterday, adding 120 on-demand TV channels, photo sites Flickr and Picasa, YouTube, a few games, and the promise of more applications to be developed. We gave the new...

AU BOX offers Web, TV, cellphone convergence for the PC-phobic

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Monday, September 29, 2008 - 12:16am

Japan's desire to completely leapfrog over the need to use traditional PCs in the same manner as Americans got another boost recently with the launch of the au Box from KDDI. Utilizing the set-top box along with a cellular phone,...

Four hardware companies to participate in Netflix set-top box system

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 10:14am

After a false start almost two years ago, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is talking more about a set-top box in the company’s future. In addition to dropping the bomb that prices will go up for Blu-ray discs on the...

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Set-top Box stories

Apple iTV on hold as Apple TV plans serious cable injection

Dreamer brings app stores to Blu-ray players

Popbox blasts 1080p network video with improved interface

Apple TV 3.0 software update on the way? (Update: download it now)

Popcorn Hour C-200 digital player: Cable TV killer?

ZillionTV lets you dump cable for good

Roku/Netflix box now gives you 40,000 more titles from Amazon

Vudu Labs eyes-on: ugly video-on-demand, but auspicious beginning

AU BOX offers Web, TV, cellphone convergence for the PC-phobic

Four hardware companies to participate in Netflix set-top box system

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