ChannelFlip.com – new Video Podcasting site on it’s way
I am sure that regular listeners of TWiT already know Wil Harris. He is one of the regular panel members on TWiT, was until recently part of bit-tech.net and also wrote a number of articles for the The Enquirer and The Register. Anyway, as Wil announced on the latest TWiT podcast that he is in [...]
BBC iPlayer Beta – Working with Vista
After registering on the BBC website for their new VOD (Video On Demand) service called BBC iPlayer, I have received my account details today. I new already that I would most likely have issues actually using it, since my machines at home are all running Vista by now (with more or less success, but that [...]
Hell’s Kitchen is back
The new season of Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay has started this week on Fox (US). I have just seen the first episode, and it so far it promises to be yet another “interesting” season. Gordon Ramsay is doing what he seem to know best: swearing, screaming, shouting at it’s best and by doing it [...]
Joost for friends
The latest version of Joost Beta has a new feature: Unlimited invites! Although content on Joost, especially if you are located in the UK or in Europe is still limited, it is still interesting to play around with it! It is getting better with every release. Some examples of contenat that can currently be seen [...]
BBC HD on Freeview on your PC
I spend some time recently to find out how I could receive BBC HD (High Definition) over Freeview on my Vaio MediaCenter PC. Although the process of getting it to work is not really straightforward, it is certainly worth the effort. I managed to do it using DVBViever, PowerDVD7 H.264 codecs and AC3 filter. Unfortunately [...]
New TV Series: Drive
I was recently watching the first two episodes of a new TV Series on Fox (and CTV), and I have to say that I actually was positively surprised. The series is created by Tim Minear. Tim is a well known writer of many episodes of several other popular TV series, like Angel and Firefly. One [...]