No Kings!

Category: Streaming Video

  • Sony will Stream Movies Direct to Your TV

    Reading my past blogs on this subject, you know I believe that streaming movies via the Internet will take it’s toll on such old favorites as DVD’s, Blu-Ray, and Blockbuster / Netflix. Now buried deep in the middle of this article is an announcement by Sony that it will start an Internet streaming service for…

  • Comcast to offer 100 Mbps over Cable

    June 2023: A History Lesson in Technology. Enjoy! This is an interesting news article. In the not to distant future, using a standard called DOSCIS 3.0 (which defines and supports very high speed data transmission over cable systems), Comcast expects to be able to offer most cable subscribers 100 Mbps download. YeOldeTechy questions: 1. With…

  • CableCARD Agreement for Cable TV

    —News Flash– Yesterday, Sony and many cable companies including: Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Cox Communications Inc., Charter Communications Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp. and Bright House Networks agreed to develop a cable card with the same capability and functionality as a set-top box. See this AP news article. –End News Flash– I have a…

  • Netbriefings Proclaim Works with WordPress

    I received an email from Netbriefings announcing that Proclaim (which I think is terrific) now allows a blogger using WordPress technology (this blog is not, as far as I know) to very easily record a Proclaim video/audio and presentation stream, save it, and post it on a blog.Jeanneane Kloss from Netbriefings set me up with…

  • Netflix Introduces Streaming Video Player

    In all my years in a fledgling industry (videoconferencing) I have seen (and experienced first hand) my fair share of innovative companies that have, for one reason or another, flamed out. The general trend is as follows: Great idea–>Lots of seed money–>Marketing Hype–>Success–>Failure to keep up with changing technology–>Market share loss–>Out of business. I can…

  • VUDU Rocks !!

    Here is an interesting article that discusses Apple TV, XBox, UnBox, and TIVO. Mere mention of VUDU (at the very end and ever so briefly). They need to take a look at this Blog posting where I reviewed VUDU. VUDU still rocks in our house! Saturday night at the movies has returned. We have 20…

  • Proclaim by Netbriefings News

    In a previous blog entry I took a look at Proclaim which I consider one of the best streaming applications around. Today I received an email with this link. Take a peek, it is very interesting. Short corporate messages are becoming more and more important (and you can save $$ on travel, save the environment…DUH).…

  • Billy Crystal is a Yankee!

    OK, this is not “technical” except for the the YouTube video, which is pretty grainy. I give it 1.5 WaterTowers for quality. But in case you did not know; YeOldeTechy grew up on Long Island and lived and breathed the Yankees as a kid. My Yankees: Mantle, Maris, Skowron, Kubek, Boyer, White, Richardson, Lopez, Ford….I…

  • WiLife Evaluation and Review

    WiLife Evaluation and Review

    UPDATE Feb 28, 2019: Time marches on. See what I wrote about the Arlo Pro Security Camera in 2018 / 2019. Quick Overview: WiLife is a home and business camera security system. Before you read watch this wonderfully produced video using video clips from the WiLife security camera. Interesting Experience It all started shortly after…

  • VUDU Evaluation and Review

    VUDU Evaluation and Review

    Rating: 5 WaterTowers (nearly perfect) UPDATE Jan 2015: VUDU is now available on most Blu-Ray players, Smart TV’s, and Chromecast (and I’m sure other streaming devices / services). Wal-Mart bought VUDU a few years back.   Before you read, you can watch my future Oscar winning documentary on “Using VUDU”. You will not be bored,…