The Media Viking

Big Brother’s Next Tool – Your TV

vidkun — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:17:06 +0000

MIT’s Technology Review has an interesting article on some new TV technology from the San Francisco startup, Flingo. They are taking the new craze of internet-connected televisions to a whole new level of creepy and invasive with software that can distinguish what you are watching and report it back to some server on the internet. [...]

We're Moving!

vidkun — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:55:11 +0000

We are moving to a new server with better everything! So the site may be up and down a little bit over the next week. Thanks!

XBMC Dharma 10.0 Review

vidkun — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:18:32 +0000

I’ve had a quick minute or two to play with the latest XBMC 10.0 release. So far it is a nice improvement over prior versions. Here are my thoughts on the Windows version so far. I will have to get some time to play around with the Linux version before I post a followup detailing [...]

My 2011 Home Theater Wishlist

vidkun — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:46:38 +0000

The new year is generally associated with new resolve to do things differently: work out more, eat less, ask for a raise, be more assertive, whatever. The fact is that most people make these lame resolutions to make themselves feel better and then they all quickly fall to the wayside. So instead of making resolutions [...]

UltraViolet Seems A Bit Big Brother

vidkun — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:09:31 +0000

I’m still undecided on this whole UltraViolet system that the “big boys” keep praising and touting as the next best thing. It all seems a little too Big Brother for me; sort of like the idea of Federal gun registration or something. The way this whole system is supposed to work is: You sign up [...]

AnyDVD HD Lifetime Updates

vidkun — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:40:19 +0000

Slysoft has announced that, as of January 01 2011, they will be discontinuing their lifetime update license for AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD. However, a quick check shows that it is still an option on the sales page. So if you have been playing around with their trial versions and thinking about getting a registered license, [...]

Site Theme Issues

vidkun — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:41:09 +0000

Since upgrading to the latest version of WordPress, the site’s theme has been doing some very strange things lately. I am aware of these and thank you to those that have written to let me know. The good news is that I will be working on redesigning the site and the new design should resolve [...]

Bah Humbug, The Grinch Stole My Shows

vidkun — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:47:20 +0000

Well it’s the holiday season again and for most people that means lots of shopping, work parties, eggnog, singing carols, and wearing horribly awful sweaters. Unfortunately, I tend to notice the other (and much more disappointing) side of the holidays; the end of the season. Just as we’re getting settled into our routines of watching [...]

PopBox Delayed and Downgraded

vidkun — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:02:00 +0000

I wrote previously about a new set top box device that I was looking forward to, the PopBox from Syabas. Upon it initial announcement this little box sounded like it was going to be the great new end-all device for the home theater. Well as we get closer to its imminent release, Syabas has announced [...]

Back to the Future on Blu-Ray, Finally!

vidkun — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:55:39 +0000

Is anyone else as stoked as I am to hear Back to the Future is finally coming blu-ray!? As others recently reported, Universal Studios is finally giving us this classic trilogy in full HD goodness. What is even better though, is that they are apparently doing quite a bit to actually make the release worth [...]