Posts with tag iPod
Posted Jul 21st 2008 8:57AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free, Mad Men
Hey everyone! This is a great giveaway, one with several different prizes, all related to (and celebrating the return of)
Mad Men to AMC. We've got a
Mad Men themed radio that takes iPod input (pictured right), a
Mad Men themed Zippo lighter, a season one
Mad Men DVD and a
Mad Men business card carrying case.
To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, August 1 simply telling us why you like
Mad Men. As always, we'll randomly choose four winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating why you like the show Mad Men.
- The comment must be left before August 1, 2008 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Four winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- One winner will receive a Mad Men themed retro-radio (valued at $143.00); one winner will receive a Mad Men season one DVD (valued at 49.99); one winner will receive a Mad Men themed Zippo lighter (valued at $32.95); one winner will receive a Mad Men themed business card case (valued at $15.00).
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
Click
here for complete Official Rules.
Posted Jul 14th 2008 12:32PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, TiVo
TiVo launched an advertising campaign in Australia recently to promote the release of the first TiVo set top boxes in that country. And at first glance, the ad looks pretty cool and creative. At least until that little light bulb goes off in your head. You know, the one that says "haven't I seen this ad before?"
As Gizmodo Australia points out, you probably have. Because it's practically identical to an ad that Apple used about a little while back to promote the iPod Nano.
I don't know about you, but I can't imagine this being a coincidence. The two commercials are just too similar.
[via
Zatz Not Funny]
Posted Jun 18th 2008 12:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Episode Reviews
(S02E01) I watched the first season of
Flipping Out on Bravo last summer based on a teaser I saw during
Top Chef 3. The show is about a real estate "flipper" who buys properties, fixes them up and then resells them for a profit. You might say, "Yawn, that's just like a bunch of other shows on TLC, Discovery, et al." Well, yes, that's true.
But
Flipping Out isn't really about the flipping, it's about the flipper -- Jeff Lewis. This guy Lewis is not normal. I mean it, he's not. He says he's not. He's obsessive compulsive and it comes out in everything he does. It makes him a better flipper, because of his attention to detail, but it also makes him really hard to take if you're his employee, partner or contractor. But, boy, is it fun to watch Jeff Lewis's life! That's what
Flipping Out is really all about and it's back.
Continue reading Flipping Out: Sell Out (season premiere)
Posted Apr 13th 2008 10:02AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Music and Variety, Celebrities, Children, Reality-Free
As if we haven't heard this song a bajillion times already...
According to Pitchfork, Feist has recorded a special version of "1234" to air on an upcoming episode of Sesame Street. Someone want to explain this to me? Is it simply because the lyrics have numbers in them and by default it must be educational for small children? One quick glance at the words and it seems like the song is all about teenage love and how much it sucks. Is this really a song you want your toddler bopping around to?
Although, I suppose it doesn't really matter. That Apple iPod commercial that popularized the tune was on TV, oh I dunno, only every 4.3 seconds. I'm sure Steve Jobs is salivating at this news, armed with a business plan to release the brand new iPod Jr. around the same time. I hear it comes with a built in sippy cup!
[via Pop Candy]
Posted Feb 22nd 2008 11:04AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, OpEd, 24, CSI, Daytime, Cable/Satellite, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Psych, Project Runway, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, TiVo, Damages, Lipstick Jungle
Is it really a big surprise that television advertising isn't as effective as it used to be? As TV watchers -- okay, we're uber-watchers -- we know that with DVRs and TiVos we're zooming through ads, or we're channel surfing in between segments of our favorite shows, or renting/buying content in formats that allow us to avoid commercials altogether. Now, according to the Association of National Advertisers and Forrester Research's TV & Technology Survey,
we learn that six out of 10 marketers believe that TV advertising has become less effective in the past two years. And it's getting worse.
Continue reading Products galore...and you can't avoid them
Posted Feb 5th 2008 9:02AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Video, Family Guy, Animation, Adult Swim, Contests and Giveaways, Futurama, Star Trek: The Next Generation, TV Squad Lists
So, we've got this promotional thing going on with this new zero calorie sparkling drink from Pepsi called
Tava. Haven't heard of it yet? Well, from what I can tell, you certainly will. What did they give us to give away? How does this sound:
- Two (2) 80GB iPod Classics.
- Five (5) swag bags containing TAVA Canvas tote bag, TAVA t-shirt and TAVA pen.
- Seven (7) sample packs of TAVA.
What do you need to do? Well, to accompany this post I'm listing a bunch of memorable fictional drinks from TV. All you need to do is list your favorite, either from this list or one I missed. More details on the giveaway are at the end of this post, after the jump.
Continue reading Nine fictional beverages from TV - VIDEOS
Posted Sep 30th 2007 4:30PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Software, TiVo
TiVo finally released a TiVoToGo package for Mac this year that allows Mac users to download recorded programs from their TiVo to their computer. And when we say TiVo released this application, we mean TiVo
partnered with Roxio to include the feature in their commercial applications, which means there's no official free version available.
Fortunately for cheapskates out there,
TiVoDecode Manager gives you some of the same features for free. And this week,
Alex at TiVo Blog spotted another free application called
SeasonPassGetter. The program takes content from your TiVo, moves it over to your computer, and automatically adds it to iTunes.
The best part is that is regularly transfered scheduled recordings. In other words, if you have a season pass for
Lost, SeasonPassGetter will transfer every episode to iTunes, which can then export every episode to your iPod, AppleTV, or iPhone.
Posted Sep 28th 2007 10:00AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Software
Beyond TV 4.7
is officially out. The latest version of the popular Windows-based PVR software has been
in beta for most of the last month.
So what's new? A couple of big new features since BeyondTV 4.6 and a few enhancements since we last told you about Beyond TV 4.7.
Updates since Beyond TV 4.6
- Optional plug-in that automatically transcodes recordings to H.264 and syncs them with your iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV using an iTunes RSS feed
- New drive pooling feature lets you make use of multiple hard drives by recording to whichever drive has free space
- Use any web-connected portable device (iPhone, PDA, laptop) as a remote control
- Automatically record top picks from other Beyond TV users
- Optional plug-in for burning DVDs from PCs running Beyond TV Link software.
Improvements to Beyond TV 4.7
- Play H.264 videos
- Extend recording time while a job is currently being recorded by hitting the record button and adding the amount of time
- Recover recordings that were interrupted due to power outage or reboot
- Beyond TV Link can now stream live TV for multiple days without stopping, so you never have to stop watching TV. Ever.
BeyondTV 4.7 is a free upgrade for existing BeyondTV 4 users. A full version will cost you $80 if you need a retail package and DVD, or $70 if you download the software from Snapstream's web site.
Posted Sep 18th 2007 6:59PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Industry, Podcasts, Children
Sesame Street would like to be there for you parents when there is a learning opportunity out in the real world. Let's say your child is at the playground and isn't sharing. Or, she's having a fit while you're waiting in line at the grocery store. The
Street wants you to whip out your video iPod (or other portable media device) and have Elmo give your child a lesson on all sorts of things. Or, at least distract her.
Each week,
Sesame Street will turn out a five-minute podcast that includes clips from old and new episodes. The episodes will each have a theme and will extend
Sesame Street's focus this season on vocabulary and literacy.
You can subscribe to the weekly video podcasts
here or in iTunes.
Posted Sep 13th 2007 12:02PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Web
Over the last few days I have been seeing a
whole mess of reports about Apple's proposed slashing of television episode prices to the familiar 99 cents. It all comes in the wake of NBC's reported plan to jack those same prices up to $4.99. That's a pretty good sized gap when you start talking about 20-plus episode seasons. So, I'm wondering, if you aren't buying digital TV episodes yet, what's the number that gets you on board? And if you are already on that bus, at what price point do you ring the bell and tell Kramer this is your stop?
For me, the 99 cent price would probably get me on board for a couple of my favorite shows. At $1.99, the math just works out too close to DVD prices, and then one of the voices in my head starts prattling on about higher quality, and extras, and how we can just use handbrake if we really need to have Psych on our phone. We've heard what NBC wants, and what Apple wants, but hit the poll after the jump so we can find out what the viewers want.
Continue reading What is your tipping point for digital TV episode pricing?
Posted Sep 1st 2007 10:59AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: PVR Wire, Software
Snapstream Media has
released a new beta of their PC-based personal video recorder. BeyondTV 4.7.1 includes a number of useful updates:
- A new plugin allows you to automatically convert recordings to H.264 for viewing on an iPod or other portable device (earlier versions of BeyondTV featured automatic conversion to DivX or WMV only).
- You can generated an RSS feed that allows you to automatically import those files to iTunes.
- A new "drive pooling" feature lets you treat multiple hard drives as one recording source, effectively increasing your potential storage space.
- Use your internet connected PDA or mobile phone as a remote control with the new Firefly Nano/Remote Library feature.
- Automatically record the top shows based on BeyondTV Buzz community feedback.
- Burn DVDs using a BeyondTV Link machine.
- There's a new calendar view for upcoming recordings using the web interface.
Overall, this is a pretty exciting update. H.264 support is something that probably should have been included in BeyondTV for years. And drive pooling will prevent me from having to go out and buy a larger hard drive now that I'm recording HDTV programs.
The automatic BeyondTV Buzz recordings might not be quite as useful as TiVo suggestions or Guru guides, but they do offer a step in that direction.
Posted Feb 5th 2007 4:39PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: HDTV, PVR Wire, Video, Cable/Satellite, Games, Web
Do you spend a lot of time in the bathroom? Roto-Rooter is holding a contest, and the winner gets the deluxe, luxury toilet in the picture on the right.
The toilet - which the company is calling a "bathroom oasis" - comes complete with an Avanti Compact Refrigerator with a beer tap, an iPod, an iCarta iPod dock with tissue holder, a Baseline pedal exerciser, a dual-sided magnification mirror, a megaphone (to call your family members for more toilet paper, I guess), a personal cooling fan, a USB powered coffee mug and warmer, an Xbox 360, a TiVo, a Gateway laptop computer, a Philips 20" LCD Flat Panel TV and a Philips DVD player.
Wow, the winner of this probably won't ever have to leave the house again. The contest ends April 2, and the winner will be announced on April 25 (National Plumber's Day).
[via Boing Boing]
Posted Jan 19th 2007 2:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Jan 13th 2007 9:01AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Video
I'm serious. If you buy me this totally awesome R2-D2 with a DVD projector, iPod dock, MP3 player and a bunch of other awesome things, I will pay you back by doing chores around your home. I'll rake your carpet. I'll vacuum your lawn. I'll wash your kids and take your truck to the zoo. I'm not sure how much it costs, but can you really put a price on my happiness? Yes, you can: it's however much this R2-D2 thing costs. And it even comes with a Millennium Falcon remote.
"But, Adam," some of you might be saying, "I never agree with anything you write, why should I buy you this gadget?"
If that's the case, record yourself on a DVD complaining to me. Then send the DVD along with the R2-D2 DVD player thingy. I promise I will watch the DVD and respond to you*. Besides, when I watch the free DVDs studios occasionally send to me I need something better to watch them with than my regular old TV. Let's all work together to make this happen.
[via Boing Boing]
*"Watching the DVD" can mean looking at the disc without ever actually putting it in a DVD player.
Posted Jan 3rd 2007 6:35PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Video, Web, Festivus
(Part 3 of 5) In our review of the top television stories of 2005 former TV Squad scribe Ryan J. Budke said this about TV on the Internet, "If you think that 2005 was big, wait 'til 2006 -- you ain't seen nothing yet." Boy howdy, was he correct! If 2005 was the year that TV came to the Internet, then 2006 was the year that it bought a home, settled in, and joined the local PTA. From pilots and first-run episodes to classic and canceled shows, television and the World Wide Web took one step closer to being officially married in 2006. And, we have one site on the Internet to thank for this explosion . . .
YouTube.
Okay, maybe YouTube isn't the only site we should be thanking. I mean, according to Ryan, the networks realized back in 2005 that this newfangled technology called the Internet wasn't going away any time soon, so they began to utilize it. However, it was the utterly huge popularity of YouTube that pushed the networks into getting their collective acts together to get their content onto the Web.
Continue reading Top TV Stories of 2006: More TV on the Internet
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