http://dvrbulletin.com Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:36:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cable TV has been around in the U.S. forever. Or about 1948, if you believe Wikipedia. As a result, everyone is accustomed to saying things like "cable channel" or "cable TV network" when referring to networks appearing on cable. But with the rise of IPTV, the notion of calling networks "cable TV" ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/07/13/dont-call-it-cable-tv/ It seems that cable companies are finally getting tired of competing with all the free TV shows that are streaming over the Internet. According to an article in AdAge.com, Time Warner Cable's CEO Glenn Britt said that they do care when TV networks put their full-length content online and essentially ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/06/17/cable-companies-want-exclusive-tv-content/ Are you buying the NetFlix Player set top box? ( polls) http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/06/16/poll-will-you-buy-the-netflix-player/ Well, the NetFlix Player (by Roku) has been out for about a month now and I was wondering who out there has purchased one yet. I held out, but this weekend I decided to order it and test it out. After all, hands on reviews are the best way to ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/06/16/whos-buying-the-netflix-player/ You've probably seen it by now. What looks like a commercial for a new TV show or movie, turns out to be a commercial for a line of HDTV sets from LG called Scarlet. (Check out the video below if you haven't seen it already.) It seems like it was a successful ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/06/15/lgs-scarlet-its-time-to-brand-your-tv/ DVRs are still a novelty to many people and it's always interesting to see new users learn about DVR etiquette. At the Wall Street Journal, Jason Fry wrote about discovering the classic DVR faux pas: Revealing Facts About TV Shows Without Asking If They Recorded It. Fry says he ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/04/08/tv-is-personal/ According to research firm Pike and Fischer, over 100 million households will pay for HDTV by 2012. That's about 47 million homes. At the end of 2007, there were 17 million homes with HD service, so that's a big growth. The demand for HD will generate up to $2.6 billion in annual ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/03/26/over-100-million-will-pay-for-hdtv-by-2012/ I was reading this article from Electronic House about the future of media servers, and it got me wondering. When will media servers finally rule the world? People have been touting media servers for many years now. Millionaires like Bill Gates have them. They put all their music onto hard ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/03/03/when-will-media-servers-rule-the-world/ A story from the AP says that cable and satellite companies may benefit when the digital transition happens next February. That's because one of the easiest ways to get a digital TV signal is to get digital TV service. Also benefiting will be retailers and TV manufacturers since consumers will likely ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/02/27/digital-tv-transition-to-boost-cable-subscriptions-and-tv-sales/ On February 15th, TVCatchup.com, a website that recorded TV shows from U.K. broadcasters to allow viewers to watch them online, was shut down by its hosting provider. A message on the website was posted saying in part: "On 15th February, our hosting was terminated without warning and we presume this was at ... http://dvrbulletin.com/2008/02/26/tvcatchup-gets-shut-down/