I grabbed this great picture from Women of The Beatles.
Don’tcha know that you count me out
Click here to see one reason why Wolfram Alpha isn’t of much use for this site.
Meanwhile, back in the U.S.S.R.
Samjay pointed out something on Boston public TV tonight — How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin. The show apparently first aired on PBS nearly a year ago, but it got by me. Click here to watch it.
Safe bear for Colbert to play with
tastewar forwarded this link to an interactive YouTube video…
IPTV STB Wars
Having committed myself to Roku as my IPTV hardware of choice, it’s interesting to watch the thrashing that’s going on with the other players in this market. From my viewpoint, I see Apple TV as being an on-target hit, and Google TV as being a misfire. Look at the remote on this Sony Blu-ray with Google TV!
My feeling is that the whole point of having IPTV is to get away from computer keyboards, sit back, and relax. Who ever feels relaxed when sitting at their laptop or desktop? Or, for that matter, when they’re texting on a phone?
For $400, this Sony unit seems to be a bargain compared to Logitech’s Revue for $300, with its much larger keyboard, but without a Blu-ray player. My Logitech Squeezebox Radio is an excellent product, and having seen for myself Sony’s comparatively poor implementation of Netflix streaming, I wonder how its performance will compare to the Logitech Revue? But it’s an academic question for me, because of my two Roku units. Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times is also a Roku fan, and he has some insight into what Roku CEO Anthony Wood is thinking these days.
A brand by any other name…
Netgear has picked up the Roku XD streaming video player for retail sale. This is a great move for both companies. Roku needed wider exposure to casual consumers, and Netgear needed something to compete with D-Link’s upcoming Boxee Box, which I suspect will have few casual customers. But don’t pay more than $80 for an XD.