HD Nation Fan mail-Acer Revo Review by Paul J Roberts
OK, so I sat down with my Acer Revo 3610 and Boxee Beta to get my weekly fix of Revision3 HD Nation and what do I see? Hosts Robert Heron and Patrick Norton reading viewer mail and I hear my name! Whaaaat? Stop, rewind, play…play……..TODAY!!!
Sure thing. A viewer named Mark from Perth, Australia wrote in asking them to do a review of the Atom Ion Acer Revo 3610. Mark went on to say that they may also “get a kick” out of a web site featuring a Revo 3610 review with video of Robert and Patrick from HD Nation! They mentioned my site by name, show a screen shot, and mention the review was pretty cool. Nice!
Robert, Patrick, and Mark; thanks for the props! I’m, for once, speechless.
The video does force a commercial, but it’s quick.
Tags: Acer Revo 3610, HD Nation, HTPC, Review, revision3
Congressional hearings regarding NBC and Comcast merger and the blocking of Hulu content on Boxee was brought to the table yesterday. Zucker stating that he is open to offering Hulu to Boxee, but only through a licensing agreement. Which is a contradiction of a comment made months earlier by Hulu management.
See the qued video right as Zucker is questioned directly by Congress. Here
Boxee Blog Response. HERE
Congressional hearings on NBC-Hulu blocking of Boxee Users
Tags: blocking, Boxee, Comcast, Congress, content, Hulu, licensing, NBC
Revision 3’s HD Nation did a nice review on this no-name Kworld ATSC 300U Plus TV HD 330 USB Tuner.
Looks like a good piece overall. Some posters on my Revo reviews have had good luck running it with little issues considering the Revo 3610 is technically under powered to run as a PVR. One poster does not use the included software, but rather uses WMC to control the recording of shows. Sounds optimistic! Think I’ll pick one up soon and do a test.
Find it at Tiger Direct: HERE
Tags: HD Nation, Kworld ATSC 300U Plus HD TV Tuner, Revision 3
Interview with Avner Ronen of Boxee with Ellie from Rocketboom. Nice chat on the monetizing opportunities for apps and specialized content on Boxee. Plus, a demo of Boxee by Idan Cohen, co-founder of Boxee.
Tags: avner ronin, Boxee, Boxee Box, content, idan cohen, monetize
I know that a few of you Ion users are not getting fluid playback of Flash or DX in a browser or in Boxee even with the updates and all. I’m stumped. I really am. As I’ve had great, smooth playback with my unit since day one. Though, it seems to be random that a few are having a poor experience. And the symptoms are very similar to ION LE users. So, here is a listing of my exact set up. It should be mostly complete.
My Personal Revo 3610 Set Up that works well
Revo Specs & Setup:
- Revo 3610 Ion 330 2 gb ram With Windows-7 64 bit preinstalled.
- Connected via Cat-5 wire via a 100 mb network. (wifi sucks
) - Windows Aero is still activated. For some, there may be gains by disabling it. Especially Revo 1600 users with the single core and ION LE chip. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Acer Revo 3610 Set up, boxee beta, flash 10.1 1p beta, Windows 7 64 bit
Kevin Rose is at it again with his Square iPhone Payment System. Pretty bad ass little device. Swipe for payment, sign it, email the receipt and it even gives a GPS location in the email. Very, very cool! Oh, and he invested in the company too. Really??? I would’ve never guessed. 
Wonder how the payments to my account work. Direct to my personal bank account, paypal, or do you need a full merchant bank account?
Nice piece, Kevin. I’d buy it.
Frontline: The Warning – is an in depth look into the foundation that caused much of the current US financial melt down. Basically a ponzi scheme using the unregulated Derivatives market, all controlled by Greenspan and the US Government and abused by all the leading financial institutions from the Fed down. The current issues date back to the early 1990’s and the current meltdown is actually the second since then.
But one woman, Brooksley Born, tried to blow the whistle, but was stifled by Greenspan. “We didn’t truly know the dangers of the market, Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bank failures, brooksley born, derivatives market, financial institutions, frontline, greenspan, PBS
Jon Stewart: “The Only People Who Have Recovered From The Meltdown, Are Those Who Caused It”
Since the current financial meltdown cannot be adequately addressed by congress, the president or the financial institutions; seems John Stewart may be on to something after all!
Corruption and the robbing of America’s middle-class could not have been pulled off any better than this. We’ve been duped……….again people! But at least John Stewart can help us laugh about it and make us stand up and say, “hey, wait a minute …”
Warning-a heavy dose of reality with a tad bit of adult language.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Clusterf#@k to the Poor House – Wall Street Bonuses | ||||
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Tags: bank failures, corruption, john steward, us economy
I released two new Boxee apps over the past two weeks; MSNBC Video Podcasts and Soma FM-2. Both are simple feed apps, but I have design plans for each to make them more attractive.
The MSNBC Video podcasts are eight of the most popular shows on MSMBC. Each is the full episode and is auto updated with the latest one. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Acer Revo 3610, apps, boxee beta, MSNBC Video Podcasts, repo, Soma FM 2
Inside CES 2010 – The Boxee Box
Here is a good interview from Avner Ronen, CEO of Boxee, from the eGuiders blog. Good look into Boxee, Boxee Box and Avner’s insight into the customers needs with regard to content and how they want it served.
The paradigm is changing! Good stuff. Glad I am able to play a wee small part in helping Boxee Beta get rolling.
Tags: avner ronen, Boxee Box, CES 2010
