Posts by RangerOne

I'm also wondering if you can use the iPad's "interactive features" if you are streaming over Airplay. In addition, to surround sound, is the video HD or standard def.

By the way, I am seeing the "Super HD" badge on my TiVo Premiere but not on my other devices such as the Apple TV 3 (with the latest firmware upgrade). I'm not using ublock and I'm on FIOS which is not part of Open Connect. When I play...

Quote:Originally Posted by michaeltscott Huh. My TiVo Premiere's getting Super HD and ramped up to it quickly. Very surprising inasmuch as the TiVo is the redheaded stepchild of all of my devices which have that UI (the one on the...

Quote:Originally Posted by michaeltscott ...I'd also like to see what bit rate this Super HD is encoded at. Is it higher than the old 4800 Kbps? They apparently have it in Brazil and I've asked drdsouza to see if he can get the...

Quote:Originally Posted by mpalmer7 ... I see now that it says X-HD when playing a movie, which I think is the new standard. In all honesty, it looks nice, but nothing to freak out about. I do wish I could check out the 3d movies,...

The GigaOM story had an interesting update: Quote:Update: A spokesperson contacted us to clarify that the number of Super HD titles is already substantial, and that the goal is to have pretty much every HD title available in Super...

Quote:Originally Posted by greaser That's my point. They gotta allow media players to access the service so it will 'take off'', otherwise they may end up alienating a lot people who might otherwise have signed up for the...

There was a article at GigaOM about the Netflix post/video and they stated there were 120 encodes created. I asked if that it included other assets or not. Netflix confirmed there are 120 separate encodes...

Recently there was a post on the Netflix Tech blog about their Digital Supply chain: How movies get from the studios to a streaming. Attached to the blog post is a video with lots of interesting tidbits. The most interesting one to me is...

Engadget had an article about it recently. In there they state: Quote:Redbox also announced that its instant service will head to Samsung-manufactured Blu-ray players and SmartHub TVs, as well as LG's Blu-ray players / Smart TVs, as well...