Todd Sampson

Dad, Sailor, Tech Entrepreneur

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Entries Tagged as 'Gadgets'

Wii Can’t Play DVDs

January 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So, I just had my second tech+movie related issue in the last week. The Nintendo Wii can’t play DVDs?!?
I know, I know. I probably should have known this — somehow. But you just figure, it is 2007 2008 and it uses disks that at least resemble DVDs. I also know that [...]

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Can’t Transfer iTunes Movie Rental to AppleTV

January 20th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Lissy and I decided to try out the new iTunes movie rental last night — a service I first mentioned a few days ago. Since the AppleTV upgrade will not be out for a few weeks, we rented Superbad in iTunes and planned to move it to AppleTV to watch. According to the [...]

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Tivo on Comcast Roll-out Begins

January 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Comcast is giving the option to switch from the standard HD DVR to Tivo. Nice!
The roll-out is starting in the New England market first. (Bijan already got his — lucky bastard.) If you live in New England or want to be notified by email when Tivo gets to your area, visit http://www.comcast.com/gettivo/ [...]

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Hardware as a Service ‘Free’ Upgrades

January 17th, 2008 ·

Wired has just published a piece talking about adding enhancements to hardware gadgets via software upgrades. They are calling it “Hardware as a Service.” The article goes on to mention:
“At Macworld 2008, Apple’s announcements of significant — and free — upgrades to existing gadgets, including the iPhone and Apple TV, confirms a growing [...]

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