Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection

During their ten year history, TiVo’s obituary has been written more times than I’ve sat through an entire commercial, yet no matter how tough the climb has been, TiVo has continued to defy critics and skeptics alike by chugging along (as if by sheer will at times.) Even though the financial wiz kids over at [...]

Posted on July 21st, 2009 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, DivX, Microsoft, Netflix, Slingbox, TV, Technology, TiVo, VOD, Video Games | 8 Comments »

“I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.” – Russian Proverb Now I know that most people don’t really care about the [...]

Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by Davis
Filed under: DivX, Matroska, Media, Microsoft, SA, Technology, VOD | 1 Comment »

The last couple of years may have felt like a bad dream to most investors, but for DivX shareholders it’s been nothing short of a nightmare. They don’t hand out Oscars for businesses, but if they did DivX would have won hands down for best horror flick. When the company first went public, expectations were [...]

Posted on February 25th, 2009 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, DivX, Microsoft, SA, Technology, VOD | 2 Comments »

Considering how much time I’ve spent writing about DVD kiosks, some may be surprised that last week was the first time I ever rented a DVD from Redbox. I was at the grocery store and saw that they had the most recent Indiana Jones movie. Indiana Jones has always been a favorite of mine, so [...]

Posted on December 17th, 2008 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Kiosks, Microsoft, Netflix, Video Games | Comments Off

Good news web video fans. Hot off the presses Doom9′s forums, we learn that the upcoming release of DivX 7 is going to support the Matroska video format! Now I know that many of you are probably asking yourself Matroskwho?, but believe me when I tell you that this is a big deal for both [...]

Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Davis
Filed under: DivX, Media, Microsoft, TV, Technology, VOD | 2 Comments »

Over the past few months, I’ve finally started to get a feel for Media Center Vista and while I haven’t tried out every feature in the program, I have played around with it long enough to have some initial thoughts. Before I tried the software, I had low expectations, but after actually using the program, [...]

Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, DivX, Media, Microsoft, Slingbox, TV, TiVo | 7 Comments »

Over the last week, I’ve put a lot of thought into how I plan on networking my home entertainment system. After bouncing around for the last few months, I’ve finally found a place to call home (for now), but haven’t figured out my digital strategy yet. 10 years ago, this would have involved hooking up [...]

Posted on December 5th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Media, Microsoft, Netflix, TV, Technology, VOD | 5 Comments »

DivX followed up last night’s earnings report, with a presentation at the JP Morgan SmMid cap conference. After having just undergone their quarterly confessional, I didn’t expect to hear any new information, but wanted to tune in anyway. Luckily, I was rewarded when midway through the Q&A session, JP Morgan analyst Paul Coster, coyly probed [...]

Posted on November 6th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DivX, Microsoft, TV, Technology, VOD, Video Games | 2 Comments »

I don’t like to think about it, but the death of my PC, could have ended much more tragically. When I first woke up and thought that I had lost all of my data, I went through all 5 stages of grief. At first, I tried to deny that there was a problem, then I [...]

Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Media, Microsoft, TV, Technology, TiVo, VOD | 10 Comments »

Recently, I suffered a computer meltdown and the good news is that I still have my data, but the bad news is that it’s cheaper to replace the PC, then it is to fix it. Since I was already in the market for a laptop, I decided to purchase one, while I took the time [...]

Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, DivX, Media, Microsoft, Netflix, Slingbox, TV, Technology, TiVo, VOD, Video Games, Web 2.0 | 5 Comments »