Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection

TiVo doesn’t know whether or not their injunction against Dish’s DVR will hold up yet, but that hasn’t stopped them from adding to their patent portfolio in the meantime. In a remarkable filing with the USPTO, TiVo appears to have now won an important patent for displaying closed caption information to DVR customers. In addition [...]

Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, SA, Slingbox, TV, TiVo | 9 Comments »

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 »

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 »

When I first heard that Fox was coming out with a new business channel, Rupert Murdoch had me at “more corporate friendly.” Since CNBC seems to only cover the hype and Bloomberg is painfully boring, I was hopeful that Fox could provide a fresh perspective on business events, while still entertaining me with their bombshell [...]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: DRM, Marketing, Media, Slingbox, TV, Technology, VOD | 3 Comments »

I don’t take a lot of vacations, but every now and then I like to get out town, in order to do a little bit of gambling Every time I go to Vegas, Reno or Tahoe, I try to stay at a different casino, so I never really know what to expect. Some of the [...]

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Davis
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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 »

Last week, Sling Media announced that they were partnering with UPC, in order to introduce the Slingbox into the Netherlands. UPC is a major cable conglomerate in Europe and could end up being an important resource for Sling. They offer triple play services in ten different countries and are a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Davis
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I’ll never be enough of a legal expert, to be able to tell the exact differences between copyrights, trademarks and patents, but I do know enough about each, to know that each level, involves a different amount of paperwork, as well as different legal protections. While, I may not be able to fully appreciate all [...]

Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Davis
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I’m a little late posting this, but still wanted to get this out there. For those of you who haven’t heard, Dave Zatz has agreed to join Sling Media in their marketing department. The change is a pretty big change of pace compared to his work as a network administor, but I’m sure that if [...]

Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: Slingbox | 4 Comments »

Time for HDTV Hosted on Zooomr Photo By Thomas Hawk People have been talking about it for weeks and finally CES has arrived. It’s the blogosphere’s equivalent of a Star Trek convention. Between the booth babes and Sharp’s 108″ HDTV, geeks have plenty to drool over. With so much hot technology being released at once, [...]

Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Davis
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