The talk of Amazon streaming free video content to its Prime Users in the US has been around for a while now. Amazon has finally gone ahead and launched the service today. If you are a paid Prime user (free ones do not get the privilege) and reside in the US, then you can enjoy over 5000 streaming videos absolutely free. The content at this point includes old TV shows, movies, some more movies that are recent and even foreign ones with sub-titles. We are not going to compare it to Netflix or any other video streaming service; at least not just within hours of its launch. We

Haier has come out with its new line-up of Internet enabled HD televisions that are Wi-Fi equipped. This new television will now help the users to wirelessly stream movies, music, and entertainment from one source and LED screen is said to offer a deep and rich output. Yahoo! Connected TV is announced as the new content partner for these HDTVs and it will be offering access for the users to whole lot of content that includes more than 50,000 TV shows and movies on demand and thousands of internet content sources-specifically created for TV. TV apps from many top internet brands

An issue related to the HDMI connectivity of the latest Apple TV has surfaced and it seems like taking a long waiting time for HD rentals from Apple Store. Complaints are heaping up with Apple regarding new Apple TV failing to make successful connections with some HD TV devices. Many users have reported HDMI handshaking taking place frequently in every 20-30 minutes interval when Apple TV is connected with HD TVs.  This returns the screen with green or inverted colors. The issue is now getting reported with several HD TV models from different manufacturers. Similarly there are

Post-two weeks of landing in users’ laps, Boxee Box has got its first firmware update that fixes certain bugs and adds some improvements. The new firmware update fixes many irritating bugs like stuttering in Blu-Ray content playback and failure to open .rar folders containing subtitle files. It has also solved the audio drop outs in continuous playback of Flash videos. The connectivity bug fixes include proper signal levels display and added support to some Wi-Fi encryption schemes. The new firmware solves the issue of intermittent crashes when Boxee fails to open networked

Want to switch over to a Blu-ray disc player which comes affordable and with reasonable features? It seems that the LG BD550 Blu-Ray disc Player is an apt device for you. This table top Blu-Ray disc player from LG, supports a range of media types, Blu-Ray discs including BD-R, BD-RE, and all sorts of DVD discs including DVD+RW. It also supports CDs and CD-RW discs. With measurements of 16.9×7.9×1.8 in inches and weighing 4.4lbs it’s a sleek machine that will reside calmly on small spaces. It comes with built-in Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoders to give crystal

If you are a Netflix user then you have every reason to be angry. There are people who will say that server outages happen with the best sites around, but then Yahoo, Facebook or services from Google that sometimes are down are all free. But Netflix is a video subscription service. You pay for it and hence you have every right to be aggrieved. That said, the guys at Netflix are apparently working pretty hard behind scenes to get everything fixed. While Netflix shareholders celebrated Thursday, the video subscription service’s customers were left staring at a website screen

People who love watching movies and TV shows from Netflix on their PS3 consoles will be glad to know that seamless access for their Netflix accounts has finally arrived. This implies that Netflix subscribers on PS3 can now watch the TV shows and movies without the need of inserting an instant streaming disc into their consoles. The elimination of the Netflix disc isn’t the only change that will interest you as Netflix is even ready with a better looking User Interface that renders faster and improved browsing experience, along with other elements such as search content on the

As we speak PS3 and even Wii users will no longer require a disc to stream Netflix content as it will now be streamed directly to the menu screen. Not that Wii could not do this earlier; they did have an ability to install downloadable apps, but license restrictions prevented this from happening. Now just like Xbox 360 users even PS3 and Wii owners can also do away with the Netflix disc and the process of running the player from it. You can download the Netflix app on Wii for free and then Netflix will cost you $8.99 each month. As for PS3 users go, the PS3 Netflix Installer

I think I just heard about 300 sighs of relief. The Netflix service on the Playstation 3 was always plagued by a disc and wan’t as simple as the Xbox 360′s Netflix. Yes, all you had to do what insert a disc, but it just always seemed unnecessary. Now that phase is over and those discs can be thrown away. Not only is the service not going to require a disc, but it’s also received a complete re-design as well. It’s neater, faster, and just more futuristic looking. There’s even a search option and the ability to add movies to your instant queue from the console. Both the

This November, the Xbox 360 is going to go on a major face lift and will look brand new. It’s smoother, neater, and has a bunch of new features. The new dashboard update will add more features to Netflix, better avatars, ESPN, and upgraded family settings. This seems to be the best update in the Xbox 360’s history and it’s bringing us one step closer to not watching TV anymore and enjoying all forms of media on the Xbox 360. Below, there’s an in depth video tour of all the new Xbox 360 Dashboard features. Family settings gets a boost with a new “exception” feature,