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Chaespot on Movies » Blog Archives » G Rated Movies - TVAtlas Store — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:45:17 +0000

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By: Steven Jones

Steven Jones — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:18:44 +0000

Ok, we have had our differences in the past, specifically around a certain acting genius with the initials OW but I am willing to let bygones be bygones now that I realize we are in total agreement on AD – oh and your future set-top box scenario.

BTW, I have an Akimbo (another great steal when they dropped their price to below $100) and while it is completely first-gen but I hear promising things about future versions. I would absolutely include an IPTV element in your TV future.

One last note. Talking to a recent satisfied Kaleidescape customer about the joy of having instant access throughout the house to a large DVD-based collection, I picked up on something that I hadn’t thought of before. This person included TV show DVDs in the mix along side feature movies and it dawned on me that MovieBeam could do the same. It would be just as easy to buy/rent episodes of TV shows through their interface too, right?

I haven’t seen any solution, real or proposed that accommodates the growing library of archived TV content – maybe iTunes Music Store comes close. Trust me when I saw that if you put all three seasons of Arrested Development on your “box” and it would take off faster than an animated racing car voiced by a certain Owen Wilson.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:46:28 +0000

By the way, I was a huge Aeon Flux fan a decade or more ago. At some point I even ended up with a VHS compilation. Also loved MTV’s Liquid Television in general. Still haven’t rented the movie yet… I’ve been worried about how bad it could be.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:51:02 +0000

I’m so with you on MovieBeam needing to activate the ethernet jack. Running a telephone cable from the den to kitchen every week is a PITA. I’m not so gung-ho on community features, though more/better HD is welcome.

Speaking of Akimbo, weren’t they supposed to have a new box out this spring with movie downloads/rentals through Movielink? Someone needs to ping them…