New Apple TV will sell for $119 in Canada
After months of rumours, Apple yesterday announced the new Apple TV, a slimmed down device which will give users in Canada and the U.S. the ability to rent HD movies from the iTunes store. Users in the U.S. will also have the ability to rent select HD shows from ABC, Fox and BBC America.
Apple says the new device will also let users stream content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr and MobileMe, as well as music, photos and videos from a Windows PC or Apple Mac.
WFN, MusiquePlus HD and MusiMax HD added to Videotron line-up
Videotron, Quebec’s largest cable company, today the WFN: World Fishing Network, MusiquePlus HD and MusiMax HD to its channel lineup starting today.
WFN is available on channel 57 with a free preview until November 30th. Beginning December 1st, it will be offered as part of the Custom, Mega and Sport packages, or à la carte.
Onkyo ships three new high end A/V components
Onkyo announced today that it has expanded its product line with three new high end THX Certified components including the company’s first A/V preamplifier/processor, a matching 150-watt nine-channel amplifier, and a Blu-ray Disc Player.
The network-capable Onkyo PR-SC5508 9.2-channel AV preamp/processor features a 3D-Ready HDMI-1.4a interface, HQV Reon-VX video processing, ISF Video Calibration, Audyssey MultEQ XT 32 sound correction technologies
iPad now shipping within 24 hours
The mad rush for Apple iPads appears to have finally subsided as wait times for one of this year’s hottest consumer electronic devices has virtually vanished.
The Apple online stores in Canada and the United States are now saying they will ship all versions of the tablet device within 24 hours of ordering, down from as much as two weeks when the product first came out.
Air Video update provides VOB support
The latest version of Air Video, software that enables users to stream video from their PC or Mac to their iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, has just been released.
Both a MAC and Windows version of the Air Video server software is now available from the developers website while the iOS app is still awaiting approval from Apple.
Cable Cable signs on to carry Sportsnet One
Cable Cable, a small cable company based out of Fenelon Falls Ontario, says it has reached an understanding with Rogers Media carry to Sportsnet One.
The company, which provides service to about 4,000 homes, becomes the first and only broadcast distributor, outside of Rogers themselves, to carry the new Sports specialty channel.
This Week on Blu-ray (August 24th)
Digital Home’s top pick on Blu-ray this week is “The Square,” a 2008 thriller from Australia about how sexual temptation turns a man’s life upside down.
The result is a robbery, a murder and an intricate mystery.
MTS TV adds seven multicultural channels to lineup
MTS TV, Canada’s largest Internet Protocol television (IPTV) service provider, has announced the addition of seven new multicultural channels to its lineup.
New channels are available to both Classic TV and Ultimate TV subscribers and include Sony Entertainment Television Asia, TV Polonia, TLN en Espanol, RTR Planeta, ProSiebenSat. 1 Welt, Talentvision and Rai Italia.
