Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

Interested in trying out Boxee? Then email me and I’ll drop you an invite to Boxee. I figured that I might as well let the folks who drift onto this blog check it out as I’ve been writing about it for ExtremeTech and doing a few blog entries here about it.
So if you’re interested in [...]

I was wondering how this dinosaur of a company (remember renting VHS tapes from them back in the day?) was going to try to deal with online distribution. Apparently Blockbuster is coming out with it’s own set top box:
Dubbed the “MediaPoint” digital media player by its manufacturer, 2Wire, Blockbuster’s box can stream roughly 2,000 of [...]

It looks like Boxee has released the full, easy to install fix ready for Apple TV 2.3. You can download the updated patchstick creator software to install Boxee on your Apple TV.
After a frenetic few days work, developers Scott Davilla and Stephan Diederich last night posted a full and slick fix to enable easy installation [...]

The new Boxee update is out and should fix any problems people have been having running Boxee after the Apple TV 2.3 update. However, it’s a geeky solution so you might still want to wait for Boxee to release a plug-n-play type solution.
if you have Apple TV running the 2.3 firmware, want to run boxee [...]

Just a heads up for anybody who might not have updated their Apple TVs yet. Don’t do it until the new patch from Boxee is out. The Apple TV 2.3 update breaks Boxee and you won’t be able to use Boxee on your Apple TV if you update it to 2.3.
There’s a thread about this [...]

I got this message earlier today:
Error 2: share not available
Turns out I didn’t have SMB sharing on. I fixed that and restarted my iMac.
I still couldn’t get Boxee to see my shares though until I exited out of Boxee, went into XBMC for a moment and then back into Boxee.
I have no idea why this [...]

So I went to watch Rob Roy today on Boxee via Hulu and got this message:
“We are sorry, but the video you have requested is restricted to users 17 years and older”
Heh, heh. Well I’m certainly older than that.
However I was not able to watch the movie. It just gave me some [...]

I think the CEO of Tivo has a good point about people not watching ads. I know I tended to fast forward if I was really paying attention to the program when I had my Tivo working. If I was zoning out on the computer I’d just let the program play ads and all though.
“There [...]

Coursey has a negative take on it and I think I mostly agree with him.

TiVo is sinking fast–despite brave words to the contrary from company executives. Somebody needs to buy the TiVo, but I don’t think Apple should be the one.
The Great White Company can’t afford to be associated with a loser, especially a [...]

Engadget has started a TiVo Death Watch. I sure hope that TiVo makes it somehow or is acquired by somebody who will keep their products going.
I love my TiVo, I plop down in front of the TV every night and there’s always something I like waiting for me on my TiVo. I hate watching [...]