In an effort to catch up with Netflix’s streaming operation, Blockbuster partnered with 2Wire in October 2008 to market the MediaPoint, a $99 set-top-box that offered movie rentals for $1.99 to $3.99 a pop. The device was met with a lukewarm reception amongst consumers who has heard this story before from the likes of Apple, [...]
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2009 is the Year of the Connected Living Room
I’m back from CES 2009. I recovered from walking 46 miles in a day, I got the smell of cigars and roulette out of my sweaters, and I found a box to hold all of the free USB drives I picked up on the show floor. Now it’s business time.
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was [...]
