Archive for the 'TV' Category

Logitech’s scary monsters (and how we can get rid of them)

Every once in a while I bump into one of Logitech’s unholly offspring.
Last time was when I discovered that Wired gave 8 of 10 to the hideous Harmony One universal remote control. This kind of device is the ultimate  symptom of a grave illness that plagues most of our home appliances: the feature cancer.
I won’t [...]

Canal+ announces “Le Cube”, a revolutionary HDTV set-top box.

French subscription-based channel Canal+ and Canal Sat are launching a brand new set-top box for HDTV, IPTV and VOD named “Le Cube“.
The box and the user experience has been designed by Yves Behar at fuseproject (designers of Jawbone, OLPC among other great products).

i have two no more Joost invitations left

It seems that a lot of people are looking for one of these precious invitations.
Sorry but I currently have 2 invitations no more invitatition left… stay tuned, I may get some more.

Joost beta is here!

Filed under TV, UI, joost, usability

Well, I finally got an invitation to try Joost Beta.
At first sight it seems pretty OK, but there is definitely a lack of content to really feel like using it regularly. The National Geographic channel is probably the most “interesting” channel featured as for now.
Speaking of usability, the best thing is probably the almost full [...]