Hulu has been trying to increase their “real” HD offerings of late.
Really, the only thing of substance (other than 5-minute documentaries and trailers) that interests me is Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, which they now have in HD, and still for free!
Don’t expect the free to last much longer: go watch it now if you haven’t already, or even if you have!
To Hulu: offer more stuff! A handful of mid-season television episodes from mostly shows I don’t watch doesn’t get me excited about your HD offerings.

Vimeo is a relatively new not so new video sharing site. One of its key features is that you can view and share true HD content (at up to 720p = 1280×720). Vimeo gives each user 500 MB per week to upload, which averages out to be an hour of decent-quality HD video (assuming 1 Mbps). Plus, it’s free, so you can’t beat the price.
In addition to HD content, Vimeo is trying to get in on the social networking market: it’s trying to put the “sharing” in “video sharing”. For example, you can subscribe to other …read more

One lesser known feature of Firefox 3 is the improved zoom feature. If you are using it, try it out now: press Ctrl–”=” (Cmd–”=” on OS X) and Ctrl–”-” (Cmd–”-” on OS X) to zoom in an out. This will zoom in on all of the page structures, including graphics, background, etc., as opposed to the older browser behavior of just increasing and decreasing the fonts.
One of the best benefits of this? You can do it on Flash cartoons. Since Flash cartoons (not videos, though) are vector objects, they zoom quite nicely.

One of the biggest sources of confusion to many HDTV buyers is all of the cables. Many of us HD-ready folks have gone over to relatives and friends house only to see the most dreaded of all cables hooked up to their gorgeous new 46" HDTV:

It’s gonna be okay.
Well, first off, what’s so wrong with seeing the trusted ol’ composite cables? Well, first off, composite cable is really just a single channel of NTSC video thrown onto the yellow cable, with the audio split between the two white and red cables. In other words, the video information …read more

You know what I hate? A movie that doesn’t know it’s place in the scheme of things. A movie that tries to be the perfect movie for everyone.
I ventured into another very male-centric movie today: Shoot ‘Em Up on Blu-ray. And this movie understands exactly what kind of movie it is: this is the perfect shoot-first-and-ask questions-later movie.
I can best sum up this movie with one word: excellent!
It was a fairly short (about one and a half hours), but every moment of that was filled with Clive Owen sliding around, chewing carrots, and most of all, shooting …read more

There have been some rumors floating around the net for a few months that the Netflix would be getting a dedicated player or console (i.e., PS3 or Xbox 360) player. This quieted down mostly after the Netflix Roku Instant Watcher was unveiled.
However, Netflix also has a “Future” portion on the “Netflix Ready Devices” section of their website. If you are logged in, it’s here, and it says:
We are working to get TV manufacturers, Blu-ray player manufacturers, and game console manufacturers to make their devices ready for instant streaming from Netflix. The first of these multi-function Netflix ready devices …read more

So… You want to have the HD content that’s on your computer (read: vidcasts, movies, etc.) streamed to your HDTV, but you just cannot spend the money on a Wireless-N router and an AppleTV or the like? Well, why not spend that same amount of money on the ZeeVee ZvBox?
All joking aside, the ZvBox looks like an interesting device. What it is is essentially a scan convertor: it takes your video card output and creates it’s own channel over the coax wiring in your own house. So where you have an HDTV, you have access to your computer. You can …read more

For the Discovery Home Channel fans in the audience, you may want to turn away. On June 4, DHC will cease to exist and will be transformed into Planet Green, Discovery’s “24-hour eco-lifestyle network.” Featuring celebrities such as Emeril Lagasse, Tom Brokaw, and… Tom Green(?), Planet Green will showcase how you can be green as well as how stars and celebrities are turning green.
Planet Green’s original programming combines unique formats and the most up-to-date information on green living with pop culture icons and engaging personalities. For example, rapper/actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and rocker Tommy Lee will battle to see who …read more

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For the readers in the UK, we have good news for you. Freeview, the paid terrestrial service is going HD… When analog TV is shut down in your area. Up to four free HD channels will be sent, including at least one from BBC for sure and the possibility of three other channels from ITV, Channel 4, Five and Welsh network S4C as they are invited to “bid” for a slot. Granted, it may be a while for some to see HD, including those in London, northeast England, and Northern …read more

CBS has announced a streaming video player, similar to Hulu, yet there is one thing: so far, all their clips will be in 720p and 1080p quality soon. Currently, Hulu, the video streaming service put together by News Corp and NBC Universal, streams their videos with three quality settings: 360p, 480p, and 720p, while currently CBS only does 480p for the time being. TechCrunch spoke with the CTO of Hulu, Eric Feng, and mentioned that 1080p content was not in the plan for Hulu content as it would take up “too much bandwidth and processing power,” which is completely understandable. …read more