Paul J Roberts

Avner Ronen of Boxee-Engadget Show

Paul Roberts — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:34:14 +0000

In case you missed the live episode of Engadget Show on February 28, 2010; Avner Ronen of Boxee provides an in-depth view on the business of Boxee, its future, content providers and the future of TV in general. A great 23 minute interview with the man behind Boxee. Click Picture for link to video located at [...]

Paul J Roberts’ Acer Revo 3610 Review On Revision3 HD-Nation!

Paul Roberts — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:14:10 +0000

OK, so I sat down with my Acer Revo 3610 and Boxee Beta to get my weekly fix of Revision3 HD Nation and what do I see? Hosts Robert Heron and Patrick Norton reading viewer mail and I hear my name! Whaaaat? Stop, rewind, play…play……..TODAY!!! Sure thing. A viewer named Mark from Perth, Australia wrote in [...]

Comcast-NBCU Hearings: Zucker Confronted About Hulu’s Boxee Block

Paul Roberts — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:51:14 +0000

Congressional hearings regarding NBC and Comcast merger and the blocking of Hulu content on Boxee was brought to the table yesterday. Zucker stating that he is open to offering Hulu to Boxee, but only through a licensing agreement. Which is a contradiction of a comment made months earlier by Hulu management. See the qued video right [...]

Kworld ATSC 300U Plus TV HD USB Tuner on Acer Revo 3610

Paul Roberts — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:00:41 +0000

Revision 3’s HD Nation did a nice review on this no-name Kworld ATSC 300U Plus TV HD 330 USB Tuner. Looks like a good piece overall. Some posters on my Revo reviews have had good luck running it with little issues considering the Revo 3610 is technically under powered to run as a PVR. One poster [...]

Interview with Avner Ronen of Boxee on Rocketboom

Paul Roberts — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:49:24 +0000

Interview with Avner Ronen of Boxee with Ellie from Rocketboom. Nice chat on the monetizing opportunities for apps and specialized content on Boxee. Plus, a demo of Boxee by Idan Cohen, co-founder of Boxee. Similar Posts: Inside CES 2010 – The Boxee Box Video Avner Ronen of Boxee-Engadget Show New Boxee Apps-MSNBC Video Podcasts and Soma FM-2 Clicker – Internet [...]

My Personal Revo 3610 Set Up that works well

Paul Roberts — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:31:33 +0000

I know that a few of you 3610 Ion users are not getting fluid playback of Flash or DX in a browser or in Boxee even with the updates and all. I’m stumped. I really am. As I’ve had great, smooth playback with my unit since day one. Though, it seems to be random that [...]

Kevin Rose-Square iPhone Payment System [video]

Paul Roberts — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:33:25 +0000

Kevin Rose is at it again with his Square iPhone Payment System. Pretty bad ass little device. Swipe for payment, sign it, email the receipt and it even gives a GPS location in the email. Very, very cool! Oh, and he invested in the company too. Really??? I would’ve never guessed. Wonder how the [...]

FRONTLINE: The Warning-Long before the meltdown, one woman tried to warn about a threat to the financial system

Paul Roberts — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:26:05 +0000

Frontline: The Warning – is an in depth look into the foundation that caused much of the current US financial melt down. Basically a ponzi scheme using the unregulated Derivatives market, all controlled by Greenspan and the US Government and abused by all the leading financial institutions from the Fed down. The current issues date [...]

John Stewart: Poke at Our Current Financial Situation in America

Paul Roberts — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:50:02 +0000

Jon Stewart: “The Only People Who Have Recovered From The Meltdown, Are Those Who Caused It” Since the current financial meltdown cannot be adequately addressed by congress, the president or the financial institutions; seems John Stewart may be on to something after all! Corruption and the robbing of America’s middle-class could not have been pulled off any [...]

New Boxee Apps-MSNBC Video Podcasts and Soma FM-2

Paul Roberts — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:49:43 +0000

I released two new Boxee apps over the past two weeks; MSNBC Video Podcasts and Soma FM-2. Both are simple feed apps, but I have design plans for each to make them more attractive. The MSNBC Video podcasts are eight of the most popular shows on MSMBC. Each is the full episode and is auto updated [...]

Inside CES 2010 – The Boxee Box Video

Paul Roberts — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:25:03 +0000

Inside CES 2010 – The Boxee Box Here is a good interview from Avner Ronen, CEO of Boxee, from the eGuiders blog. Good look into Boxee, Boxee Box and Avner’s insight into the customers needs with regard to content and how they want it served. The paradigm is changing! Good stuff. Glad I am able to play [...]

Boxee Box crowned ‘Last Gadget Standing’ at CES-CNN News

Paul Roberts — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:56:12 +0000

With the Boxee Box being crowned ‘Last Gadget Standing’ at CES last night, the ball will certainly start rolling for Team Boxee in the coming months. The award is decided by a live demonstration and voted on via crowd applause at the event each year. It seems that “the box” narrowly beat the Plastic Logic’s Que [...]

Get Better Boxee Beta TV Show Player Support on Revo Atom ION

Paul Roberts — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:20:16 +0000

Are you the owner of a Revo R3610 Atom Ion with Vista or Windows 7 and using Boxee Beta? Are you having trouble getting some of the TV Show players to work like Fox, CBS and ABC? Well, I’ve got a new tip to Get Better Boxee Beta TV Show Player Support on Revo Atom [...]

Flash Beta 10.1 1P Files for Revo ION

Paul Roberts — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:43:09 +0000

There are Revo users that have reported less than stellar performance after upgrading to the Flash 10.1 2p beta. But the first 10.1 1p beta is no longer available on the Flash web site. So, to help everyone out, I’ve packaged the 10.1 1p beta and the matching Nvidia Vid & chipset drivers into a big [...]

Flash 10.1 Beta on Acer Revo 3610 Updated Version

Paul Roberts — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:27:17 +0000

Flash Beta 10.1 now has an updated version. They have gone from version 1p to 2p as of December 17, 2009. Nvidia also updated their Ion video driver to to a 195.81 Beta. Though, some users of these latest beta releases on Ion machines have claimed to have lower overall quality of playback. Some had dramatically [...]

Boxee Application-Soma FM 2

Paul Roberts — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:15:20 +0000

Ok, I made an Boxee Application called Soma FM 2. Why #2? Well, another developer made a Soma FM app some months ago. But, it did not list all 18 channels available on Soma FM and it would take over a minute or two to load on Boxee. So, I thought, let’s expand upon his [...]

Boxee Beta and Revo 3610 In Action

Paul Roberts — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:33:10 +0000

I have a blog post with video coming up after the public release of Boxee Beta. I’ll explain how Boxee Beta works and how the Revo 3610 handles it all. I’ll cover applications in Boxee that utilize GPU acceleration such as: Flash 10.1 Beta 2p, Silverlight, Move, and DX. Should be an interesting post. May require [...]

Boxee Beta Revealed

Paul Roberts — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:13:16 +0000

Tonight the Boxee Beta was revealed to the public. The Boxee team demonstrated the new UI and the Boxee Box. Check the Boxee Blog for all the details, functions and some nice pics. As quoted from the Boxee Blog, “We plan to open up the Beta to the public on Jan 7th (at CES). Over [...]

Online Video Content for Your Acer Revo 3610 HTPC

Paul Roberts — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:19:57 +0000

So, you have a new Acer Revo 3610 or other HTPC and you’re trolling around for some online video content. Well, there are many, many options out there. From news, network TV, sports and cable networks to name a few. Some even offer TV Guide resources or have dedicated Flash or Silverlight desktop players. There is [...]

Acer Revo 3610 Atom ION-Video Demo

Paul Roberts — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:08:30 +0000

Nothing says it like a picture or in this case video. Here are three Acer Revo 3610 Atom Ion Video demos covering H.264 files, Hulu Desktop & IE, and Boxee. They will give the understanding of how smoothly the unit plays! Since I did not shoot this in HD, as I don’t have a [...]