Paul J Roberts

Boxee Beta gets a Movie Library

Paul J Roberts — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:42 +0000

Boxee Beta has already brought us broad commercial content via Hulu and You Tube, but now it has integrated content such as B-movies, Indie, documentaries, and Independent films. Boxee has achieved this via a new Movie Library for streaming online content. The sources are EZTakes, Indie Movies Online, MUBI* and Openfilm . Boxee states they [...]

New Theme for Pauljroberts Dot Com

Paul J Roberts — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:22:54 +0000

I’ve changed the theme of paujroberts dot com today. Yes, it’s the default WordPress Twenty Ten theme, but I could not find a simple and minimal theme that could easily be altered to meet my needs. I’m in the middle of using this default theme as the base and will customize its appearance and form [...]

Windows Home Server and new Security Essentials Beta now work together

Paul J Roberts — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:12:32 +0000

As the post title suggests, the new MS Security Essentials Beta will now install on Windows Home Server V1 and Vail Preview (beta) in both 32 & 64 bit flavors! Now, it’s not officially stated by MS as being supported, but it does install and run without a hitch where the current public release of [...]

Change is in the air at PaulJRoberts dot com

Paul J Roberts — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:11:56 +0000

I think it’s time to stir things up here at Paul J Roberts dot com. Yes, time for a blog face lift on a few levels i.e. new theme and change up some of the topics. Need new cleaner Word Press blog theme. Simpler and more stark I think. Also, I think it’s time to [...]

Adobe Flash 10 Archive Files Available

Paul J Roberts — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:20:31 +0000

Did you install Flash 10.1 Public release on an older system and now flash video plays even worse? Yeah, I put it on my old AMD Athlon 3600 single core XP box with an old GF 5600 4x AGP card and it is lag-0-ramma! So, I used the Flash Remover Tool for Windows and then [...]

How to Complete Every Sale That You Try- by Jeffrey Gitomer

Paul J Roberts — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:16:07 +0000

Sale expert Jeffrey Gitomer walks you through techniques to close every sale that you try. I’ve been a long time follower and reader of Jeffery’s Sales Caffeine news letter and blog. He has a real no nonsense approach to sales that strategically analyze what motivates sales people and customers. Similar Posts: Is it net worth [...]

Netflix Now Streaming in HD via WMC

Paul J Roberts — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:30:55 +0000

There have been several news posts out there stating that NetFlix is now streaming in HD via PC and Mac. Well, it seems that the Netflix player is now loading the HD icon in the bottom corner where the user can toggle the HD stream. Seems that it is not fully implemented as of yet [...]

Boxee Beta on Acer Revo Video Review

Paul J Roberts — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:34:37 +0000

I finally finished the Boxee Beta on Acer Revo Review videos and uploaded to Youtube. These are broken into three parts: Part 1 Flash Beta 10.1 RC-4 Part 2 Silverlight, Netflix and Apps Part 3 Flash Beta with IE-8 Hulu and MPC-HC 64 with HD 1080p .mkv files I tried to cover most everything that [...]

Zotac Zbox with Next-Gen ION

Paul J Roberts — Sat, 08 May 2010 02:57:00 +0000

While doing some research on the Nvidia ION Next Gen video cards and up coming systems, I came across the info on the Zotac Zbox HD-ID11. This nettop from Zotac is a bare bone DIY system that will require: memory, hard drive and OS. At an estimated $260.00 US, it will be nearly $500 once [...]

New Acer Revo and Boxee Beta Video Reviews Coming

Paul J Roberts — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:18:20 +0000

Ok, I know…I know. I was supposed to make some Revo 3610 Demo vids month ago, but I had access to a crappy digital camera that also shot crappy video and then had technical and life delays. Now I got my hands on a Flip 1080P camera and will start shooting some usage vids for [...]

New Acer Revo 3610 Review Forums

Paul J Roberts — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:13:21 +0000

With the HUGE interest and reader contributions in the comments of my posts, I’ve activated a New Acer Revo 3610 Review Forum. You can now post your questions, suggestions and help fellow enthusiasts in this new forum. I’ve yet to finish some categories and such, but it will give us a more organized way to [...]

Acer Revo 3610-Boxee Beta-Flash Beta 3p Review Coming Soon

Paul J Roberts — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:37:43 +0000

Stay tuned for an updated Acer Revo 3610-Boxee Beta-Flash Beta 3p Review Coming Soon! I’ve not done a review since December 2009 before Boxee Beta was released and with just the Flash Beta 1p on the Revo 3610. I had some technical issues to resolve with my hardware and finally got things sorted out with [...]

Avner Ronen of Boxee-Engadget Show

Paul J 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 [...]

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

Paul J 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 [...]

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

Paul J 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 [...]

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

Paul J 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 [...]

Interview with Avner Ronen of Boxee on Rocketboom

Paul J 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 Acer Revo and Boxee Beta [...]

My Personal Revo 3610 Set Up that works well

Paul J 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. It is typically a high CPU usage that causes it. I’m stumped. I really am. As I’ve had great, smooth playback with my unit [...]

Kevin Rose-Square iPhone Payment System [video]

Paul J 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 payments [...]

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

Paul J 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 [...]