ZatzNotFunny's blog

Over the past week, I?ve spent a lot of time thinking about DivX?s decision to close down Stage6. When I first heard the news, I wasn?t sure how to feel about the decision. On one hand, I believe strongly in the free market system and when DivX choose to go public, they took on an obligation to look after their shareholder interests.

We have multiple iPods in my house (like Dave) and have registered those iPods to multiple computers over time. So when I got my iPod Shuffle last year, I thought I’d make life easy by setting up a folder in iTunes on our one desktop computer acting as a home media server. I can add and remove songs from that one folder, sync my Shuffle, and voila! I have a brand new workout mix.

As efficient as the Vudu RF remote with scroll wheel is, many folks would prefer to control their home theater via a single remote. So, Vudu’s introduced an IR Receiver Kit today at $39. In addition to the pricey IR dongle, the pricey Vudu XL ($999) with additional storage and IP-based home control hooks is now shipping. On the software side, they’re pushing out v1.3 which includes the ability to archive purchased video in the cloud (their servers) and delete content from the local drive. There’s a few other modifications, but this clever one caught my eye: