Michael Antonoff

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Lost Your Remote? The Tile App Can Help
Michael Antonoff  |  Feb 10, 2016
Have you heard about the sequel to the TV series, Lost? It’s called Found, and the premise is that the island is where all things lost end up: a missing sock, a runaway drone, a lost shaker of salt. Tourists arrive, and the lucky ones are reunited with their stuff.
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Making the Cut
Michael Antonoff  |  Feb 23, 2003
To address concerns over violence, sex, and profanity in popular films, a number of companies have emerged that create "sanitized" versions of VHS tapes or DVDs for a fee.
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Media Mogul: 3 Media Center PC Extenders
Michael Antonoff  |  Mar 31, 2005

When the Windows Media Center (WMC) PC was introduced in 2002, the idea was to create a computer that also recorded TV programs and had a remote control that let you play them - as well as DVDs, slideshows, or ripped CDs - without sitting right in front of it.

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Media Receivers
Michael Antonoff  |  Jun 18, 2004

Media receivers bridge the gap between computer and home theater by letting you store your audio and video files in one room while you select and play them on an entertainment system in another room. The first digital media receivers were limited to streaming music stored on a PC over a wired network to your stereo.

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Mid-price HD DVD Player and New LCDs Headline Toshiba Intros
Michael Antonoff  |  Jan 07, 2007

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Midget Screens Loom Large
Michael Antonoff  |  Jan 07, 2006

RCA's Lyra X3000 portable video player

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Mighty Cam
Michael Antonoff  |  Jul 09, 2002
Photos by Tony Cordoza The launch of a new cassette format in 2002 made me wonder whether those who invented the Walkman were back in charge at Sony. The payoff is that the tape cassettes, so tiny they could be mistaken for audio microcassettes, are for high-quality video recording in Sony's new MicroMV camcorders.
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MovieBeam Home Theater Jukebox Player
Michael Antonoff  |  Jul 03, 2006

Blockbuster, Netflix, and on-demand cable are among the expanding number of ways to rent movies. One of the latest is MovieBeam, a jukebox for your home theater that self-stocks via an off-air antenna.

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NBC in Your Pocket
Michael Antonoff  |  Sep 16, 2015
With the small screen going mobile, TV networks are chasing viewers. The number of people who subscribe to Comcast’s Internet service surpassed its video subscribers for the first time this year. As the owner of NBC, Comcast is likely hearing, “Philadelphia, we have a problem.”
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Netgear EVA8000 Digital Entertainer HD Media Receiver
Michael Antonoff  |  Jun 03, 2007

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