Entertainment 2.0 #173 : Richard’s Impending Doom

Apr 13, 2012 by Josh Pollard

Nokia's new flagship Lumia 900 debuts in hundreds of closed AT&T stores on Easter Sunday, and it gets mixed reviews—but we still love it. More and more households are drawing video content from the Internet, and meanwhile, your cable bill is probably going through the roof!

Entertainment 2.0 #169 : Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Mar 9, 2012 by Josh Pollard

The moment we’ve all been waiting for since Microsoft released the Windows 8 Developer Preview finally hit! We now have the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and we’ve had about a week to play with it. Guess what? Media Center is in there, despite all of the rumors to the contrary! We take a...

Entertainment 2.0 #165 : Good Grief!

Feb 10, 2012 by Josh Pollard

Episode 165 is all about Windows and the number 8! We've got details on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, along with tons of content news!

Entertainment 2.0 #163 : Super Bowl Planning and Plug-in Updates

Jan 27, 2012 by Josh Pollard

Now that we’re all a couple of weeks out of the Consumer Electronics Show there haven’t been any new products to talk about, but many of our favorite products have been updated. Some of those updates have been good, while others were changed through external forces, and not for the...

What’s Going On at Netflix? [Updated]

Jan 21, 2012 by Richard Gunther

Amidst news of management shuffling and pending financial results, blackout windows lengthen, features disappear, and the content library shrinks.

Entertainment 2.0 #158 : Not-So-Happy Holidays

Dec 22, 2011 by Josh Pollard

It may be the happy holiday time of the year, but positive news to discuss was in short supply this week!

Entertainment 2.0 #157 : It’s Metrotastic!

Dec 16, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Josh and Richard discuss the new Xbox dashboard in depth, a rumored Windows 8 leak, and the Google TV update.

Fall 2011 Update Brings New Services and Metro Style to Xbox

Dec 15, 2011 by Richard Gunther

The long-awaited Xbox 360 update has arrived, and with it comes a slew of new features and a refreshed user experience that reinforces Microsoft's new Metro-style design DNA. Our highlights and gallery showcase many of this update's new offerings.

Netflix for Xbox 360 Now Supports 5.1 Audio and Subtitles

Dec 14, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Netflix has released a new version of its video streaming app for the Xbox, and it now supports Dolby 5.1 surround sound and subtitles.

Entertainment 2.0 #149 : I Like Purple

Oct 21, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Josh Pollard and Richard Gunther teamed up for episode 149 to discuss the latest news in the Microsoft entertainment technology space. They started off with a quick note about a security update for Windows Media Center before moving on to discuss the Digital Cable Tuner Diagnostic Tool. After that...

Netflix Black Screen Fix

Oct 13, 2011 by Josh Pollard

It appears that many people are experiencing a problem of late with Netflix inside of Windows Media Center. If you let a streaming video complete it will leave you stuck on an empty black screen. It used to return the user to the Netflix UI displaying the details of the video that was just watched....

Entertainment 2.0 #148 : Xbox TV?

Oct 12, 2011 by Josh Pollard

Richard Gunther returns for episode 148 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast where he and Josh Pollard were able to discuss all of the entertainment tech news that has erupted from Microsoft over the last week. Of course the show was kicked off with some great listener feedback, including a voicemail...