As I wrote about last week, Moviebeam is a consumer electronics device that gives you a whole movie rental store in your living room. For details on how the system and service work, please take a moment to re-read my original review. Late last week I received the Moviebeam HD Cable Kit, which has opened up a whole new experience with the product.
One important note: while many of you may use component video cables to connect your DVD player or digital cable/satellite box to your HDTV set, it’s important to know that you are only getting part of the HD picture! Component video, while better than composite and s-video, is still analog, and does not carry a perfect digital signal all the way to your set. Furthermore, component video does not include any digital copy protection technologies, so if a manufacturer or content provider wants to offer protected-on
ly content, they must use a secure technology, which IS provided through digital cable connections such as HDMI and DVI. Most important for you: if you HAVE the option to switch from component to either HDMI or DVI cabling, go to the store and get the right cables immediately! To quote a true genius, “you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet!”
One of the most comforting moments I can enjoy is to make myself a slice of toast for breakfast or for a midday snack. As for me, toast is one of those perfect foods that will hardly ever go out of style and fashion.
-Courtesy 
As I mentioned a little while ago, I’ve been trying out Zoomclouds here on the LD. I would call the results so far ‘mixed’, and based on looking at the usage statistics, it doesn’t seem like everyone out there is clamoring to use it very often. Now, this could be due to its location on the page, or the contents, or even the color scheme. 
Maybe it’s because owning a RAZR was cool for about 3 days, and having a black one for about 2 more days than that. Everything is a commodity today. So when I found out about 
I received a flurry of emails regarding Moviebeam, and have a few more thoughts on it which I think are relevant to mention in conjunction with Davis’ post. Many people seem to compare Moviebeam to Netflix as a competitive offering. I disagree. Netflix, in my opinion, is great for people who want to individualize their queue, and generally put a lower priority on new releases or the “big” movies (not that they don’t watch them, just that they aren’t ‘must-haves’ on release weekends). This works out well as Netflix is able to satisfy this kind of a need. But Moviebeam does not have this capacity (or at least not today).
The summer time is coming!
I’m away on business and I rented a car from Enterprise today, in part due to my fond memories of being able to rent cars from them prior to turning 25 (vote/serve in the military at 18, drink at 21, rent cars at 25… makes perfect sense), but mostly because they had a Travelocity special for pretty cheap rentals this week. As I’m in Beaverton, Oregon (a suburb of Portland) and have no idea where anything is here, I figured it would be helpful to have a robotic voice tell me to “turn around when possible” every 48 seconds or so.
They aren’t #1, and I don’t really think they try harder, but kudos to Enterprise for a very elegant solution to enabling customers to select GPS as an option. Sure makes the Kia Rio driving experience more palatable!
I was born in Montreal, Canada, back in 1973, and have fond, although faint, memories of watching the 
This rather pretty tool can be of use for any modern woman. Its designers have taken into consideration two basic things women usually care about: appearance and health. Of course, not every representative of fair sex does think of these things.