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12:21PM Angus Kidman | If you’re a Foxtel subscriber, you’ll want to hope that you’ve got a generous download allowance with your ISP. The pay TV provider is launching its new downloads service on October 1, but while there’s plenty of content, there’s no announced deals in place for cap-free downloads. Here’s all the news from today’s Foxtel press launch. More »
Foxtel Next Generation Adds 600 Hours Of Downloads
12:21PM Angus Kidman | If you’re a Foxtel subscriber, you’ll want to hope that you’ve got a generous download allowance with your ISP. The pay TV provider is launching its new downloads service on October 1, but while there’s plenty of content, there’s no announced deals in place for cap-free downloads. Here’s all the news from today’s Foxtel press launch. More » 
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Download HD Movie Trailers At HD-Trailers
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re a movie buff that just can’t get enough of the trailers, teasers and clips from upcoming movies, HD-Trailers makes it easy to get your fill. More »
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Trailer Freaks Offers Direct Downloads Of HD Trailers
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Skip the software hacks and URL trickery. Film site Trailer Freaks offers up links for HD-quality downloads of trailers from Apple and Yahoo’s sites, along with relevant information links. More »
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12:00PM Angus Kidman | The vast majority of Xbox content announcements tend to include a big old “US only” sticker, but it looks like Australia is finally getting some Xbox movie love — and in hi-def no less. More »
HD Movies Coming To Xbox 360 In Australia
12:00PM Angus Kidman | The vast majority of Xbox content announcements tend to include a big old “US only” sticker, but it looks like Australia is finally getting some Xbox movie love — and in hi-def no less. More »
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12:00PM Angus Kidman | Next week, Channel Ten will finally roll out its new digital channel, ONE, which will be exclusively devoted to sport. It’s good to see a commercial network finally making good on delivering digital TV, with all of them having
One Continues The Digital TV Rollout Confusion
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Next week, Channel Ten will finally roll out its new digital channel, ONE, which will be exclusively devoted to sport. It’s good to see a commercial network finally making good on delivering digital TV, with all of them having
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Flickr Video Now Available To All Members, Goes HD
6:10PM Adam Pash | Previously a feature available to Flickr Pro users only, Yahoo’s popular photo sharing site, Flickr, now supports video uploads for all members. Anyone can upload two videos/month, in addition to the 100MB monthly photo upload limit, according to Yahoo’s post. Flickr has also enabled HD uploading and viewing. Only Pro members can upload in HD, but everybody can enjoy them. Can’t argue with the crisp look of those HD Flickr videos. More videos for everyone! [Yodel Anecdotal Yahoo Blog] More »
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Share High-Res Videos With No Sign-Up At TinyPic
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Want to send out a high-resolution clip over social networks or email, but don’t want to sign up for a video uploading account? TinyPic, the video-focused cousin of Photobucket, offer free, no-sign-up HD-ish uploads. You get up to 200MB to play around with per upload, and the site can be a little ad-tastic at times—not to mention the large number of videos you don’t want your mother to end up searching through. But the embeds are free, and look pretty great for no-commitment video sharing. Here’s a clip uploaded by a CNET editor for testing: More »
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9:30AM Angus Kidman | Last week, SBS upgraded its digital transmitters around the country. The practical consequence? The station can now differentiate its broadcasts for different regional areas, offers full 720p resolution on its HD channel and now has a seven-day EPG. The downside? You might need to retune your set-top box, digital TV or PVR/media centre software to match the new requirements. If your equipment gives you grief in this respect, the SBS how-to linked below has contact details for most TV manufacturers.
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SBS Channel Shift Might Necessitate A Retune
9:30AM Angus Kidman | Last week, SBS upgraded its digital transmitters around the country. The practical consequence? The station can now differentiate its broadcasts for different regional areas, offers full 720p resolution on its HD channel and now has a seven-day EPG. The downside? You might need to retune your set-top box, digital TV or PVR/media centre software to match the new requirements. If your equipment gives you grief in this respect, the SBS how-to linked below has contact details for most TV manufacturers.
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YouTube HQ Automatically Loads High-Quality Versions Of YouTube Videos
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox with Greasemonkey: Force YouTube to always bring you to the high-quality version of a web video with YouTube HQ, a simple but great user script. There are actually two modes to YouTube HQ, one that always loads the standard/lower-quality video for low-bandwidth connections when you jump to an HD/high-quality page, and the much more useful always-high-quality standard version. Unless you break open the code and tinker with it, it’s a pretty quiet app that does one thing well—watch your YouTube URLs and fix them to load the higher-quality stuff. But you can also tweak YouTube HQ to try and resize the player for better viewing of 720p content—which generally means even better video views.YouTubeHQ is a free download, works wherever Greasemonkey scripts do. For those just looking to download high-quality vids, might we recommend the previously mentioned H.264 user script? YouTube HQ [via gHacks] More »
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