Free video streaming service Crackle is already available on your smart phone, computer, and game console, but today the company announced its expansion to LG, Samsung, and Vizio Smart TVs. The expansion is twofold for Samsung, which is also adding the ad-supported streaming service to its line of Blu-ray players; Crackle characterizes today's news as the conclusion of a strategy to bring the … [Read more...]
Crackle streaming video heads to LG, Samsung, and Vizio Smart TVs, Samsung Blu-ray players
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Roku update adds cross-provider search over Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, Vudu and Crackle
October 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We've seen web portals that let you search for TV and movies on the internet across different services, but a new update for Roku is bringing that capability directly to its set-top boxes. Whether you're searching by movie, TV show, actor or director it will sniff out related content across some of the higher profile services it offers, including Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Crackle, … [Read more...]
Xbox 360 adds Crackle and CinemaNow to list of up and running apps
February 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
You can't deny one of Microsoft's main goals with its revamped 360 dashboard update was to enhance the box's entertainment attributes, and now the Redmond crowd has flipped the live switch on two more vid-focused apps. Crackle and CinemaNow are joining the likes of Vudu and UFC as part of the latest additions to the Xbox app locker. Both apps are available now for those of us in the States, and … [Read more...]
Top 10 Roku Channels
September 22, 2011 By 3 Comments
My wife and I get a lot of use out of our Roku box. Of all the media center devices I have brought in to test and put in front of her to get her feedback on, the Roku by far is the champion. The simple user interface, clean and simple design makes the Roku a favorite in our household. Roku provides content based on channels located in the channel store. The user chooses what content he … [Read more...]
The Last Dragon
September 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
In 1985 Berry Gordy with one hand filled with cash and the other filled with money made the cheesy campy Kung-Fu Blaxploitation film The Last Dragon. Despite the mediocre acting, horrible script and laughable martial arts, I can’t help but enjoy the film. I watched it tonight on Crackle, which in and of itself is an interesting experience, but we will get to that in a moment. The Last … [Read more...]
New Content for Crackle
September 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
September 2, 2011 i-Spy - Owen Wilson helps Eddie Murphy rediscover the funny in an action-comedy stoked by the great chemistry of its two stars. Rated PG-13 A Few Good Men - Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore fire on all cylinders in one of AFI’s 10 Greatest Courtroom Dramas. Rated R From Crackle: You Can't Handle The Truth Ghostbusters 2 - Bill Murray and Dan … [Read more...]
New Content Available on Roku
August 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Check out the new content available on the Roku. Available now: Mad Men and the Fighter on Netflix, the Steven Spielberg classic 1941 and the sports love story Jerry Maquire on Crackle and Limitless and The Lincoln Lawyer on Amazon Instant Video. Check back with us next week as I review Limitless and episodes 5-10 of Camelot. Check out the Roku blog post for more details. … [Read more...]
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