Tag Archives: dvd

A Beginner’s Guide to Video for the IPod

It seems like everyone and his brother received an iPod for Christmas this holiday season. For the last month, my blog has gotten almost double the number of hits it usually gets, and I’m almost positive this is because of … Continue reading

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Converting Videos for iPod, Take 2

Since writing my last entry, I hadn’t done too much with video on my iPod other than download a few video podcasts. However, this last week I decided to put an episode of West Wing on the iPod. West Wing … Continue reading

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Converting video for the Video iPod

There are many programs currently available that will convert video of various kinds to a format compatible with the video iPod. While none of these are prohibitive in cost, I didn’t feel like spending lots of time downloading trial versions … Continue reading

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Scrubs

Scrubs is one of my favorite shows on TV these days. Probably the only comedy show that I watch on a regular basis. The first season of Scrubs is coming out on DVD next month so I am helping Buena … Continue reading

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Humax DRT-800

I purchased the Humax DRT-800 combination TiVo and DVD player/burner a little under 3 months ago and have been using the unit constantly since then. I have intended on writing a review for a while now, so I’m finally getting … Continue reading

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Live Aid Contest

As I’ve written, I’m giving away a few copies of the 4-disk DVD Set of the Live Aid concert. The contest involves writing a bit about how you (or a friend/relative) remembers it. I realized that I actually hadn’t written … Continue reading

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Live Aid DVD Contest Still Open

I know it’s hard to believe, but my DVD giveaway contest is still open on DVDMON.com. Please, readers, help me out. I’m trying to give these away and it seems like there’s no interest. All you gotta do is write … Continue reading

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Live Aid Giveaway Contest on DVDMon.com

Just a note that I just started a DVD Giveaway contest on my DVDMon.com site: For many Baby Boomers, Woodstock was a defining moment in their lives, musically and otherwise. For gen-X’ers like myself Live Aid was not quite that … Continue reading

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Everwood and TV Series DVDs

As some of you know, I also run a website devoted to DVD news and reviews. DVDMon.com has been up now for over five years. Recently I got to review a new DVD set put out by Warner Home Video … Continue reading

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The future of Video Content

By way of Vastly Important News, here’s a piece by Newsfactor about a rumor of two popular consumer media technologies teaming up together – Tivo and Netflix. Media content companies have been dragged kicking and screaming into the Internet age. … Continue reading

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