I get my Internet from Ventelo, and according to Netflix, it is one of the worst ISPs to supply Norwegian consumers Netflix streams. Funny, I am a great fan of Netflix and that perhaps cause of Ventelo. Never had any problems streaming Netflix. Today Netflix announced Netflix Super HD, and on their announcement page I was told that my supplier was not configured yet. The page also told me that I needed a minimum of 5 mbps, but that recommended was 7 mbps. So I checked speedometeret. My […] Continue reading →
This is the first short movie shot and edited entirely on an iPhone that I have heard of, and the result is really not bad. Check it out yourself (Sadly, Vimeo only lets you share videos in Flash): “Apple of My Eye” – an iPhone 4 film – UPDATE: Behind the scenes footage included from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo. Isn’t it impressive? Director Michael Koerbel of Makek Pictures notes that the short took 48 hours to create from start to finish. […] Continue reading →
RiksTV has managed to become the first to broadcast TV2 HD, which goes live on June 25th. The first show in HD is gonna be TV2′s own produced entertainment show “Allsang på grensen”, which will be a weekly show during the summer. Other productions that will be sent in HD: Tour de France LIVE (primo July 2009) 2-3 series a week (Greys Anatomy/ Cleaners/ Scrubs/ Brothers & Sisters/ Criminal Minds) from about August 17th 2009 Movies Fridays and Saturdays (as many as […] Continue reading →
It’s been a while since I last wrote about the HDTV channels I had. I recently changed subscription at Get, from Family to Family HD. The change of channel package only costed 10 NOK extra per month and gave me the following HD channels: MTV HD, SVT HD and Eurosport HD. Recently also BBC HD got added. I am also paying a bit extra for getting Discovery HD. In an earlier article written a few months ago, I criticized Get for their lack of HDTV channels compared to Canal Digital. Canal […] Continue reading →
Just as the last counties in Norway got digital TV signals, I upgraded my digital cabletv tuner to a HD PVR. The two most read blog entries I have written are What does HD Ready mean? and DVB-T with H.264 (MPEG-4), so I thought about writing about HDTV content available in Norway. There are two big companies providing HDTV on cable TV, Canal Digital and Get (both links in Norwegian). I have Get. […] Continue reading →
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