Tekzilla

Hosted by Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont. New episodes Tuesdays & Thursdays

Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around. Read More

Avoid Black Friday Scams! $500 PC Build, 3 Tips for Better Streaming Video, Indestructible Earbuds, Switch Live Video On Your PC, Worst Movies on Blu-ray!

Thursday, November 25th, 2010 – running time 32:55

Iron Man's Interface: DIY 3D Kinect HacksYour Picks for Indusctructible Earbuds, The Return of the Revenge of the $500 PC Build, Top Tips for Better Streaming Video, Speed Up Podcasts on Windows Phone 7, Switch Live Video on Your PC on the Cheap, our Top Five Turkeys on Blu-ray and more!

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New Plan from Netflix, iOS 4.2, DIY 3D Kinect Hacks, Viacom vs. Google, Chrome OS Delayed

Been waiting for folders and multi-tasking on your iPad? The wait is over! iOS 4.2 came out today and Veronica explains how to set up Find My iPhone, a free iPhone tracking tool in 4.2. It's not quite Tony Stark's design tools -yet- but you might enjoy watching Oliver Kreylos turning a Kinect and WiiMote into an interactive 3D environment! Viacom's Blocking Google TV, and Google says no Chrome OS for Netbooks at least not by Christmas. Meanwhile Netflix is raising the cost of DVD rentals, and dropping the cost of streaming movies and TV online:

02:39 | Play

Avoid Getting Fracked on Black Friday!

Black Friday is upon us... and, frankly, we're over it. And our producer Roger is SERIOUSLY- over it. So, before you set the alarm for 4AM and make an obscenely early shopping run, check out Roger's Top Five Reason Black Friday Sucks!

08:29 | Play

Sub $500 PC Parts List!

Tekzilla's star AP, actually are ONLY AP, Serafina, wants a new desktop PC and wants to keep the cost under $500. With a little help from PCPer.com's Hardware Leaderboard, we've specced out a solid list o' parts with some nice features! Watch the video to find out what they are!

13:20 | Play

Damn You Auto Correct!

Don't you hate it when your phone autocorrects a perfectly spelled word, at least in your opinion, to something completely different! What the duck! Now, thanks to damnyouautocorrect.com, you can see some of the best instances of autocorrect gone very wrong! It's this week's Website We Can't Get Enough Of!

17:04 | Play

Top Tips for Best Streaming Video!

Want HD Video to look good? Doesn't matter if it's Netflix, Vudu, Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu, iTunes Streaming, MLB or the NHL... even Tekzilla can't look it's best if your Internet connection isn't delivering the bandwidth. Here's our Top Three Tips for getting the Best Streaming Video out of your ISP, brought to you by Belkin Routers!

17:58 | Play

Top Five Turkeys on Blu-ray!

Thanksgiving means lots of turkey here in the US, and turkey has us thinking about movies that bombed. Watch the video to see our list of the Top Five Worst Movies on Blu-ray!

21:37 | Play

Speed Up Podcasts on Windows Phone 7!

Mike wanted to know how to speed up podcasts on Windows Phone 7 like he used to do on his iPhone... and then he figured out how. Watch the video to find out how he did it!

24:04 | Play

Switch Real-Time Live Video On Your PC!

Seth writes, "Now that high horsepower PC are commonplace, has anybody - amateur or professional written a software package to have a PC act as a real-time live video switcher? Find out why Veronica reccomends VidBlaster in the video, along with some tools that work quite well with it!

25:41 | Play

Your Indestructible Earbud Reccomendations!

A couple of shows ago we asked you for earbud recommendations for a viewer who seemed to cause pre-mature fail on all his ear buds for his iPod. Watch the video for the awesome list of earbuds reccomended by the Tekzilla Crew for our hapless music lover!

27:05 | Play

Sony
Sony is working with our resident pals Anthony Carboni and Melody Akhtari to bring you an in depth look at some of Sony's latest gear, games and movies. They're going to be interviewing the experts, unboxing the latest gadgets and putting new Sony electronics to the test. You might just see something never before seen in the process. Plus there are a few chances to snag some free stuff or good deals along the way. If you like what you see and want to check out more, be sure to visit Sony.

Belkin's Play Belkin's PLAY N600 offers maximum speed and performance for media-intensive applications like HD video streaming and gaming. Dual-plane antennas and MIMO technology provide three-dimensional whole-home coverage for consistent signal, even through walls and floors. Dual-Band N technology doubles performance and bandwidth with simultaneous networks that eliminate interference. The PLAY's TORRENT MATE App lets you continue downloading even if your computer is shut down or asleep, so you don't wait around for large torrent downloads like movies, music and games. The PLAYN600 comes with an easy install card, and software CD to get you out of the box and onto the Web in three easy steps. And the PLAYN600's 2 USB Ports let you plug in a printer and hard drive for wireless printing and storage.

Gazelle We accept more than 300,000 products from over 20 different electronics categories. Shipping is free on all items of value, and in most cases, they'll even send you a box to ship with. Also, for you green folks out there, Gazelle makes all their recycling partners adhere to some strict policies: no exports, no landfill policies, and tons of data security standards. Gazelle is a great way to get cash to upgrade to the latest iPhone or Andriod phone. Go to www.gazelle.com to learn more.

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Show Title:
Tekzilla
Description:
Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around.
Categories:
How-To & DIY, Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Sep 1, 2007
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