Toonami Aftermath Brings You Back To The Days Of Cartoon Network's Greatness
Cartoon Network featured a few lackluster shows, but nothing on the planet could beat their action-animation block: Toonami. Debuting in 1997, Toonami featured cartoons and anime like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, and more. Toonami was sort of a huge revolution for cartoons, and introduced a hip new style with a twist of Japanese culture to American television.
This Show Has Been Running 50 Years! Top 9 Websites About Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a geeky TV show that has a very extensive catalog of information that spans over fifty years, and it would be foolish for anyone to say that they know everything about the series. Rather than trying to pay attention to every single detail of every single episode, there are alternative means for doing your Whovian research.
3 Great Ways To Enjoy Your Own Media On The Roku 3
Regular television sets are a thing of the past. These days, if you set out to get a new TV, it'll likely be a smart TV. That TV will be 'smart' the same way your smartphone is - it's connected and it's extendable. Just like your smartphone, a lot of new televisions tune in to a sizable application ecosystem, adding the imaginings of third-party developers to your television's standard feature set.
5 Ways to Search Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and More at Once
If you're still having a hard time deciding which of the online movie streaming services is right for you, one of the most important factors to consider when it comes to making this decision is the selection they offer. Rather than search each service one by one to see if it has the movies or TV shows you like, with the following third party sites, you can search all four (and quite a few more) in one go.
Keeping Up With The Bluth Family: Discover Arrested Development On The Web
Arrested Development is back, with Netflix having given the show a lifeline by commissioning new episodes. Here's hoping that this time Arrested Development is watched by the size of audience it deserves. To give the show the best chance of succeeding it's a good idea to educate those who previously missed out on the goodness.
Game Of Thrones Meets Tumblr: 12 Must-Follow Blogs
The sheer amount of content on Tumblr makes it a joy to browse, though sometimes you really do have to filter through a lot of repetitive content to get to the good stuff. For that reason, we’ve put together lists of recommended Tumblr blogs that we think you should be following. This week we’re taking a stab at all things Game of Thrones on Tumblr.
Watch TV Shows on XBMC With These Add-Ons
Do you love TV? Then you also love XBMC, even if you don't know it yet. The ultimate media center software offers a wide variety of ways for you to catch up with your favorite shows online, legal and otherwise. Set up a few plugins and you can watch whatever you want in a couple of clicks, from the comfort of your couch. Legally watching TV shows can be insanely complicated, depending on where you live.
Crackle: An App For Free Movies & TV Shows (And It's Completely Legal)
The iPhone – as small as it is – can be a great platform for watching video on the go or while out of the house. However, most videos available for the little device are through the user-generated YouTube or paid subscription media services. Rarely will you find something good to watch for free. That's where Crackle comes in, a handy little app with free Hollywood video content available to watch. No, we aren't kidding.
5 Sites to Discover New TV Shows You Might Have Missed Out On
There's an overwhelming amount of entertainment to keep up with these days - whether in the form of books, movies, music or TV shows. And there's probably a lot of shows we're missing out on, simply because we haven't discovered them. To make life a little easier, we've put together a list of 5 sites designed to make it easier to discover new shows, based on the TV series you already like to watch.
Netflix For iPhone: One Of The Best Apps For Movies & Shows On The Go [iPhone]
Having movies and television shows on your iPhone isn't anything new, but with Netflix, it's a whole lot easier. Whether you're with friends, on the road, or having to wait somewhere, the app is perfect for taking a quick tube break. Better yet, with wifi connectivity, you can watch your favorite bits of entertainment with the ease of a mobile while nixing the data rates.
Super-Power Your Media Centre With These 9 Hacks
The media center is the ultimate living room experience; one PC to play everything, one PC to find and download, and one PC to bring in all the family and bind them in front of a glowing widescreen TV. And if you didn’t get that reference, you ought to watch more movies. But with a few hacks, your humble media center can do so much more.
Japan Delivers: 8 Of The Weirdest Game Show Clips
Japanese game shows are bit of an enigma really. While most of Japan can be said to be remarkably uncreative (Nintendo being a prime example of Japanese “creativity” on a corporate level), I have to admit that Japanese game shows tend to go where no western network would dare. Here then, is my pick of 10 of the most ridiculous game show clips from the land of the rising sun.
The IMDb App For iOS Is A Moviegoer’s Best Friend For The Latest In Movies, TV, & Celebrity Info
Is IMDb our portal into Hollywood? By the seventh month of this year, the IMDb mobile app for iOS and Android had logged 40 million downloads. So, it could very well be. IMDb is the de facto encyclopedia when it comes to movie information. The good thing is IMDb is not just a dull warehouse of entertainment information, but a powerful discovery tool also. There’s a lot to discover when the Amazon owned website keeps all the news on over 2 million movie and television titles.
Think Shazam Only Identifies Music? Think Again [iPhone]
More often that not, the creator of an app is content to sit back and enjoy the success and not evolve. That's fine in some situations, but it's really fantastic when an app creator is willing to keep moving forward. This extra effort makes for an app that even years after its release, is still worth talking about. Shazam certainly fits the description of an app that was not content with its original functionality.
3D TVs: What They Are, How They Work, & What Can They Show In 3D? [MakeUseOf Explains]
If you’re in the market for a new TV, chances are it’s going to be 3D - not because you particularly want one that can do 3D, but simply becuase 3DTVs typically have better displays than their plain HDTV equivalent. Today I’d like to explain about the different types of 3DTV as well as touch on some confusion that surrounds them.
TV Archive: Search And Watch Every American News Broadcast Since 2009
Quickly search for and watch any sentence spoken on American TV news since 2009. It's the latest offering from The Internet Archive, and it simply needs to be seen in order to be believed. CNN, Fox New,s and MSNBC's broadcast schedule in its entirety is backed up here, as is every major network's nightly news programs and news magazines. Just type a term and if it shows up in the closed captioning records, you'll see a video instantly.
Goodbye Couch Potato, Hello Second Screen Surfer [INFOGRAPHIC]
I immediately identified with today's infographic, provided by Realplayer, because it describes my wife and I to a tee. When we are both watching television, we are alternating between looking at the screen and looking at our phones. It's comforting to know that this is a widespread practice, and not something anti-social, as someone once told me. I wasn't listening though as I was checking my phone at the time.
GetGlue - The Online Entertainment-Based Party [Android]
Have you ever wondered which social network is the easiest way to chat to friends and strangers about the entertainment you love? I'd be willing to say it's GetGlue. That's because GetGlue know how to make your experience both informative and sociable. Once you get started, you'll love checking in to shows while you watch them. Today we'll take you on a quick tour of GetGlue, focusing on the Android application.
FollowShows Helps You Keep Track Of Your Favorite Shows, Offers RSS & iCal Feeds
Find out when the TV shows you care about air. Whether you want to know when to tune in live or or know when your shows have aired so you can find them online, FollowShows is an aptly-named website where you can quickly check to see a schedule of only shows you choose to follow. Even better, FollowShows offers you both a custom iCal calendar and RSS feed for keeping track of your favorites.
Samsung ES6500 40-inch 3D 1080p Smart TV Review and Giveaway
Over the past decade or so, there's been a mad rush to purchase the biggest, flattest, and prettiest television you can get in order to show it off to all your friends and neighbors. And for a while, size was the most important factor. That's not true anymore. Nowadays, we have to worry about something called a Smart TV. And so we're reviewing Samsung's ES6500 40-inch 3DSmart TV, a brand new product that launched in March of 2012. We're giving it away to an extremely lucky MakeUseOf reader. Yes, that's right -- we're giving away a high-definition smart television valued at $900! Keep reading to find out more.