It’s been a busy week in HD, with surprising new streaming offerings on the way from the likes of Sky and Verizon / Redbox, while Apple and Google each also pushed more minor updates to their TV boxes. Vizio is nearly ready to release a new format of HDTV in the US, and we also got some hands on time with a new TV companion app for your iPad. Of course, we couldn’t get through this week without some discussion about the Super Bowl, which includes mentioning a server outage that interrupted things for Harmony Link users. There’s that and plenty more to discuss, so go ahead and press play — but remember to vote for the 2011 Engadget Awards first.
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00:09:52 – Verizon and Redbox team up to launch streaming and physical media service later this year
00:21:00 – Sky will launch an internet based TV service in the UK in the first half of 2012
00:24:55 – Redbox refuses to push Warner movie delay to 56 days, will rent flicks as they go on sale
00:27:45 – Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night
00:30:06 – Apple TV gets into video discovery, adds movie and TV show Genius Recommendations
00:34:19 – Google TV 3.2 update enhances HLS video streaming support, Plex update takes advantage
00:34:30 – Sony Google TV gets update this week, brings speedier Chrome and 3D Blu-ray support
00:35:35 – Boxee desktop app being removed from servers tonight, get it while you can
00:37:13 – ConnecTV social companion beta launches for iPad, PC and Mac
00:47:10 – Vizio reveals $3,499 price for its 58-inch ultrawidescreen HDTV
00:52:30 – Upgraded DirecTiVos from WeaKnees are on deck
00:56:44 – Server outage turns Harmony Link into a paperweight
01:00:35 – Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ Blu-ray 3D set for release February 28th — 3D haters beware
01:11:00 – Vote for the 2011 Engadget Awards!
01:11:25 – Must See HDTV (February 6th – 12th)
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Engadget HD Podcast 285 – 02.07.2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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