quietube: Video without the distractions

To watch web videos without the comments and crap, just drag the button below to your browser’s bookmarks bar. On any of the supported video pages, click the bookmark button to watch in peace.

You can then make short URLs too, to send the quietube version to your friends. Easy as.

This is what the creators of Quietube say about their program. As a matter of fact, this is the first tool that lets you to put side all the buzz and concentrate on the video itself. Like everything genius the “Quietube” is very easy to use! You just have to drag the button from the official website to your bookmarks toolbar and once you go to YouTube for videos (Viddler & Vimeo are also supported) you just click the button “Quietube” and enjoy the lack of distractors.

Unfortunately, the� program works with the listed websites only, but can we consider it to be a disadvantage? Just the YouTube itself IS something.

The strangest thing about Quietube is that after having enjoyed a couple of videos you get a feeling that you’re watching them on a poorly-designed blog. But this happened to me and you may have another attitube towards ads-free videos. The only thing that is out of question is the speed! It turned out that Quietube is a great time saver, because you do not have to load ads and different previews of related, featured and other videos you may not even need. So, if you need a clear, ads-free page for watching YouTube videos - Quietube’s just exactly what you need.

Did you know that  every minute, ten hours of video is uploaded to YouTube & people are watching hundreds of millions of videos a day? But did you ever wonder, how good these videos are? Many videos on YouTube are not edited and look lame. So, how about making your own videos better for free?

The web gives us access to hundreds of programs available for free download. Some of them are really good others are not even worth waisting your time on downloading them. Here are the top 5 tools:

Anyway, you should remember that these programs are free and you may not be able to get support experiencing difficulties and their abilities are limited. In case you need some PRO software, which you are willing to pay for - you can find very helpful info here.

Do you like the look of your remote controller? What if I told you that you can browse all your home theatre media files using an iPhone or any other web-enabled device? Do you like those tons of DVD’s lying everywhere and giving your living room a “messy” look? Is your home theatre interface friendly? Want to have your own one? Did you dream of being anywhere , going to a , browsing your listing of movies and hitting a button that will  for you (lights dim to the appropriate level, masking system/lens adjust to the aspect ratio of the movie, etc…), then all you have to do is walk in and start watching. Then HTPC is the right solution for you!

A Home theater PC (HTPC) or media PC is a convergence device that combines the functions of a personal computer and a digital video recorder. It is suitable for connection to a TV or a TV-sized computer display and is often used as a digital photo, music, video player, TV receiver and digital video recorder. The general goal in a HTPC is usually to combine many or all components of a home theater setup into one box.

Here are the reasons for you to switch to Home Theatre PC:

1. You can choose every single part for your HTPC yourself! Everything from case to controlling devices is available for purchasing on the web. So you just have to set the budget, order the part and wait for them to arrive. Or there are always many ready-for-action devices being sold.
2. Unlimited storage! It’s up to you whether a 250Gb drive is sufficient or you want several drives over 1Tb.
3. Play your favorite games on big screen with superb sound! And you don’t have to leave your living room for that!
4. Set any interface! It’s up to you, whether you want your HTPC to run under Windows, Linux, Mac OS or whatever. You can set up any interface which would seem handy for you.
5. Great performance and multiple media functions. Put several TV-tuners into your HTPS if you feel like watching or recording several TV programs at a time.
6. Control it remotely within any distance! Any web-enable device would be enough to control your HTPC media library using web interface. So that you will be able to create a playlist  and make it play even before you reach home.
7. Upgrade your HTPC any time! Add more hard drives or improve its performance by adding RAM or putting a better processor. It’s all like PC.
8. An HTPC will look great in your living room! There are so many cases available, that you can choose one that will be of the same color with your TV, table, carpet or whatever.

There are many guides on the web that would be of a great help for you. Here is the one I consider the best, though it is rather aged.

And once you got your HTPC ready don’t forget to visit our video section, where America funniest videos can be found.

I am a big fan of hi-tech stuff. And every time I see a cool newly-developed gadget I go wondering what will be next… All the research work done all over the world, all the new ideas that come to people’s minds lead to something new and sometimes even mind-blowing.

I mean, could you imagine such a thing as iPhone a couple years ago? Sure, we all love science fiction books and movies, but could you imagine holding it, having it for real? Here is a couple of things for you to dream about: 

Video Glasses: Though I’d prefer an eye-integrated extra-high resolution display, this is also OK with me at the moment. These gadgets generally cost $200 to $400. They weigh 2 to 10 ounces, come with their own headphones and plug into portable video devices like iPods, DVD players, video game consoles, video cameras and even some cell phones. The only problem is the resolution of the image these glasses produce is not high enough. Here you can find a pretty aged, still a bit helpful review of top 10 video glasses. And I am looking forward to the newly developed SID:

Sony focused on the following four points: (1) A transmissivity of higher than 80%, which is high enough for use in dark places, (2) a color uniformity of Δu’v’ = 0.009 or lower, which is equivalent to that of TVs, and a luminance of higher than 2000cd/m2, which allows the use of see-through mode outdoors, (3) attaching the optical engine on the lateral side (temple) so that the thickness of the front portion (lens) can be reduced to less than 3mm like normal eyeglasses and (4) a weight of less than 80g to make the display comfortable to be worn for at least two hours.

To achieve these goals, Sony made efforts to simplify the device’s structure. And it adopted the structure and display method that use a holographic waveguide and an optical engine that is composed of an LED light source, a transmissive LCD panel, etc.

The light modulated by the transmissive LCD panel reaches the eyes via the holographic waveguide. The optical engine can be attached on the lateral side (temple) of the eyeglasses.

Holographic TV: Another dream of mine is being able to watch movies in 3D. Not wearing those “3D glasses” with one eye green and the other blue, but having a real-like picture in my living room. According to CNN, this could be real in 2020: 

Dr Nasser Peyghambarian, chair of photonics and lasers at the university’s Optical Sciences department, told CNN that scientists have broken a barrier by making the first updatable three-dimensional displays with memory.

“This is a prerequisite for any type of moving holographic technology. The way it works presently is not suitable for 3D images,” he said.

The researchers produced displays that can be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes.

To create television sets the images would need to be changing multiple times each second — but Peyghambarian is very optimistic this can happen.

He said the University of Arizona team, which is now ten-strong, has been working on advancing hologram technology since 1990 — so this is a major step forward. He believes that much of the difficulty in creating a holographic set has now been overcome.

“It took us a while to make that first breakthrough, but as soon as you have the first element of it working the rest often comes more rapidly,” he said. “What we are doing now is trying to make the model better. What we showed is just one color, what we are doing now is trying to use three colors. The original display was four inches by four inches and now we’re going for something at least as big as a computer screen.”

There are no more great barriers to overcome now, he said.

So this is the present state of the future TV-watching technologies. Keep wondering and be creative in your dreams!

How many hours a day do you spend in front of your old TV set? I bet more than two… Here are the reasons to switch to Internet TV for you:

• The first obvious reason is that it has only ONE damn function: viewing. To save the things you like you have to buy expensive devices and plug them properly.

• The bad and Effing annoying commercials! This only reason eggs me on so much!

• The lack of good channels to choose from. You can find almost anything on the internet in any field that is interesting to you.

• You can easily share videos with your friends on the web by sending a simple link. No need to call them over the phone and tell to hurry up and turn on a channel.

• The ability to discuss videos on the web and let the director and everyone else know what you think. The simple comments on YouTube is the best example.

• Rate the videos you like. Apart from sharing with your friends, you can also rate videos and contribute to the development of internet TV-watching society.

• Save the videos you like for free and make your own ultimate collection! Found something you love? Keep it! You can use CamStudio software which is absolutely free, for example. And moreover, one can easily download YouTube videos using the Firefox extension.

• No more uninformative TV programs! Be informed of everything that is up. The easiest way to find the stuff you are looking for is to use one of the numerous search engines(like Google).

• Start your own web TV channel and become a star yourself! Can you imagine doing this with the help of your old TV set?

• How many channels do you need? And how many does your TV set have? Watch all of them online!

• Crashing will be fun!!