Engadget Podcast 139 - 03.27.2009

Here it comes, another action-packed hour of heartfelt learning and sharing, with your close personal friends Joshua, Nilay and Paul. It's a real variety pack this week, with the market-shifting OnLive and Digital Rebel T1i stealing the show, but plenty of supporting characters (and obligatory Netflix love) keeping things grounded. Frankly, it's a chewy nougat of podcast goodness that's not to be missed for any reason, barring personal emergency or having something else to do today.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Song: Barracuda

00:03:15 - OnLive killed the game console star?
00:17:50 - Nintendo launches Wii System Menu 4.0, including SD card WiiWare playback
00:25:35 - 'Resident Evil 5' Xbox 360 unboxing
00:27:25 - Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i now official (and that article Nilay was talking about)
00:43:55 - Kodak EasyShare Z980 unboxing and impressions
00:48:30 - Kodak Zx1 unboxing and impressions
00:56:35 - Blockbuster OnDemand coming to TiVo
01:02:16 - Is Netflix PS3-bound, too?

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[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 3:15PM]

segway.... you guys really need to stop

[Joshua Topolsky Posted Mar 27th 2009 3:56PM]

You mean segue?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 4:09PM]

d'oh!! good call Josh

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 4:39PM]

No Apple talk? Surely that list of topics in the post above is wrong? I'm sure Apple is slipped in a couple times, I'll have to check it out.

What I want to hear more about is the Tesla cars and why they don't get billions from the government so that I could buy myself one of those.

[leoport Posted Mar 27th 2009 7:33PM]

sadness. no more misfits.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 7:46PM]

ohh i get who nerds the nerd men it all makes sense now

[awgeerowz Posted Mar 27th 2009 10:41PM]

Well done guys, another excellent Engadget Podcast. I'm already looking forward toward the next one. I'll be sure to shoot some questions at the Engadget Twit-Bot this week.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 4:31AM]

I just ordered a laptop! woooooooo. nothing to say about this story really other than that onlive looks interesting

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:02PM]

Thanks for answering my questions about the quietness of the Jasper Xbox. I really appreciate it!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 3:16PM]

blockbuster actually had a deal with enron back in 2001 to stream movies to users across the US:)

[dishbreak Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:18PM]

I'm not so sure that OnLive is as great as you make it sound in the podcast. It's a good concept, but it's going to quickly get mired in the same mess that digital downloads and streaming content are with Hollywood. Game publishers aren't that different of a beast from the studios.
http://cad-comic.com/news.php?i=1854#1854

[Jake88 Posted Mar 29th 2009 1:21PM]

I love the idea of OnLive. Being able to play any game from any platform is amazing and pushes more to having one centralized device.

But, I have a problem with not actually owning the software that I bought through OnLive's services. Like I own it, but I don't have the physical copy.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 2:30PM]

Nice podcast.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 30th 2009 7:18PM]

Just wanted to let you guys know that I have FiOS and it's AWESOME. In fact I'm downloading an 5GB HD movie from a legit source -- swear -- and it is going to take about 20 mins.

See despite what all you Yankees say, everything isn't better in NY.