Comcast DCT6412 DVR mutes on record
June 29, 2005
The Motorola DCT6412 hi-def DVR is overall a really nice piece of equipment, as I’m sure many Comcast subscribers have already noticed. The
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Samsung’s SlimFit 30” HDTV
June 27, 2005
Back in November of last year I wrote about a new line of HD CRT televisions from Samsung, which in my opinion really fill a long overlooked niche in the home theater market. Sure LCD’s and Plasma’s look fantastic hung on walls or sitting on top of shallow stands, but not every application calls for [...]
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Universal Blu-ray / HD-DVD players don’t hold your breath
June 23, 2005
The format war is coming. It’s inevitable and there won’t be a knight in shining armor scenario that plays out, rescuing us from the total confusion that two opposing formats will bring on. Hey I’d love to be wrong. I’d love nothing more than to see a light at the end of this tunnel that [...]
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Free DVR’s for DirecTV subscribers follow up
June 21, 2005
The no such thing as a free lunch rule is still in full effect over at DirecTV, not that it should come as a surprise, but the details are interesting nonetheless. As it turns out these “free” DVR’s may indeed be free for new subscribers but current subscribers will most likely have to pay a [...]
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CompUSA & Good Guys team up for “Megastores”
June 20, 2005
First it was Best Buy wanting to reap in some of the lost home theater market share with Magnolia, now CompUSA wants to expand into consumer electronics gear as well. The new
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Free DVR’s for DirecTV subscribers
June 16, 2005
According to this Slate article by Jay Epstein, Rupert Murdoch is quoted as saying “every (DirecTV) subscriber will be getting either a free digital video recorder or one for nominal amounts of money.” Ok, great but why? Normally the news that 20 million DirecTV subscribers are getting a free to nearly free DVR is big [...]
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More on Laser Projectors, images this time
June 15, 2005
Ok I bet some of you thought I had a screw loose with all this talk of “Laser Video Projectors” lately, but hopefully pictures like the one above will put things into a little better perspective, i.e. this technology is capable of some really impressive images. The projected image above was created with equipment from [...]
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Broadcom demonstrates HDTV via DSL
June 14, 2005
IPTV appears to be cropping up more and more, whether it’s via VDSL, ADSL2+ or Verizon’s fiber-optic system it seems like telco providers are anxious to start offering alternatives to satellite and cable based HD programming. Recently Broadcom demonstrated the Broadcom expect a 550% increase in IP based set-top boxes. This may sound impressive, but [...]
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Logitech Harmony 880 universal remote
June 13, 2005
I’ve been a long time proponent of the ‘Home Theater Master‘ line of remotes from Universal remote, but if the Harmony 880 works as well as the marketing hype indicates I just may have to give one a try. The 880 with its bright, color LCD screen can display channel icons (and more) in full-color [...]
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InfoComm 2005 wrap-up
June 10, 2005
As the show wraps up I wanted to pass along some buzz (or lack thereof) I’m hearing from our programmer who was able to peruse the floor yesterday and today, I was unable to attend this year. First off it seems that IC is getting farther away from consumer electronics and back on the path [...]
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