Archive for the ‘Television’ Category

I just saw what may be the biggest waste of advertising money, ever. It was a 90 second TV ad for Uncharted 2. The problem? Nearly half the commercial involved people talking… in a silent ad. For those of you not familiar, I coined the term Silent Ads for variants of ads that cut out [...]

There has been a lot of buzz about HD and iPhone lately. I’m sure you’ve heard something about that by now. But, let’s take a look at history for a second first, just in case the crowds at Moscone West decide revolt if Apple doesn’t announce iPhone HD at WWDC. When the original iPhone came [...]

Scarred and tired, Jack Bauer has been infected by a supervirus and must take on a derelict PMC, hellbent on world domination. Sound familiar? If you’ve played Metal Gear Solid 4, you’ve officially been there and done that. I’ve long talked off-the-blog about 24′s continual ripping off of Metal Gear Solid. People have finally started [...]

I haven’t written before on the Hulu vs Boxee battle that is unfolding, and a couple of folks have asked me to chime in. As a reference, while I have used both apps, I don’t use the pairing of Boxee to access Hulu myself. However, the battle being played out over the interoperability (or lack [...]

Well, paid TV at least. As my last post pointed out, I shut off U-Verse TV service. While it was a bumpy road to get U-Verse setup and trialed… I am moving this month, and it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have tons of TV, when I have tons more work to do. [...]

It’s getting pretty clear that the support chain at AT&T U-Verse has already begun its disappointing, but expected decay. We are now three days in a row that maintenance technicians were supposed to come to my house, but haven’t. This was a simple wiring repair, and it has turned into half a work week of [...]

Engadget HD posted an article that really was disingenuous, in my opinion. I’d link to it, but that would be giving them a SEO benefit for poor work. Basically, the article initially claimed that it had found out why Microsoft never released Vista Media Center TV Pack 2008 to end users. Unfortunately, when you hit [...]

I’ve already picked apart all the problems surrounding TV Pack 2008, CableCARD DRM, and all the things wrong in the world with Windows Media Center today. And, I could spend a good 15 minutes linking back to all the posts, and all the amens from all the Media Center MVPs and Experts on my blog. [...]

JR.com is offering a Soyo 32-inch LCD EDTV for only $449.99. This is probably the best television on the market for playing Nintendo Wii or Sega Dreamcast games. It features HDMI, VGA, Component, S-Video, and Composite video inputs. As much as I’d like to buy one… it’s just too pricey. For under $400, you can [...]

I had my concerns about the Hauppauge 1212 HD PVR. First, it lost Media Center support (thanks to Microsoft gutting H.264 from TV Pack 2008 at the last minute). Then, it got delayed… a lot. But, when it comes to capturing HD video, there aren’t a lot of choices out there. A few FireWire boxes touted component [...]