Television

General category for television, TV, and HDTV.

Told You: DVD Download DL rolls HD back into DVD

Remember how I was talking about all those teasers about how DVD could add HD back into itself. Well, today, introducing DVD Download DL. Engadget totally butchered what it was. In fact, they made a blog post which completely didn’t talk about the announcement… just re-hashed the “super upconversion” news which is old. What is DVD […]

Bad Ads: DeVry Free Game Demos

These ads have been on for quite awhile… I actually haven’t blogged on them simply thinking they would go away. Instead, they’ve been “refreshed” with the same cruddy content… but with new people pitching the same, well, crud. I have nothing against DeVry, or online universities. I actually think that schools which chose to avoid […]

New Media Center CableCARD Update Causes Big Trouble

Today, an odd update appeared for Windows Media Center owners with CableCARDs. Specifically, the ATI Digital Cable Tuner Update which is now available. Two odd things with this update. One, it claims to be a new update, yet claims to not contain anything new. After updating, users report still being at firmware 1.17. Two, after […]

Bad Ads: Backslash

One of the things that continues to amaze me, is how much big-budget ads can screw up the most simple of expressions. For example, when reading a URL aloud, there is never a backslash. It’s always a forward slash. How can someone getting paid six figures to sample, test, and make a multi-million dollar ad […]