Category Archives: HDTV
Jonesing for a better TV…
The Harris Poll had some interesting HDTV statistics yesterday: Almost a year-and-a-half after Blu-Ray won the format war, 11% of US adults own HD-DVD players but only 7% own Blu-Ray players I own both, although my HD-DVD player is gathering … Continue reading
Eliminating Overscan
For years my Samsung TXN3071WHF HDTV has suffered from overscan. Most cathode-ray-tube (CRT) sets make the image too large to fit on the screen so that the edges are cut off. Many newer LCD and plasma televisions can disable overscan, … Continue reading
Netflix on TiVo
My purchase of a TiVo HD about a year ago continues to pay off. Now I can watch streaming movies from Netflix on the TiVo and the experience beats the pants off watching Netflix streaming movies on a computer. The … Continue reading
Blu Daze
Sony BDP-S350 at Amazon Impatient to move on from my HD-DVD debacle, I decided to not wait for the forthcoming Black Friday and beyond price drops. I just went out and bought a Blu Ray player. I decided to get … Continue reading
Galactica Unboxed
Early this morning Amazon’s Unbox service delivered the Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Premiere He That Believeth in Me to my Tivo for $1.89, after it first aired the night before on cable television’s SciFi channel. NBC Universal’s deal provides its … Continue reading
Meador Manor 