Category Archives: HDTV

Unboxing Galactica

I am pumped because Battlestar Galactica finally returns to television this Friday! Fans have been waiting for more than an entire year for new episodes, thanks to the SciFi channel’s dubious programming choices. So I am more than ready to … Continue reading

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Apple TV finally comes through

Apple TV (160 GB Model) at Amazon For the past year my Apple TV has been a great tool for watching and listening to the plethora of podcasts that keep me entertained. And it has been fun to occasionally play … Continue reading

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How to spend my ripoff, er, refund

HD DVD is dead, so my Toshiba HD DVD player now makes a good doorstop. I’ve enjoyed a few high-definition movies from Netflix with the player, but now Netflix is phasing out their few HD DVD discs. I want to … Continue reading

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Defining high definition

So what is high definition TV? Answers vary widely! My own standard would be an image that is at least 720 pixels high (preferably 1920 pixels wide and 1080 pixels high) and is delivered at a reasonable bandwidth. While many … Continue reading

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TiVo Trials

Well, it didn’t take me long to re-invest the forthcoming year of monetary savings from cancelling cable television. Tuesday night I kept an appointment to sit down and watch a wonderful live high-definition transmission of a NOVA episode on broadcast … Continue reading

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