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- Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A
- You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...
- Product reviews 2009-10-27
- Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearings
- Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearingsFree Speach = Republican Dominance???You say that removing the imposition of ideological quotas repealing the Fairness Doctrine was, "a key foundation of the Republican dominance over the past 25 years." So free speech is what caused the supposed Republican dominance???? If you believe...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- FCC says transition to digital TV has been fairly smooth
- If you're reading this, you probably weren't impacted by last week's official transition to digital TV signals, but there was concern that many people would be without their usual programming and raise a big fuss. According to the FCC, any disruption of service was not widespread, though there were over...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- News to know: Android notebooks; Twitter bugs; Samsung, Nokia
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks Ryan Naraine: Coming in July: Month of Twitter Bugs ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!
- DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!Could you share more details on your Linux experiences?I've been planning to build a Linux based media center but I haven't planned out my plans on dealing with Direct TV. What did you find to be lacking on the Linux media...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!
- My DVD collection is 3 layers deep and takes up 2 tall ugly fiberboard IKEA book cases. I'd like to get them out of my living room and into a random access, cataloged digital media format. Got any ideas? Over the weekend, I...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transition
- Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transitionHas the ATSC glitch affected you?If you?re a Media Center user, has this issue affected you? Leave a comment as a reply here. (If you have another coment to make, please start a new thread) I?ll be following up with Microsoft to see if I...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Frugal Friday: DTV Transition, Apple WWDC, Oracle/Sun, Wind River, Zenoss
- Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the Digital TV transition, Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, Oracle/Sun/OpenSolaris, Intel's Wind River acquisition, and talk with Mark Hinkle, Community Manager for Zenoss. Click Here to Listen to the Podcast. by Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Panasonic DIGA DMR-EZ48VK DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
- Thanks to the rise of Blu-ray, DVD can no longer be considered cutting-edge technology. But with Blu-ray recorders still not a reality--not in North America, anyway--DVD still has the edge when it comes to archiving home video. And because many of those who compulsively record TV shows have a pack...
- Product reviews 2009-02-18
- We're ready for digital TV, Mr. President. No more delays, please.
- A new poll, conducted by the National Association of Broadcasters, found that 82 percent of Americans who receive over-the-air broadcast signals have already taken steps to prepare themselves for the switch to digital television. But that's not the big number that caught my eye in the NAB's press release. ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- DTV delay bill clears Congress
- DTV delay bill clears CongressWorst is yet to come.The worst part about this is what it will mean to all the people who have held off from converting. Now they know the fed isn't serious and they will continue to wait and expect the date to be pushed back again...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-04
- DTV delay bill clears Congress
- Reset those countdown clocks. The deadline for the nation's switch to digital TV has been extended to June 12 - assuming, of course, that President Obama signs legislation that was passed in the Senate last week and today in the House of Representatives. The president has already...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- Does the digital TV transition matter to ed tech?
- So the House failed to delay the transition date for Digital television here in the States. February 17th is it. For sure. No delays or second chances. As I walk around most of our schools, I see a heck of a lot of TVs that are certainly...
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Cable Might Try To Kill TV. It Would Not Be Suicide.
- Cable operators have a love-hate relationship with TV. Giving Americans scores of TV channels,where they once had just three or four, built them into the telecommunications giants that they are today. But now, the TV business is the least profitable of the three legs they stand on....
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Senate OKs unnecessary delay to digital TV switch
- Senate OKs unnecessary delay to digital TV switchDude...They have had timeThe DTV transition has been in the works for a LONG time now, just because the poor/elderly/etc do not WANT to move on - why should the rest of us suffer? The government has had its act together (coupon creation...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
- Let 'Em Go Cold Turkey on DTV, President Obama
- By February 17, Barack Obama will be president. Already, he wants to delay the DTV transition scheduled for that night. Right now, TV stations across the country are supposed to flip the switch to all-digital signals at the end of...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Who will lead Obama-era FCC?
- Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Hitachi UT37X902
- When Hitachi first announced the U.S. availability of its superslim monitors at CES last January, they were the slimmest flat-panel LCDs yet at 1.5 inches thick. That's still the case as far as we know. Sure, the panel of Sony's OLED-based XEL-1 is, as usual, an exception at 0.11 inch...
- Product reviews 2008-11-14
- Insignia NS-DXA1-APT
- Editors' note: The NS-DXA1-APT is nearly identical to the Insignia NS-DXA1, except the NS-DXA1-APT adds the ability to pass analog signals to a TV and has slightly better sound. Otherwise, the reviews are virtually identical.The FCC has pushed back the DTV transition several times already, but it looks as if...
- Product reviews 2008-10-31
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