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Dish or Direct satellite TV, which is better? As with anything in life, it is in the eyes of the beholder. But recently Dish Network has experienced a loss of subscribers which could hinder the satellite company. Add to this the decision by AT&T to dump Dish and go with Direct TV starting January31, 2009, [...]

The FCC has exempted small cable operators from having to provide a digital signal. The FCC defines a small cable company that has under 2,500 subscribers and is not affiliated with the big cable boys. The little guys have until February 17, 2012 to make the transition.
According to this article which states:
 The American Cable Association [...]

AT&T is about to take on rival Best Buy and their squad of geeks [Geek Squad] in offering technical services equal to what Best Buy offers. On their web site AT&T Connectech, they are offering a list of services not only for computers but also for TV and home theater systems. Pricing for the services [...]

Microsoft is going to spend $300 million big ones, in an effort to fight those MAC vs PC ads that the company feels has hurt their image. The software giant is going to hire Jerry Seinfeld to poke fun at the MAC, which Microsoft feels is the cause of the bad Vista feeling. In fact, [...]

Over at the NY Times thay are awash with figures showing how we consumers are balking at the big screens and instead, are buying the hi-def TV’s at 32″ or smaller. The figures all show that some manufactures are having are time time selling the 50″ of larger, though this could change as we approach [...]

If you are in the market to buy a new LCD TV or computer monitor, you may wish to wait a while since it appears there may be a glut of the new TVs and monitors in the marketplace.  Demand for the LCDs has cooled while supplies are on the rise, leaving some to believe [...]

I was reading an article on how some cable companies may require higher fees by consumers to view DTV. It seems that the companies are quietly changing more and more stations to digital, leaving only some local stations in the analog format. In an article I just read, it seems that consumers than may be [...]

Google’s latest offering is called ‘Let’s Take It Off Line’ blog which is going to include the latest news from TV, Print and Audio Ads from their product team. The blog will keep you up to date on the latest happenings and there are feeds available if you wish to stay on top of what [...]

A new bill before Congress would add some new features to the Americans With Disabilities Act, to insure that all Americans have equal access to TV and the Internet. But the one feature that stands out is providing close captioning for Internet videos. The bill would mandate that the FCC have in place guidelines for [...]

Those free government sponsored coupons for TV converters have one minor problem. Seems the coupons are only good for 90 days and some people are having trouble finding converters since supplies are low. Seems that people in the government are now asking what good are the coupons. No duh!
In the San Jose Mercury News they [...]

So I am watching a baseball game on our local channel, and get up to hit the restroom during innings. I return to my set and the inning has started. But I haven’t a clue what the pitch count is because at the bottom of my screen is a banner which covers the information. The [...]

Over at SilconValley.com they have an article on what could be the future which combines TV and the Internet. Though the current TV sets cannot surf the Internet as of yet, future sets may be able to replace your computer for surfing. According to the article which states:
Buyers of this year’s most advanced televisions might [...]

nbsp;Hulu.com is a joint venture of NBC Universal and News Corp that offers on demand movies and TV programs. Most programming is either from NBC or Fox, so the selection of what is available is limited. However, there are some older TV programs available for viewing that may just help you pass some time. The [...]

Surprise! The FCC wants to make some changes to give smaller TV stations more time to switch over to digital signal. Seems that this is going to be an ongoing problem since the FCC keeps extending the timeframe for the change. The FCC states it is trying to protect the ’small power stations,’ which [...]

For the past several weeks there have been rumors floating around the Internet about something Panasonic was going to be introducing at the CES [Consumer Electronic Show], being held in Las Vegas. Rumor had it that this was going to be big, very big. So when Panasonic demoed its 150″ plasma TV, the BIG was [...]

As I previously mentioned, my wife and I were fortunate enough to latch onto a couple of Wii consoles for the X-Mas holidays for our grandkids. That’s not really true. I think the parents have more fun than the kids do. I have learned some things over the X-mas holidays that you may already know [...]