Archive for March, 2007
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007Yes, I have a few thoughts on the subject of Viacom suing Google for one billion over copyright infringements on YouTube. I think it’s a matter of perspective. Because the folks who are already watching The Daily Show will continue to watch it. And those who don’t bother to watch, might enjoy clips at YouTube [...]
Blu-ray rocks
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Blu-Ray, my HD format of choice for DVD, has outsold HD-DVD two months running, so I am jumping up and down a little (on the inside; it’s hard to type if you are actually jumping up and down).
I also wish HD-DVD well, of course.
The fact that there are two formats at all, and that they [...]
Consumers and cosmic quandaries
Monday, March 12th, 2007 Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist based at the American Museum of Natural History, and his latest book is: Death By Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries.
Last month he gave a talk there, which was televised on C-Span2 (booktv) over the weekend. Although he was discussing black holes and the mysteries of the universe, [...]
Bathroom electronics
Saturday, March 10th, 2007No, I haven’t seen any articles on this topic recently. But that is the point! The market for bathroom electronics has been largely left to the two extremes: cheap, waterproof things that hang in your shower, or much more costly, custom install jobs like putting a flat screen and DVD player right into your tub.
I’d [...]
Refrigerator screen please
Saturday, March 10th, 2007Heard from a customer the other day. (Disclosure: the “customer” is my dad.) He was in Best Buy admiring the LG refrigerator with a TV screen, except he thought the screen was too low for comfortable viewing in his kitchen. (Disclosure: it’s my mom’s kitchen, but he eats there frequently.)
So here was his question: can [...]
Countdown to digital tv
Friday, March 9th, 2007The website for the DTV transition coalition offers a running count in the first paragraph of the home page. Which is fun! Because the only thing moving on that page is the second-to-second countdown. (It might be lost if there were moving ads or images on the page.) As of today, we have 711 days [...]
Digital memories preserved
Friday, March 9th, 2007Yesterday, David Pogue of the Times offered a review of Sony’s DVDirect VRD-MC3. He likes it. And I was reading the review, remembering that I enjoy playing with these products more than reading about them. Perhaps for the same reason that I enjoy drinking wine more than reading about how it might feel to drink [...]
Where are the white gloves?
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Along the general recurring theme of HD here, I checked into Amazon and looked at their 1080p page. That’s the page where the newest 1080p display HDTVs are featured. And at the top of it, they tell us that “White Glove Delivery” is available for all of these products.
Here’s what happens: the delivery folks come [...]
HDTV on demand
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007TV Predictions reported yesterday that the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza of Los Angeles is offering HD on Demand. Wonderful! Now, can I get this at home please? Time Warner Cable of NYC, are you there?
A quick look at the Hyatt’s website suggests that they are not promoting this yet, on the web. Room amenities include [...]
Software manners
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007Firefox has been my default browser for a year or two. So why have the settings changed? And why was clicking on a link opening up the long-neglected Explorer? In the interest of the founding principles of our justice system, that it is better to let ten guilty people go free than to convict one [...]
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