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DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project

DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner projectWow, that sucksAs an avid Media center user/enthusiast this comes as a big blow for the platform. Personally it doesn't affect me as I live in Canada and don't get Direct TV. However, as heavy user and big fan of the Media...

Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, TV & Home Theater, OTA HD, Media Center PC, DirecTV, OCUR, Media Center tuner

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

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EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable?

AppleTV only called a hobby after its dismal failureTo be sure, Apple did [b]not[/b] call AppleTV a "hobby" when they released it. It was only after they released the dismal sales figures for this piece of garbage that they "apologized" by calling it a hobby.You know what Apple should do...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Web, TV, Apple Inc., cable, Apple TV

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

SEG Clip USB TV tuner: Watch digital TV on your iPhone, if you live in Japan

1SEG Digital TVI think it will be quite a while before we can get this in the US. Japan digital TV is a 13 segment signal. The 13th is just for mobile devices. The full HD if recorded or broadcast in HD are on the other 12 segments (you need...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Engineering, Apple iPhone, digital television, TV, tuner, battery, phone

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

A USB HD TV tuner debuts for PC and Mac

A USB HD TV tuner debuts for PC and MacHD?320 X 240 sounds below NTSC for me.I'm wondering why did they cripple the recording.The mortal sin for this device is the lack of community support on Linux.Haha, my thoughts exactly![i]320 X 240 sounds below NTSC for me.[/i]So far, the best...

Tags: UNIX, USB HD TV tuner, X 240, NTSC, Linux, USB, Apple Macintosh, PC

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

Dish Network Q4 profit rises, subscribers fall

Dish Network Q4 profit rises, subscribers fallFather works for the local cable company, says he has never seen so many..returned boxes. Ontop of upgrade failures, he said the cancelation rate is soaring. If they arent going to DirectTV, people maybe actually doing the responsible thing whey they get...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Dish Network, Dish Network Q4

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

How Mozilla can save Windows Mobile

How Mozilla can save Windows MobileYou are not making much senseYou are not making much sense. Smartphones are by their nature extensible, and Windows Mobile phones more than most. Your phone is only as durable as your desire or lack of it to upgrade - OEM's, who actually make...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, Fennec, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Report: Nearly half of HDTV owners don

Report: Nearly half of HDTV owners doncost is main factor.Most of the points are correct. I want to watch one sports channel in Toronto Canada but subscription is 8.95/- per month. This is above the cost of packages ranging from 65-95 per month. Its better to watch Superbowl on OTA...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, HDTV, HDTV owner, cable

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?

DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?Yes I have ....... Have you used a TiVo??I doubt since you actually think that MC has a better interface.TiVo is not perfect, but I had more problems getting MC to do what I actually want/need it to do that I ever...

Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Blu-ray, OEM-version, TiVo Inc., DirecTV, Media Center PC, SDV Tuning Adapter Support, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-11-08

News to know: Windows 7; OpenOffice flaws; Cybercrime; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: You've got Windows 7 questions, I've got answers Sam Diaz: Real vows fight for RealDVD, adjusts outlook Ryan Naraine: Code execution flaws...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, LinkedIn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Linux, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Government

Blog posts 2008-10-30

Windows Media Center meets cable TV in HD

Windows Media Center meets cable TV in HDBitrate numbers?Can you post the bitrate/codec that the recorded HD shows playback at? The data-rate would be an important factor for some of us as lower bitrates = less quality.ThanksVideo bit rateThis is DVR-MS format, which uses Windows Media codecs. A typical...

Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cable, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows, Right Now IT, Media Center PC, CableCard, HD-DVR, Windows Media, Microsoft Windows Media Center, cable television

Discussion threads 2008-04-04

One+year+till+death+of+analog+TV+in+USA

One+year+till+death+of+analog+TV+in+USASo when I decide to get Cable again...I will have to get all of these items, or get a new TV. Perhaps my television set will die before then.Waste of taxpayer dollarsI predict 40% of these coupons will be used by Frys geeks to see how the converter works...

Tags: Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Broadband Internet, Best Bet, OTA, cable

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

Comcast CEO kinda, sorta gets there are "horrific" customer service problems

Comcast CEO kinda, sorta gets there are "horrific" customer service problemsHe doesnt get it...He is just adding a bigger band-aid with adding more call support staff. You need to step back and look at those 250 million calls and sort out the 10-100 reasons and work on resolving the...

Tags: Comcast Corp., cable, sorta, customer service, service call, cable industry

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

Watching TV on the laptop--and on the cheap

Watching TV on the laptop--and on the cheap[b]a show about meerkats is probably the best TV on the Internet[/b]You should also check out Survivorman and Man vs Wild. They're no Meerkat Manor, but they both beat anything on broadcast TV hands down.FreetubeA good site he missed is Freetube atwww.freetube.110mb.comFreetube...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Notebooks, Watching TV, TV, laptop computer, Freetube

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Poll: Where do you stand on digital media ethics?

Poll: Where do you stand on digital media ethics?ethical stanceI find the result of the poll quite strange, answer being to my view non coherent.There a different ethical approach tocopying other's IP, but they can be described I think preetty well with few basic archetips:- Strict contractual view : When...

Tags: Business ethics, digital media ethic, ethics, digital media, CD-I, CD, music

Discussion threads 2007-10-09

Report: DVD format war to run another 18 months

Report: DVD format war to run another 18 monthsPricingI don't know where they got these figures, but you can buy an HD-DVD player now for under $200, not the $400 listed. I expect that by the holiday buying season, HD-DVD will be down to $150 for a basic player....

Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, DVD, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Could AMD move open desktop Linux market?

Could AMD move open desktop Linux market?"... programmers working for fun instead of food."Yes, that's what's necessary to advance Linux. I agree with you completely.Over time, I suspect that programmers with sufficient food and perhaps less fun will believe themselves better off than programmers who have had no food...

Tags: Games, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, game, Linux, desktop, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., desktop Linux, entertainment

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

WatchHDTV 1.960 (Windows)

WatchHDTV is a free program to watch, timeshift, and record OTA HDTV with any Windows XP compatible HDTV Tuner card. WatchHDTV is the main program for viewing and recording HDTV. WatchHDTV Play is a file player to play any recordings made by WatchHDTV. WatchHDTV Scheduler is the scheduler and silent...

Tags: Channel, HDTV, WatchHDTV, WatchHDTV Play, WatchHDTV Scheduler, CPU Usage, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-08-19

White-space spectrum debate rages

White-space spectrum debate ragesI would side with the broadcastersLet them get the switch to digital completed and then look at reallocation of the white space.I feel broadcasters are right...They paid to use a frequency segment under certain conditions including the availability of the white space to avoid interference, then others...

Tags: Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, NOAA Weather Radio, Mhz, spectrum

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

New TiVo HD is full of surprises

A few days earlier than predicted, TiVo HD boxes went on sale today at tivo.com. The new DVR features a totally redesigned motherboard and support for the MCard standard so you don't have to rent two CableCards from your cable company.Ok, so you don't get the fancy glowing remote, but...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-07-24