Recent Posts Tagged With 'television'

• The Switch to Digital TV - About Time!

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 06:42 in television, HDTV, motion picture

  It’s been a long wait.  We (us folks in America) are finally switching to an all digital TV broadcast, today!  The antiquated analog broadcast is finally starting its slow decent to oblivion. I’ve been anticipating this day for a long t...

• Rabbit Ears

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 02:07 in self, television, HDTV, motion picture, low-cost

  I’m trying to cut costs these days.  One of the way of doing this is to stop my satellite dish subscription.  Dish Network is currently billing me $60 a month for a 200-channel subscription with DVR service.  Sounds impressive, but out of 20...

• Building An HTPC

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 00:37 in Software, computer, hardware, geek, television, motion picture

  A few months ago, I took the step and started building an HTPC (Home Theater PC) to watch/record TV and access the internet.  For years, I used to do this on my desktop PC that was to a 19″ LCD monitor.   Now, I have the need to watch TV (an...

• 24 - Season 7

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 02:46 in series, television, 24, motion picture

  One of my favorite TV show “24″ is back.  It all started in 2002 when I caught up to Season 2 of the hard-hitting action/drama.  I was intrigued by the real-time, minute by minute, story telling.  It’s a very unique plot device.Â...

• Kids and Watching TV

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 03:44 in education, kids, parenting, fun, television, shows, motion picture

  A lot of parents object to kids watching TV.  They think TV corrupts and robs the family of quality time together.  Personally, I don’t think TV is the issue.  The problem is the lack of parental control and supervision.  Parents sometime u...

• The Middleman

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 09:00 in series, television, motion picture, the middleman

  While reading my RSS feeds, I saw a post by Reggy for Monday Madness meme - TV edition.  I originally thought about this meme as an idea for me to write something during my “blogger’s block” moment last week.  I had nothing else t...