Category: Television

Op Em: Do Vampires Really Represent Everything that is Wrong with America?

Op Em: Do Vampires Really Represent Everything that is Wrong with America?

The topic came up with a friend as of late as I gushed platelets over the True Blood premiere. His response: Vampires represent everything that is wrong with America. Ouch. Really? Sookie? Edward? Surely not Edward.

Flexible OLED Is the Future of Scroll Out Screens

Flexible OLED Is the Future of Scroll Out Screens

At only 80 um-thick, Sony’s flexible OLED which measures 4.1 inches and is 432X240 rez, is looking pretty futuristic to me.

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Things Apple Should Tell You – The VGA Connector Only Kind of Works.

Things Apple Should Tell You – The VGA Connector Only Kind of Works.

I have had my iPad for about six weeks now and I have to say that for the most part I love it. The screen is amazing, the apps are great and it is extremely convenient for taking to meetings. Here is my one hang up.  The accessories are less than stellar.  While I think [...]

WWE’s ‘Smackdown’ Gives Syfy Brand a Piledriver

WWE’s ‘Smackdown’ Gives Syfy Brand a Piledriver

Okay – looks like I’m the last kid on the block to get the news. I read today at  The Hollywood Reporter that Syfy is stepping into the ring of prime time wrastlin’. You heard right. The brand once known as the Sci Fi Channel that built a following by airing cult classics like Rod [...]

Tim Gunn Is An Evil Criminal Mastermind

Tim Gunn Is An Evil Criminal Mastermind

Most superhero outfits suck. Some rock. Like Alex Ross’ fantastic watercolor versions of Superman in rich blue with the big red-on-black shield.

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Lindsay Lohan Meet Social Media

There is a big difference between a milkaholic and a delusional alcoholic, right? Some attorneys do not seem to agree, and decided to take on E*Trade for $100,000,000 (yes, one hundred million dollars).

3-D TV Coming To Your Home. Or Not.

3-D TV Coming To Your Home. Or Not.

After seeing Avatar my husband predicted that 3-D televisions would be the wave of the future. He is usually pretty accurate with these predications as his job requires him to be, I however, said no way. Because I didn’t actually believe people would sit in their living rooms with the required 3-D glasses to watch [...]

The Daily Show And Colbert To Be Pulled From Hulu

The Daily Show And Colbert To Be Pulled From Hulu

In what can only be a bad thing for online video service Hulu and just overall crappy news as Viacom has announced they will pull The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from Hulu in the next week and stream only stream them on the shows websites as well as the Comedy Central site. Obviously [...]

FCC Plans Auction Off TV Spectrum for Mobile

FCC Plans Auction Off TV Spectrum for Mobile

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday outlined an ambitious plan for U.S. mobile broadband; an effort that includes allocating broadcast spectrum for mobile use and other badassness.

Actress To Palin: Stop Using Down Syndrome As A Prop

Actress To Palin: Stop Using Down Syndrome As A Prop

Actress Andrea Fay Friedman who has portrayed numerous characters with Down Syndrome (and herself has Down Syndrome) weighs in on Sarah Palin’s alleged outrage over the word “retard”.

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Panasonic Announces 3DTV strategy

Attention early-adopter. Panasonic has announced their 3DTV strategy beginning with the introduction two upmarket plasma 3D HDTVs.

Watching TV Without Cable: Transcoding

Watching TV Without Cable: Transcoding

A primer on .mkv format and the best programs for converting .mkv to formats recognized by the XBox 360, the Sony PlayStation 3, and other media players

Guy Cries During Super Bowl Ad, Woman Rolls Eyes

Guy Cries During Super Bowl Ad, Woman Rolls Eyes

Sunday February 7, 2010 Bill Braun of Denver, Colorado admits to tearing up on Sunday during one of the Super Bowl commercials. His girlfriend, Cassie Snow responds by calling him a whiny little bitch. “He always does this,” she says, ripping at a buffalo wing. “Every little thing and he’s grabbing a tissue. All I wanna do is [...]

Rupert Murdouche?

What Rupert Murdoch Still Doesn’t Get About the Internet

In today’s mobile web, you need to be nimble and keep innovation a top priority. Rupert Murdoch just doesn’t get it.

Torrents: Eliminating Cable (Part 2 of Watching TV Without Cable Series)

Torrents: Eliminating Cable (Part 2 of Watching TV Without Cable Series)

Is the best way to get a new viewer to give away your content for free? In this second part, I discuss the possible advantages of torrenting – both for the consumer and for the content creator.

Nvidia is Coming, Guns a Blazin’ – Fermi GPUs Almost Here

Nvidia is Coming, Guns a Blazin’ – Fermi GPUs Almost Here

As read on Twitter.   “Fun Fact of the Week: GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 will be the names of the first two GPUs shipped based on our new GF100 chip!” If you want to know more about the Fermi based Nvidia GPU cards coming out.  Gizmodo has a decent post.

3D HDTV No Glasses!!!!

3D HDTV No Glasses!!!!

After Gizmodo put up an article about how all 3D HDTV’s suck except for Panasonic VT25 series and the LG 60″ plasmas, we now have a new contender.

Watching TV Without Cable: Netflix

Watching TV Without Cable: Netflix

In this first part in a series on how to replicate a cable subscription with a variety of other services, I evaluate Netflix including the difference between wired and wireless and on the PS3 and on the XBox 360.