Recent content by Bear

Huh? You do know that film stock, even "back in the day", has a much higher effective resolution than 1080p, right? Some of the old De Mille epics would actually be pretty cool in HD.

It sounds like you are talking about Ultra Wideband (UWB), and that technology is real, but very compute-intensive. Check out www.timedomain.com for more info. There is a single company with the patents on equivalent technology over wires, and it will be providing the great equalizer for...

LonghornXP - I am concerned that you are being fed mole-bait. This scenario will not work. Since D* does not have physical access to the card, it must get the data somehow. This requires: 1) Having users send cards in periodically (unreliable and expensive) 2) A broadband connection 3) A modem...

The retail units are heavily subsidized, according to the CSR script. The insult is when you buy used and they try to tack on an additional commitment. The fury happens when your HD Tivo gets replaced under warranty and they try to add on an additional commitment. THAT one got the CSR a few...

Funny, that! Now if oyu could divide your viewing into say, four chunks of equal times, of say 15 minutes each... ;)

$169.99 for me this morning.

Check the How-To over at the Yahoo group. However, it is the same as for "normal" D* Tivos: Select->Play->Select->3->0->Select There is a way to permanently enable it, but you have to go elsewhere to find out how.

I would offer him the option of a neutral rating (with accurate text) if he provides you a refund ASAP. Otherwise, let him have it on the feedback. The sad part is that he will leave you a ding in retaliation. You may want to consider feedback sniping, in any event.

Has anyone yet gone for a 4DTV test with one of these things, or are the satellites that drive 4DTV too close together for the mini-BUDs to discriminate the transponders?

AVS is around for a LOT more than satellite... (in fact, it's one of the least busy over there...). That being said, the reason why I like D* is the HD Tivo and all it's liberated glory (what can I say? I'm an archivist!). If it were not for the Tivo, I would probably have D* to get the...

Gents - let's be clear on this. The NFL puts the rights out for bid. It does not set the end-user price. When D* paid a record amount to have the US exclusive rights, we ALL should have expected price increases (and we got them). At this point, D* is merely testing the price elasticity of the HD...

D* most assuredly does not have Starz or Max in HD. If they were available, I would have them! One thing that Dish does have over D* is the bundle in its baseline Spanish-language programming! (check De Adultos!)

Not to be too pissy, but what exactly do you think FIOS TV will look like? Verizon's stated strategy is lots of VOD, and the 2wire STBs might as well have "Dell" or "HP" written on them for all that they are much different than a PC.

How's this: I would gladly pay $3/mo for InHD1 and InHD2, or I would freely guive up ESPN-HD!

Actually, the point is to the speed of current chips, not availability of materials. Also, the Olympics, et al., are shot in MPEG-2, and while still shots looked great, pans had all sorts of artifacts. Then there was the blur issues with Diving and Gymnastics where circular motion is involved...