Recent content by Scotty

this is still going on. My tivo guide showed ER tonight starting at 9:59. When I try to get a season pass, it overlaps with my 9-10 recording of csi on cbs. So I have to do a manual repeating record every thursday from 10-11 on nbc with none of the benefits of a season pass. So NBC is still...

I got charged 62.94 for the final month of va va voom with 2 receivers. My usual charge was 110.13. this was for April 11 - 30. Two equipment charges were part of that: 6.33 and 3.33. I'm fine with it. Just glad to finally get closure. I've looked a 1/2 dozen times at moving over to...

ok, I know I'm getting in on the middle of a contentious subject, but don't shoot the noob... Will I need to get the superdish if I just want the basic sd package, the hd package, and the voom package? Will I need more than one dish? I've read that voom is still at 61.5, and the rest of the...

I"m not going to be able to get any hidef, but I am recording several things on my Tivo at the nearly highest quality setting, which looks about dvd quality to me. I've recorded Iron Monkey from the Kung Fu channel. I've recorded a few concerts from Rave. I've recorded some HD News. I've...

I'm going to refuse to pay anyone a huge monthly fee any more until we get an HD satelite service back equal or better than Voom. I'll live with OTA, and $10 limited basic cable until then.:no

900's! That's the DVR's channel range! :p Tell me you are beta testing the DVR! I'll beleive you, even if it is April 1st!

Here's a brief article about apple's entry into the blu-ray association. Blu-ray burners will soon be a staple on apple computers. Dell and HP are also members (before apple) so expect the drives there too. I think apple is positioning themselves towards prosumers and the new hd cameras, as...

So that's where those great bumpers come from on the HD exclusives! The kung fu and monster hd bumpers are great! Sorry if this was already posted, but here's a little blurb on topic: http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2005/01/apple_tv_no_app.html

It's quite possible that the "everybody should have just license their technology and been ass successful as Billy Boy" conventional wisdom may turn out to be short sighted. Billy's stock is down in the 20's while Apple's just split in the 80's (now doubles shares with prices in the 40's)...

Out of sync? I didn't say they introduced the camera at MacWorld in Jan, just that sony president was there touting it along with Jobs HD announcements. The news is that apple is embracing HD in a big way this year, not that sony has the best camera on the planet. And since when is...

Apple is making a big push for HD! The iMovie consumer movie editing software that comes with every mac and with the iLife suite software package for older macs, can now edit movies in HD! At the recent MacWorld convention last January, apple had Sony president on stage touting their prosumer...

The projects that people are trying to work around the Mac Mini are many and wonderful! Check these sites: http://centerstageproject.com/ http://www.macvroom.com/ and check this site, and don't miss the Our Friends links on the left for even more sites: http://www.123macmini.com/ Apple...

Sci Fi Channel may be bad but there are variations on all channels. iTunes (of iPod fame) has this neat feature where it will normalize the volume of all songs in the library so they all sound the same loudness at the same volume setting. Can't they do that with sound on video channels as...

almost all my channels call letters on sub 1 have changed to d1 suffix. 22 went to d1 and d2 instead of hd and sd, 53 still calls hd and sd but changed slightly to hd1 and -sd. I see the new guide info on 22-2 as well. Is that the stations, or a the voom box doing that?

The no answer is not quite accurate. One of the most impressive things a tivo box does is seamlesslessly combine two sources of channels (like cable and voom, or an ota antenna and voom). When you flip channles with the tivo, it seamlessly goes from the last channel on the cable or ant, to...