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12 August 2010 4 Comments

A Good HDTV Shows You Everything

If you purchased a gallon of gas and it measured 5% short, would you still call it a gallon? When it comes to viewing high definition (HD) video on a high definition television (HDTV), many HDTVs have a nasty habit of hiding (destroying) visual information along the border of the video image reducing the detail [...]

27 April 2010 19 Comments

Project: Building a Home Theater PC

The Internet is an unlimited source of personal entertainment, and a fast growing portion of this online content includes popular television shows, radio stations, and feature films.  The personal computer (PC) is an ideal platform for accessing online multimedia as its compatibility with the wide variety of content streaming technologies and downloaded file types is [...]

22 April 2010 3 Comments

$800 HDTV Recommendations

Recently an HD Nation viewer asked for HDTV recommendations in the USD $800 range that would be suitable for console gaming – this person’s nephew was apparently hogging the household’s primary TV with their extended gaming sessions and it was time for a second set. After researching the 2010 lineup, I ended up with a [...]

13 February 2010 0 Comments

Update: The Great TiVo Reset

It has been more than a week since I performed the “Clearing and deleting everything.” function on my Series3 TiVo, and I’m happy to report that the S3 has since performed perfectly:  wireless file transfers complete with consistent throughput, Netflix HD streams are received in full quality, and overall system response has greatly improved.  One [...]

4 February 2010 4 Comments

A Fresh Start for My HD TiVo

For more than two years, my TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder has faithfully captured my every televised whim.  About a year ago, I upgraded the Series3′s 250GB hard drive to a relatively spacious 1TB model (thank you MFSLive!) and in no time my Season Pass list expanded to 50-some items – at any given [...]

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