Ever wonder what would happen if geeky trade journalists made the jump from print to video production? Wonder no more. CableFAX editors Mike Grebb and Seth Arenstein have put up their own YouTube pilot video, Faxassins. Presumably created on a lark, the video follows Mike and Seth through shootouts, a mock sex scene (safe for … Read more
While the presidential electorate has just started to dabble in Internet voting, gadget lovers have been empowered at Time.com: You’ve seen TIME’s picks for the top 10 gadgets of 2008. Now we’d like to know your choice for the best gadget of the year. There’s several innovative gadget contenders to choose from. And, when identifying … Read more
Although Sprint’s Xohm WiMax 4G service hasn’t officially launched in the DC metro area, the antennas are up and open for business.
The folks over at CNET caught New York’s two-minute analog-shut-off test on video yesterday. Side by side it shows one digital television broadcast behaving as normal, while an analog source displays color bars and a text crawl advising viewers of the upcoming DTV transition. I strongly support reminders of our impending D-Day, but I’m not … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Vista Media Center Update Breaks CableCARD Recording: Brent Evans Geek Tonic What We’re Learning from HD Consumers: Connected Home 2 Go XBox 360 Teases MSNBC iVoD in Canada: The Daleisphere “The Debate” on LTE: Connected Home 2 Go New Remote Management Software for IP Set-Tops: … Read more
In case you haven’t tired of political advertising rhetoric, now you can catch up on campaign commercials of yesteryear. The Living Room Candidate offers an archive of presidential political TV ads from 1952 to the present. Want a refresher on Perot’s platform in 1992? Curious about the evolution of negative campaigning? Still waiting to see … Read more
Leaving comments across the blogosphere… Bad Economy Hitting HDTV Sales? Yah, I think the DTV transition should keep HDTV sales moving along. Though perhaps at a slower pace. The government isn’t doing the shut off though, they’ve mandated that broadcasters stop broadcasting over-the-air on those frequencies (which they’ve licensed). Given the early NC experiment, I … Read more
The first Tru2way cable services and retail devices are now available, allowing consumers to dump their cable boxes.