Streaming local video to your Roku
On 2011/05/26
Roku boxes are great. They let you watch Internet video, pictures, and listen to Internet audio programs. Roku recently enabled playing content from a locally connected USB device. Roku boxes are easy to install, easy to use and are inexpensive.
One thing missing was the ability to play videos [...]
Interested in a video service like Netflix or HuluPlus? How about MLB.tv? Would you like to watch a movie from Amazon VOD (video on demand), the iTunes Store or YouTube videos on your television?
I [...]
The right set top box for you
On 2011/01/23
What’s the best set top box (STB) for you? It’s one that meets your needs and wants. It’s one you can afford, figure out how to install, how to use and provides you the content you want.
Selecting the right one(s) for you is best done by first deciding what services you want [...]
Are people cutting the cable TV cord?
On 2011/01/03
Frisch’s Third Law, “Technology changes, always.”
First corollary, “The rate of change is always increasing.“
Today I read two stories that downplayed the impact of cable TV deserters.
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/cord-cutters-non-impact-among-top-5-underreported-stories-2010/2011-01-03#comment-526 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110103/27544/?mod=ATD_rss
Like many things in tech, change starts slowly and then overnight the landscape shifts. This happened most recently with [...]
Thinking about cutting cable TV
On 2010/12/06
Cablevision supplies my television, Internet access, and telephone service. The total monthly bill is about $200. Internet and phone service are basic needs in my house, cable TV is not. So I am considering downgrading it to reduce my bill.
We pay for channels we do not watch and never will. My wife and I [...]
New York Times–Rabbit Ears Perk Up for Free HDTV
On 2010/12/06
This morning the New York Times ran a story Rabbit Ears Perk Up for Free HDTV about how people in NYC are cutting the cord to cable TV using indoor antennas. If only this was a choice here in Weston, CT. It is not.
A commenter on the story, Anon [...]
It’s a holiday season filled with TV boxes
On 2010/11/14
Cablevision recently surrendered to FOX/News Corp.’s demands for outrageous fees to rebroadcast NYC’s free over-the-air (OTA) channels 5 and 9. Cablevision subscribers lost doubly in this fight. Firstly, we will foot the bill. Cablevision is primarily a middleman here. Secondly, FOX’s success will embolden other content companies to also demand ever-increasing retransmission fees.
Stephen Fry reveals new BBC TV series
On 2010/07/20
Planet Word, a five-part series, will cover language – but it’s ‘a bit of a secret’, Fry tells 14-year-old interviewer
The glacial change from analog TV to all-digital is confusing and maddening for most people. We are whipsawed by a continuing flow of abrupt changes to our decades-old habits. All we want to do is watch television. Is that too much to ask for? Although these changes are announced long before the implementation dates, the [...]
Do you need a cable box from Cablevision?
On 2010/06/30
Beginning on June 15, 2010 many Cablevision customers were distressed to find they could no longer view TV stations on their televisions without a cable box. I have heard this from clients, friends and on several heated discussions on Facebook.
This is not true.
They now see the message below or something similar [...]
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