With only nine shopping days until Christmas, the set makers have pulled out all the stops. Final pre-holiday dealer incentives on 3D HDTVs are driving prices down on their top models. You say you’re really aren’t very interested in a 3D TV.  You should be. Even if you don’t intend to watch a single program [...]

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Tonight, at 1159:59 PM over 400 of the 1796 U.S. television stations will permanently shut off their analog signals.  If you currently receive broadcast television from a cable or a satellite TV provider, your reception will not be affected.  However, if you are among the 5.8 million households (source Nielsen) that receive broadcast TV signals [...]

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Verizon will significantly grow its national high definition channel line-up next month, increasing its regional and national HD network count from 23 to 44. The new channels include: TBS HD, Lifetime HD, Animal Planet HD, Science Channel HD, TLC HD, Bravo HD, Smithsonian Channel HD, History Channel HD, Sci-Fi Channel HD, CNN HD, CNBC+ HD [...]

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The HD Guruâ„¢ has been warning readers since November 2006 about false claims made regarding the superior HDTV performance of expensive name brand HDMI cables when compared to a cheap ones. Canada’s public television network, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) has extensively tested a brand name, very expensive HDMI cable against less costly ones and [...]

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Cablelabs and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have locked horns over the HD Guru’s CableCARD article “How The Cable Industry Plans to Cheat 10+ Million HDTV Owners-an HD GURUâ„¢ Investigative Report”. Cablelabs disputes the HD Guru’s findings with comments that include “Your article above has a few errors”….and “…CE companies chose to implement receivers that [...]

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