Cable Industry’s Plans to Cheat HDTV Owners Part II : Cable and Consumer Electronics Industries Debate the Issue
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 Reportâ€Â. Cablelabs disputes the HD Guru’s findings with comments that include “Your article above has…
How The Cable Industry Plans to Cheat 10+ Million HDTV Owners-an HD GURUâ„¢ Investigative Report
April 15, 2008 In 1996 Congress passed the Telecommunications Act, which included a provision requiring cable companies to move cable security (descrambling) to external devices. The purpose was to break the cablebox duopoly and to open up a competitive market for cableboxes, as well as…
The Madness Continues: Part II- 2008 Mitsubishi & Panasonic
Mitsubishi LaserVue TV (center) Sharp LCD (left) Pioneer Plasma (right) Mitsubishi revealed to a small gathering of industry press its 2008 model line which includes new LCD model series, new DLP rear projectors and the first production Laser TV. Laser HDTV LaserVue is the official…
March Madness: Purchase A Closeout 2007 Or A 2008 HDTV?
It is springtime, also known in the HDTV industry as model change time. With it comes the annual question, should you purchase a closeout of the previous years model at a great price or pony up for the “just released†new model? In previous years…
How To View Superbowl XLII In HDTV
If you just purchased a new display to see the Superbowl in glorious HDTV here are some useful tips to enjoy the best viewing experience. There are three possible ways to see the game in High Definition Cable (including phone companies such as ATT and…
Warner Goes To Blu-ray Only Release Schedule-Dropping HD DVD Support
Update- HD DVD Cancels CES Event-see below Warner story (in bold) In a startling development, two nights before the HD DVD press conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Warner Bros. announced all its high definition future HD titles would only be in the Blu-ray…
What Will 2008 Bring to HDTV?
2007 saw HDTV prices continue to drop (around 25-30 percent), greatly improved plasma and LCD flat panel image quality and the additional of more HD channels by both cable and satellite providers. It was a heck of a good year for HDTV! On the downside,…
The HD Guru’s Top HDTVs
Here are the HD Guru’s recommended High Definition Televisions, as seen in the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers in an article by Kevin Hunt. Under 32 Inches (LCD) Toshiba 26HL47 ($750): Properly processes 1080i signals  most under-30-inch sets don’t. Panasonic TC26LX70 ($750): Wide-angle viewing,…
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