Archive for the “Equipment” Category
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on July 26th, 2008
Well here it comes the first wave of probably many articles coming out about people having negative experiences with DTV tuners. I bought one of these to $49 DTV tuners at Walmart we will see how it stacks up.
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Read: Rocky Road for DTV Tuners »
Categorized as: DTV Switchover, Equipment | 5 Comments »
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on June 20th, 2008
I was at Wal-Mart in Moore the other night and I saw this $300 Magnavox profile 1.1 Blu-Ray player. I like the idea of cheaper Blu-Ray players coming out to help drive down prices and push the format to consumers but why not just get a PS3 for $100 more.
Read: Magnavox Blu-Ray Player at Wal-Mart »
Categorized as: Blu-Ray, Commentary, Equipment, Sightings | 8 Comments »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on June 17th, 2008
The end is near. Today, I received a phone call from Dish Network saying that my Dish 811 receiver would have to be replaced or I would stop receiving HD programming. Online research shows that I probably have until sometime in August before I have to make the switch.
Read: Dish replacing legacy MPEG-2 receivers with newer MPEG-4 models »
Categorized as: Equipment, Satellite | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on May 21st, 2008
David Moran writes:
I live in Norman and am interested in DXing. If I buy a DTV converter box, how likely is it that I would be able to pull in KTEN and/or KXII? Thanks.
Read: DXing »
Categorized as: Equipment, Oklahoma City | 7 Comments »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on May 2nd, 2008
Marylyn West writes:
Why is it that when I installed my new converter box, I was unable to get channels within Oklahoma? All the channels I receive are from Arkansas, which limits me on the amount of news I receive. I am only receiving Arkansas news and in Oklahoma’s unpredictable weather that is not [...]
Read: Oklahoma Channels in Arkansas? »
Categorized as: DTV Switchover, Equipment, Eufaula, Tulsa | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on April 24th, 2008
Florence writes:
I need to know how to get the $40.00 from the gov’t. for the DTV converter box. I will need (2) two converter boxes.
Please advise me where I must go to get the certificate mentioned on T.V.
Thanks for any help you can give me
Florence Harris
This has come up a few times…
www.dtv2009.gov
That site should [...]
Read: DTV Coupons »
Categorized as: DTV Switchover, Equipment | No Comments »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on April 10th, 2008
Bruce writes:
When broadcast changes to HD will local programing be in wide screen or will it remain in 4:3 format? I have a wide screen TV and it would be nice to have everything in wide screen…
Read: 16×9 Next Year? »
Categorized as: Equipment, Production, Programming | 12 Comments »
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on January 8th, 2008
I don’t know if this new product from DirecTV will do HD but the HDPC-20 is a dual satellite tuner box that connects to you computer via USB so you can record and watch programming with Vista Media Center. Yes Dennis I did say Vista. I am kinda of surprised it did not also [...]
Read: DirecTV Introduces TV tuner for your PC »
Categorized as: Equipment, Satellite, Sightings | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on January 8th, 2008
Check this video from CES, a 27 inch OLED prototype TV from Sony. It is the width of 3 credit cards and has 1,000, 000:1 contrast ratio.
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Read: 27 inch OLED TV at CES »
Categorized as: Equipment, Sightings | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on January 4th, 2008
I have been seeing constant rumors on the Internet for months that Warner will go Blu-Ray exclusive at some point. Today there has been an announcement that Warner will continue to publish titles in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD until May 2008 then the will only publish their title with Blu-Ray from then on. This will definitely [...]
Read: Warner Goes BluRay Exclusive »
Categorized as: Blu-Ray, Equipment, HD-DVD | 5 Comments »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on November 6th, 2007
David Moran writes:
I am looking at buying an HDTV in the near future (around 32 inches) and am looking to spend at most $700 or so. Is this feasible?
Read: 32-inch HDTVs below $700 »
Categorized as: Equipment, Retail | 8 Comments »
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on September 24th, 2007
The Oklahoman had an article today about the how the elderly maybe left out of the digital transition. There are lots of senior citizens that could be left out because many of them do not know the transition is taking place.
http://newsok.com/article/3132776/
Read: Seniors Maybe Left Out of the Digital Transition »
Categorized as: Equipment, Opinion, Sightings | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on April 11th, 2007
David writes:
I recently bought a new TV. I don’t think it’s high def, however, in the manual, it talks about connecting HD components. This makes me wonder if I can in fact, if I wanted to, get HD service through Cox. I found the manual and the specifications online.
Read: HD or Not HD? »
Categorized as: Equipment, Programming | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on January 27th, 2007
JV:
I have a very recent model Mitsubishi DLP TV plugging in to a Sony home theater receiver. Using the OTA tuner with 90% or better signal strength on all channels, I get sound dropouts on KOCO when using the coaxial digital output for sound. No other channel has this issue exhibits this problem. The picture [...]
Read: Mitsubishi TV Sony Receiver Problem »
Categorized as: Equipment, Programming | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on January 22nd, 2007
Jayson Floyd writes:
I recently purchased a hdtv antenna in order to pick up over the air high def. I live in north Yukon and I don’t seem to be picking up any stations. The antenna that I purchased has a range of 30 miles. Are there any HD towers within a 30 mile radius of [...]
Read: Picking Up Signals in Yukon »
Categorized as: Equipment, Oklahoma City | 4 Comments »
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