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The HD DVD Strikes Back

HD-DVD strikes back from the post Warner Blu-Ray Exclusive announcement with discounts starting with the HD-A3 MSRP that has dropped to $149.99.  This is the entry level HD-DVD box, it will not do 1080p but for $150 it is not a bad price.  Amazon is also running an up to 50 % sale on their [...]

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DirecTV Introduces TV tuner for your PC

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 have [...]

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27 inch OLED TV at CES

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. Watch

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FCC DTV Coupon Sign Now Available

The analog television cut off is fast approaching so the FCC is letting everyone sign up to get $40 coupon to help pay for a DTV OTA converter box. The coupons will ship in February. You can go to https://www.dtv2009.gov/ to sign up. The boxes that you can use these coupons on are not even [...]

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Seniors Maybe Left Out of the Digital Transition

 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/

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Harkins OKC Now with a DLP Theater

I went to Harkins Theater tonight in Bricktown to catch Live Free or Die Hard. When I went purchase the tickets I noticed there was a “DLP-Transformers” entry on the kiosk. I went and checked out theater number 9 and it had DLP-Transformers in the sign above the door. I have to go check this [...]

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HD Fireworks for the 4th

For all the couch potatoes, there will be 2 Fourth of July Specials with HD fireworks Wednesday night. Macy’s 4th Of July Fireworks Spectacular 2007 from New York City is on NBC and PBS to broadcasting from Washington D.C. a July 4th fireworks special in high-def, A Capitol Fourth.

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AV Installers in Norman?

Skay McCall wrote: This isn’t really an HD question but I thought you guys might be able to help me. I have a sports bar in Norman as well as another restaurant. For the past 6 otr 7 years I had used Shawn Mitchell for all of my audio/video installations and fixing problems. With his [...]

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Dallas Station WFAA-DT Offers Local News in HD

Bobarino supplied the following: WFAA in Dallas now broadcasting local news in HD… Comment: Since Dallas is a top 5 market, that means Oklahoma City should get its first HD local news sometime in 2015.

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DLP Theater in Shawnee

I check DLP.com every once and while to see if we are ever going to get a DLP theater in the OKC metro area. The closest theater with a DLP projector is in Plano until now. I am not sure when this opened but from looking at the web site it looks like they have 5 [...]

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DirecTV Rollsout 6.3 Software for the HD Tivo Boxes

It is finally here. The 6.3 software rollout has begun. I am not sure when Oklahoma users will get the update but I am sure it is soon. Your boxes needs to connected to a phone line for the new software to be activated and installed.

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Tivo Releases HD Series 3 Box

TiVo Debuts Revolutionary Series3 High Definition Digital Media Recorder The TiVo Series3 HD Box is the World’s first THX Certified DVR and Delivers the Best Home Theater Experience with Advanced Broadband Features and Two CableCARD Slots for Digital Cable Integration Alviso, CA — September 12, 2006 — TiVo Inc., the creator of and a leader [...]

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Cotton Bowl Gets HDTV Scoreboard

The State Fair of Texas has chosen Daktronics to build a new HD LED powered video display for the Cotton Bowl. This part of the $50 renovation plan for the stadium. When completed, the new ProStar(R) video board will match the 720p HD standard, with 720 lines of resolution, each line populated with 1,280 full-color [...]

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HD Olympics Engineering Blog

An engineer working at the Torino Winter Olympics has a blog giving us a behind the scenes look at the HD side of the broadcast. http://hdolympics.blogspot.com/

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Senate Committee Sets April 7, 2009 as TV’s Digital Transition Date

Senate Commerce Committee Approves the Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by a vote 19-3 the Committee’s Reconciliation Bill submission called the Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005.

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