I’m always scouring DirecTV’s programming guide for TV shows with gadget content. Lately pickings have been slim with my only weekly fix being ABC’s Shark Tank. That’s why I’m really excited to find out that the uber popular gadget news site Gizmodo will be premiering “Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers,” on Monday, March 18th, 2013 at [...]
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I don’t know about you guys, but this Fall’s new TV show line up has not impressed me at all. I’ve tried a few new shows like Arrow, Elementary, Revolution, Chicago Fire and The New Normal. But so far the only one that I’m going to add to my DVR is The New Normal. I [...]
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I’ve been a DirecTV customer for well over 15 years or longer. I can’t remember not having a satellite dish, so it’s been a long time. My 2yr old DVR allows for 2 shows to be recorded while playing back a previously recorded show. With all the new Fall TV shows, I sometimes have conflicts [...]
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Although I’ve tried and / or reviewed universal remote controls in the past, I have yet to actually adopt one for my own home theater setup. I think the time has come though and the new Harmony Touch remote from Logitech might be the one to do it for me. The Harmony Touch features a [...]
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Damn you Viggle! I recently cut way back on the TV shows that I follow and now I learn about a free app called Viggle, that will let me earn points that I can trade for gift cards, movie tickets and even laptops, just for watching TV. I’m doomed… The Viggle iOS or Android app works [...]
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TV
I have looked for a solution for a long time to connect my laptops to my various TVs. I have avoided buying converter boxes because I simply didn’t want the hassle of buying yet another device to go in my entertainment center and then have to fish the cables out when I wanted to move [...]
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Once you have a home theater setup your mind starts to wander to the myriad of remote controls that you are now the proud owner-operator of. You start to wonder how you are going to help your partner in life, your children, and your parents operate your shiny new entertainment system. With remotes for your [...]
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This post brought to you by Untitled Jersey City Project. All opinions are 100% mine. Is it just me, or do most of the television shows these days seem to follow a cookie cutter plot of whatever happens to be the current fad? That’s why we have several Witch, Vampire and other creepy dramas on [...]
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I used to think my cable box offered all the programming I needed. As cable prices keep rising, I’ve come to the conclusion that those multi-media boxes and an $8/month subscription to Netflix are a better deal. While I haven’t gotten rid of cable yet, I have pared down some of the programming from Time [...]
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The jury is still out on the verdict regarding the usage of 3D TV’s at home. In the meantime, Sony has showed additional usage for the capability of showing a different image to each eye — Dual-View. Dual-View enables two players to watch one screen, but to view two different images (instead of the split [...]
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Car,
TV
A good friend of mine needed a universal remote with RF to control his new media room. All of his A/V equipment is behind his couch in the back of the room. He needed the remote for a few months and looked to me for a good tech-solution and a good deal as well. I [...]
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Although I’m not a big sports fan, I live in Indiana and am surrounded by basketball fanatics. With March Madness getting underway, the people at PC Tools are releasing details from an interesting survey that they recently conducted. Would it surprise you to learn that the number one place where people check the scores of [...]
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Remember Lynda Carter in the 1970′s television series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (1975–79)??? She and Lindsay Wagner, as the Bionic Woman, were every school boy’s dream back in the seventies. Well, like the Bionic Woman, NBC has just announced they will be remaking Wonder Woman (at least the pilot) for this Fall (seems [...]
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For over 5 months last year, I used my iMac as my TV while my basement was being remodeled. During that time, I was able to keep up on all my favorite shows using Hulu and ‘other methods’. Although I did miss not having live TV, it wasn’t that bad and I really didn’t miss [...]
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Video
One of the common challenges in the living room is to find the remote control. What if we could use our hands to control the TV, then we would always have a remote control in hand. This is the technology that PrimeSense is trying to drive. We know PrimeSense as the technology behind Xbox Kinect. [...]
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TV
I was almost ready to dismiss this stick on light as a lame product, until I thought about all the times that I squint to see the buttons on my TV remote controls. Hmmmm… it might look a bit dorky, but it could actually come in handy. The Pop-up Microlite is a nickel sized stick [...]
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Spotlight Gadgets,
TV
The new iGUGU Gamecore controller offers PC and Mac gamers a compact wireless motion sensing controller that incorporates a trackball, direction pad, joystick, programmable action buttons, and full QWERTY keyboard. It also comes with a transciever that will allow you to connect your PC or Mac to your HD TV for a big screen gaming [...]
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Video Game
Are you trying to decide which hardware option is best for you for adding internet capability to your TV? Do you go with the new Apple TV or Google TV? What about the Popcorn Hour or Seagate FreeAgent TV HD Media Player? All of these solutions have their good and bad points, but all of [...]
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Spotlight Gadgets,
TV
I’m always on the look out for new TV shows that feature gadgets and technology and of course, I like to share what I find with all of you. So make sure you set your DVRs for tonight (10/22/10) at 10pm ET for the Dean of Invention show on the Planet Green channel. The host [...]
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Sony has just announced a remote control for kids. The RM-KZ1 is splash proof and features locked down battery and programming compartments. It allows parents to control channel availability by programming up to seven “favorites” buttons. It also has a “volume limiting” feature that does not allow volume to be changed +/- 3 steps within [...]
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TV