Archive for September, 2006

New House - New Antenna

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

So being the self-proclaimed, bleeding edge prosumer that I am, it came as a shock to my wife and subsequently some of our friends, that our new home in Connecticut would not have an HD dish w/PVR. And while yes, the local cable provider does in fact offer HD receivers, we’ve decided against that […]

A little group for Video iPod Geeks

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

I started a yahoo group today for people with video ipods and the knowledge to rip mp3’s/mp4’s and burn DVDs. If it works like it should, each month you would receive two DVD’s chock full of stuff to keep your ipod fat & happy.
You’re the first to know - check it out and join […]

Stand for Something

Monday, September 18th, 2006

If you were “alive and kicking” during the 80’s you likely remember the various “save the seals” campaigns. Anyone with more than a few brain cells left will recall the video footage of idiots with clubs crushing the skulls of harp seals in order to profit from their pelts. One reason we don’t […]

A lost cause for high def discs?

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

About six months back I began to really cut back on my consumption of DVDs - especially new ones. My expectation was that by now, both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD would be going at it, head-to-head in the aisles of your local electronics store. If you’ve visited a local electronics retailer lately you’ll notice […]