Alas, it is finally no more. The MSN TV box, originally known as WebTV, is finally closing down forever on September 30, 2013. Of course, most folks thought it had shuttered years ago; the hardware hasn’t…
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Another exciting day on the CEDIA Expo show floor! Today we had the chance to visit a few of the more distant booths. For every behemoth like Crestron or AMX, there are ten little booths filled…
It wasn’t so much what they showed, it was what they said. Our friends at zBoost (formerly Wi-Ex) brought a lot of near-production-ready gear to the 2013 CEDIA Expo and all of it points in…
The DarbeeVision booth at CEDIA Expo wasn’t easy to find, but it was packed with new and interesting technologies. Darbee has been busy this year working on partnerships, and that means more devices with Darbee technology…
DISH didn’t miss the opportunity. With DIRECTV a no-show at this year’s CEDIA Expo, DISH jumped in with both feet. There were DISH graphics and banners everywhere, a giant stuffed Hopper and a costumed character Hopper,…
CEDIA Expo 2013 doesn’t compare in size or scale to its larger cousins IFA and CES but this trade show for home theater installers really stepped things up this year. Your blog team was on hand…
The new term is “cord-nevers.” It seems to stem from a series of articles over the past year in The Atlantic talking about the generation born after 1980 who may never get traditional pay-TV. They’re perfectly happy to make do…
This tutorial is available in PDF format! Click here to download! It’s not that hard, but you have to pay attention. Coaxial cables carry a lot more information than they used to. Rather than the 15-20 channels of…
It was a little over a year ago that Sony showed one of the first production-ready 4K TVs at CEDIA Expo. Just three months later 4K was everywhere at the Consumer Electronics Show. That was just eight months…
Thanks to ahaley for this suggestion. QAM. Most likely you think it’s either an unpronounceable random set of letters or an Australian airline. In both cases you would be wrong. It stands for Quadrature Amplitude Modulation….
This review is available in PDF format! Click here to download! Earlier this year, Winegard changed the rules of the preamp game with the LNA100 low noise amplifier. The LNA100 introduced several new features into the preamp world including…
As we inch closer to the end of Breaking Bad… there’s some argument as to what real “quality TV” is. Breaking Bad is arguably the best-produced, most meticulous show of the 2010s so far, but it’s not the only…
This document is available in PDF format! Click here to download! Solid Signal’s SATLOOKLITE meter is the best solution for a tailgater or enthusiast who wants an easy way to align a dish quickly. It’s packed with features,…
Seriously? Colored plastic and gold metal? Seriously, that’s what the world has been waiting for from an iPhone? When iOS 6 hit with a massive THUD last year you’d think that Apple would learn its lesson. Apparently not,…
Multipath occurs when there is a large barrier with several openings in it. The barrier might be either a series of building near the transmitter or a mountain range a short distance away. Multipath…