A little over a month ago, I made a purchase that was almost as exciting as when I picked up my HDTV TiVo series 3. After seeing Wired magazine call the Canon HV10 High Definition camcorder the best consumer high def camcorder on the market, I decided to take the plunge and splurge on an [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2006 by Davis
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naturevstech taken by dantetrifone Hosted on Zooomr Console launches have always had their glitches. When Microsoft first launched the Xbox 360 they had all kinds of complaints about their boxes crashing after gamers desperately played them nearly non-stop in the first few weeks of the release. At the time, Microsoft said that this was a [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: Microsoft, TV, Technology, Video Games | 3 Comments »
Atlanta’s Newest Release taken by the Spacey Gracey Review Hosted on Zooomr Atlanta has always been known for their Southern hospitality and charm. The city boasts four professional sporting teams, a vibrant R&B and hip hop scene and of course peaches that make you drool just thinking about them. With the city being known more [...]
Posted on November 29th, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Kiosks | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 28th, 2006 by Davis
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Every year, around November, Comcast likes to increase the cable rates in the San Francisco bay area and this year is no different. Nevermind that over the last four years, Comcast’s increases have easily outpaced inflation. Because they have a near monopoly on the bay area, they are able to raise rates with little fear [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: Media, TV | 3 Comments »
What can I say, I’m a sucker when it comes to recommendation technology. I hate having to make decisions and one of my favorite features on TiVo is their suggestion technology that helps me find programming instead of making me go out and get it. While their suggestions are far from perfect, I still find [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, TV, TiVo | 4 Comments »
Picking out the winner of the first annual Turkey award wasn’t an easy task. Over the last 12 months we’ve seen quite a few scandals stir up the blogosphere into a full fledge gobblefest and narrowing it down to just one incident seemed like an impossible task with so many memorable gaffes. There was Kramer’s [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2006 by Davis
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This must be the year of the dog for Blockbuster because despite recent denials that they are not looking to sell off their international operations, it’s beginning to look like they are walking away from the international markets with their tail tucked in between their legs. Less then a week after the company denied that [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2006 by Davis
Filed under: DVDs, Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Netflix | 3 Comments »
I’ve never understood the appeal of Burger King’s bizarre marketing campaign that features the king stalking various people, but I’ve got to say that I found this spoof on the ads pretty funny. While it’s probably a little edgy for Burger King to have made themselves, I enjoyed it a lot more then the original [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2006 by Davis
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Redbox continues to make in-roads into the emerging DVD kiosk market after Video Business reports that the company has signed an agreement to put a Redbox DVD rental kiosk into every Albertson’s store by the end of the first quarter of 2007. Albertson’s currently has a 100 Redbox machines installed in their Texas based stores [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2006 by Davis
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