Category: TV
Review: The Happiest Days of Our Lives (by Wil Wheaton)
December 29th, 2009, No Comments
I started to write this review last night, and went looking for Wil Wheaton’s blog, where many of the stories came from, so I can link to it from my review. It was getting late, I was tired, and so I was a bit disoriented for a few seconds when I saw my own words [...]
Resurrecting Old VHS Videos (and Panasonic DMR-EZ38VK Review)
August 26th, 2009, No Comments
I have a problem that I’m sure is pretty common. My parents used to rent a VHS camcorder from time to time. Not only that, but various school plays, musicals, etc. are on VHS tapes. As a result, they and I have a library of family memories on VHS. And it appears those tapes go [...]
NerdTV is HERE!
September 7th, 2005, 2 Comments
From PBS’s Bob Cringely, NerdTV episode 1 is here! The site describes it as “Charlie Rose for geeks.” You can download it online in one of many formats. Episode 1 downloading now…
Jon Stewart gets Crossfire Canceled
January 9th, 2005, 2 Comments
Back in October, Jon Stewart (host of Comedy Central’s Daily Show) appeared on CNN’s Crossfire, and called for the show’s cancelation. To quote a comment on Slashdot: I did watch the show yesterday thought and it was awe inspiring, especially because it was live and they kept coming back from the commercial breaks for another [...]
Rather: \”Folksy\” or \”Weird\”?
November 3rd, 2004, 5 Comments
Slate has an article about last night’s coverage of the race. Among others, they made this observation: 7:52 p.m., CBS: I can’t wait till Dan Rather starts to get tired. As I remember from 2000, fatigue makes him folksy. I still remember him at around 1 a.m. that night, when the vote flipped back to [...]
Alan Alda to join West Wing
August 24th, 2004, No Comments
One of my favorite actors, Alan Alda of M*A*S*H, will be joining West Wing as a Republican senator. He seems to do a good job at whatever he does, so I’m looking forward to it.
Sweet Digital Goodness
August 3rd, 2004, 2 Comments
Now that we have a HDTV unit and MythTV, it occured to me that there had to be a better way to get video to the HDTV than the standard S-Video cable I’d been using. And sure enough, there is. Our TV has a HDMI input, which is pin-compatible with a digital DVI output on [...]
We\’ve gone HDTV
July 23rd, 2004, 4 Comments
I’ve been talking a lot about MythTV lately, and here’s a tangential topic: we bought our first HDTV unit last weekend. It’s a widescreen 30″ CRT Philips 30PW8402 unit. We don’t yet have hi-def video sources (save for DVD), but I’ve still gotta say: wow. The picture is so much better than our Sony TV [...]
Ted Turner complains about big media
July 23rd, 2004, No Comments
Here’s a very interesting read, slamming the FCC’s relaxed ownership rules: My Beef With Big Media. Turner makes it into a “fight about freedom”. It’s interesting to see this argument from Ted (“pot, kettle, black” anyone?)
Stargate Atlantis
July 19th, 2004, 1 Comment
Yesterday, my wife and I finally got around to watching the series premiere of Stargate Atlantis (alt link). We had never seen any episodes of the original Stargate SG1 series, so weren’t quite sure what to expect from Atlantis. Atlantis, though, was great. We both enjoyed it. The writing was excellent, and at first glance, [...]
