Thursday, July 12, 2007
It's not TV, it's Green West Texas
Use the image from this National Geographic story to prove to your distant friends and relatives that West Texas really is green right now.
More HD on TV
DISH Network has announced the addition of more high definition content. The Science Channel HD, TLC HD, and History HD are among those to be added in September.
A new DirecTV satellite was successfully launched last weekend. DirecTV 10, as it was called, is expected to allow the company to add up to 100 HD channels by year-end.
Pioneer is now shipping a Blu-Ray/DVD/CD for computers (SRP $299).
And, hopefully not in HD, PBS has announced an new animated series based on the Car Talk guys coming in 2009. And people wonder why public television support is lacking. eh. I admit to listening to Click and Clack: The Tappet brothers on the radio but I have no desire to see them or any facsimile of them on my television.
A new DirecTV satellite was successfully launched last weekend. DirecTV 10, as it was called, is expected to allow the company to add up to 100 HD channels by year-end.
Pioneer is now shipping a Blu-Ray/DVD/CD for computers (SRP $299).
And, hopefully not in HD, PBS has announced an new animated series based on the Car Talk guys coming in 2009. And people wonder why public television support is lacking. eh. I admit to listening to Click and Clack: The Tappet brothers on the radio but I have no desire to see them or any facsimile of them on my television.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
New CableCard-enabled Set Top Boxes?
As of Sunday, cable companies are supposed to provide, for new installations, STBs which are CableCard-enabled. This requirement will supposedly make all new STBs compatible with all cable companies - the proprietary stuff is in the the CableCard.
It's my understanding that Suddenlink, CableOne and Grande are all still waiting on the new boxes and the FCC has stated that enforcement of the new regulation will not be enforced if the operators can show that they have the new boxes on order. When any local subscribers receive one of the new boxes, I'd like to hear about it. Will you be charged extra for the CableCard? Most companies seem to charge from $2 to $5 per month for them and the cards were somewhat problematic for installers when the cards first appeared.
Locally, a couple of cable companies have expressed a concern about the theft of the STBs. The older proprietary boxes cannot be used with another cable company but people often steal them anyway. If the new boxes are generic, theft is likely to be a bigger-than-ever problem.
A waiver was granted by the FCC to Verizon and other cable operators with all-digital network.
It's my understanding that Suddenlink, CableOne and Grande are all still waiting on the new boxes and the FCC has stated that enforcement of the new regulation will not be enforced if the operators can show that they have the new boxes on order. When any local subscribers receive one of the new boxes, I'd like to hear about it. Will you be charged extra for the CableCard? Most companies seem to charge from $2 to $5 per month for them and the cards were somewhat problematic for installers when the cards first appeared.
Locally, a couple of cable companies have expressed a concern about the theft of the STBs. The older proprietary boxes cannot be used with another cable company but people often steal them anyway. If the new boxes are generic, theft is likely to be a bigger-than-ever problem.
A waiver was granted by the FCC to Verizon and other cable operators with all-digital network.
TBS announces High Definition
TBS announced that it will launch a High-Definition channel on September 1st. TBS will be carrying MLB playoff games in October so I hope our local cable companies make the channel available soon after it's offered.
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