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DirectTV – More HD Coming Soon!

Posted by Ed on Jan 29, 2008 in Entertainment, News | Comments 0 comments

Just caught this today via Gizmodo. All you fellow HD lovers will enjoy this if you have Direct TV. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the delivery of DIRECTV 11, the second of three new Boeing-built satellites for DIRECTV, Inc., to the Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif. The satellite is scheduled to launch on a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket in March from the equatorial launch site in the...

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Saturday Night Fight Night

Posted by Ed on Dec 9, 2007 in Sports | Comments 2 comments

Saturday night we watched the fight in HD. It was not the best HD picture since they compress it a lot but it was not too bad. The sound did cut out a few times but for the most part it was great. The slow motion was pretty incredible when they showed it. Ryan, Carter, BethAnn, Lili and Justin all stopped by and we had a few from the freshly tapped Fat Tire keg. Boy is it good coming out of the keg. Hatton put on a good show but...

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Direct TV Update

Posted by Ed on Dec 3, 2007 in Home Theater | Comments 0 comments

Well, I have not officially given an update on Direct TV since it was installed. When I first got it installed I was not happy with it. Cable HD was clearer to tell the truth. It has taken me some time to adjust to the Direct TV DH channels. It really is a different between the color the sharpness of Cable HD and Direct TV HD. Direct TV certainly has more channels but some of them are really compressed and don’t look that good....

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Toshiba HD-A3 & 10 HD-DVDs

Posted by Ed on Nov 29, 2007 in Home Theater | Comments 0 comments

Amazon had a deal last week. A Toshiba HD-A3 and 10 HD-DVDs. Now 10 HD-DVDs would cost a minimum of $200 so when the final price was $197.21 delivered to my door with two day shipping I could not resist myself much to Terra’s dismay. (more…) Related Posts:Saturday Night Fight NightDirect TV UpdateMedia Center: Part 2Pulled the TriggerBacking Up MoviesTwitter...

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Media Center: Part 2

Posted by Ed on Nov 22, 2007 in Gadgets | Comments 0 comments

In this, part two, of my media center project I am looking at different media center applications. Each of these has their own pros and cons and I tried to list them as they applied to my own needs. They may be different for your own project so please evaluate them on your own and make your own judgement. Also make sure you read Media Center: Part 1. (more…) Related Posts:Media Center: Part 1Pulled the TriggerxBox 360Direct TV...

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