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1. Comment - Amazon Kindle: not a gamechanger...yet

   (Feb 12, 2009 - 5:40 AM)

   The price is far too high.
   The hardware should be less than $100.
   Sorry, as much as I would love an ebook reader, I just won't dish out what I consider to be an insane amount of coin to read text on a portable LCD screen.

2. Comment - CES Countdown #8: Can smart HDTVs bypass the 'media PC' altogether?

   (Jan 3, 2009 - 7:02 AM)

   It is not my television, I have enough tech background to understand what compression artifacts are.
   Comcast tech has even acknowledged that they are still "fine-tuning" in the area where I live.
   
   And the issue is not something that I am overstating. Even my 67 year old father sees an issue next door on his 42" plasma.

3. Comment - CES Countdown #8: Can smart HDTVs bypass the 'media PC' altogether?

   (Dec 31, 2008 - 4:16 PM)

   "Last year, Comcast -- a company that's not a manufacturer in any respect whatsoever -- made the biggest splash at CES by publicly staking its claim to what CE makers and PC manufacturers perceive as the "grand prize:" on-demand access to a huge library of thousands of films through a subscription model, along with leases for the equipment with which viewers can control access to it."
   
   At compression rates that make your eyes bleed from pain...
   On Demand fare such as Speed Racer offer high speed visuals that are comparable to seeing the image built out of Lego building blocks when the action becomes fast.
   
   I love the idea of Comcast's "HD On Demand", I just hope that Comcast gets the image quality up to par with the concept. So far, where I live anyhow, watching action flicks via HD On Demand leaves much to be desired.

4. Comment - Teacher must still surrender license in bizarre 'exposure to porn' suit

   (Dec 2, 2008 - 5:53 AM)

   I wonder if this poor woman will now be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life?
   They don't really give enough information in the article as to whether she was nailed with one of the "sexual" disorderly conduct definitions.
   
   I haven't followed this case via other media, so I don't know anything about it.

5. Comment - Analog messages may be broadcast following the DTV transition

   (Nov 25, 2008 - 12:31 PM)

   If you get analog broadcast signal fine, then you should be able to receive digital broadcast too, even if the signal is weaker.
   To simplify, digital signal strengths that would typically result in snowy analog will produce fine results.
   Check your reception hardware. (antenna, down-leads, db booster)