Yesterday was a big day in my household as I installed the long-awaited Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner into my HTPC (see mikinho’s review here). My cable provider, Cox Cable, still requires a technician to come out and install the CableCARD, though, this will be optional by summer of 2011 thanks to the new FCC rules mandated in October. Prior […]
Read moreI just received an e-mail this morning from Warner Bros. that the DVD2BLU program is again allowing the trade-in of ANY DVD to a choice of 105 Blu-ray titles. Free shipping on orders over $35. Swap any qualifying DVD for a brand new Blu-Ray Disc for as low as $4.95. DVDs can be Warner Bros. or non-Warner Bros. titles. […]
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Background Long ago, filmmakers decided to standardize shooting film at 24 frames per second (FPS) primarily due to the high cost of film and state of the technology at the time. Film became popular worldwide and every piece of production and distribution equipment was made to support this frame rate. When television came into existence, the cathode ray tube (CRT) […]
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Display Calibration Poll Results Last week, we polled MissingRemote readers regarding the calibration status of their displays and here are the results. While the majority of you have calibrated your displays to some degree or another, roughly 25% have not and approximately 25% of you have either calibrated by viewing content or using settings found online. Almost 40% of you […]
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