Back in the 80s life was not easy for people enjoying a good television show. If you missed a show it meant that you either had to be lucky to watch rerun before the next episode or to know someone who taped the show on VHS. If you were unlucky you missed the show with [...]
- Author: Brian Welsh
- Comments: 9
Samsung Smart TV D5500 40” LED TV
When it comes to TVs, we are really getting spoiled these days. Never before have we had access to the kind of vibrant picture quality that we can find on the market today. And, even better, they are sleek, elegantly designed units that can be fitted into virtually any space, thanks to ideas like flat [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
- Comments: 7
Angry Birds… The Movie
I’ll come clean and say that I’ve still not been drawn into the whole Angry Birds phenomenon, but that’s not to say I haven’t heard about it. It’s very difficult not to have heard about Angry Birds after all! Movie studio 20th Century Fox are counting on this as it’s now been announced that the [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
- Comments: 2
Big Blue Supercomputer to appear on TV’s Jeopardy
It is the silly season so it was only right to announce that supercomputing giant IBM are so confident in the processing abilities of their new Watson machine that they are pitting it against two human contestants on popular TV show Jeopardy in a three night special that starts on February 14th according to the BBC. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Google’s World Conquest Continues, Google TV Demoed
Google, Google, Google. Seems everywhere you turn these days you hear the company name, from their core business Internet search to web browsers, operating systems, web applications, smart phones and now, TV. The guys over at Stuff We Like have posted a video demonstration of Google TV that was recorded at Comic Con 2010. It [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 8
Samsung LED 7000
I have to say that I’m very happy with my 42″ Samsung LCD TV although I’m not watching a lot of television. Samsung has shown off their new TV line LED TV Series back in January and some of the features look interesting. So interesting that I might consider ditching my old TV for a [...]
Watch Anime for Free Using Crawlanime
Anime is a form of Japanese animation that is primarily directed to an older audience. It has a large fan following and some of the shows actually have a pretty well developed storyline. The only downside is that anime is available only a few select television channels. For anime fans who cannot get a fix [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 6
Torrent Episode Downloader
TV Shows are one of the most popular media that get downloaded from Bittorrent. It’s very handy for viewing missed episodes of a favorite tv show or to view tv shows in their original language and not the translated version that fails to catch the spirit of the original show. I don’t want to talk [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Windows Media Center blocks TV Show recordings on request
The last days were filled with news that Windows Media Center users were not able to record several NBS TV shows including American Gladiators and Medium. Forums and websites were filled with speculations until an email from a Microsoft representative to News.com clarified the issue. According to that email Microsoft adheres to broadcast flags included [...]
