- Turn Your TV Into an Entertainment Center
- PC World Articles - October 13, 2009
- You can use your Windows 7 or Vista PC to watch and record programs--just add a TV tuner. Also, create a music playlist.
- Add a TV Tuner to Your PC
- PC World Articles - October 7, 2009
- Your PC can do a damn fine TiVo impersonation. All you need to do is outfit it with an inexpensive TV tuner.
- Ditch Cable and Satellite for Free Internet TV
- PC World Articles - July 24, 2009
- Between the Internet and over-the-air broadcasts, you can save big bucks on TV entertainment.
- Holiday Preview: MP3 Players
- Digital Trends Guides - November 7, 2008
- Apple might still dominate the MP3 orchard with its new iPod Touch and Nano models, but thanks to increasing competition from forward-thinking digital music player manufacturers, several new rivals don’t fall far from the tree. Better still, ma...
- Circuits of the Basic TV and What They Do - Part 3
- TechLore - June 9, 2008
- In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed many things: the standby power supply, main power supply, horizontal and vertical deflection circuits, degaussing, and tuners. In Part 3 of this series, we will discuss the IF (Intermediate Frequency), AG...
- What is the Intel Viiv?
- TechLore - June 26, 2007
- (Syndicated from MyDigitalEntertainer.com ) You’ve probably seen the commercials and heard the hype. But what exactly is Microsoft’s Intel Viiv? Simply put, Intel Viiv (rhymes with “five”) is a catch-all for the latest i...
- Circuits of the Basic TV Set and What They Do - Part 2
- TechLore - April 17, 2007
- In "Circuits Of The Basic TV and What They Do - Part 1" we discussed the standby power supply, main power supply, and the horizontal and vertical deflection circuits. In Part 2 of this series we'll dig a bit deeper inside a typical TV s...
- Mini HDTV Tuner From Artec
- eCoustics Articles - July 23, 2006
- Ask The Experts: My HD Channels are Showing SD?
- TechLore - July 25, 2005
- I just purchased a new Sharp Aquos LC-26D5U TV, and I have Comcast digital cable with a Motorola set-top box. I have the cable box connected to component inputs on my TV, but the HD channels are only showing in SD.
- Ask The Experts: My HDTV Picture Scrambles Intermittently
- TechLore - May 11, 2005
- Question:I bought a Panasonic CT-34WX54 HDTV. I am experiencing some digital scrambling every few minutes for a second or two. I check the digital cable on other TV's in the house and they are working fine. What is the problem with my new TV?-submitt...
- Ask The Experts: How Do I Record DirecTV on my HTPC?
- TechLore - March 12, 2005
- I have DirecTV (satellite). I want to record shows on my computer. Do I need a TV tuner with more than 125 channels? If so can you give info?
- Ask The Experts: Trouble With My TV's Volume
- TechLore - March 4, 2005
- When you select TV on the TV/Video option, and the volume on my Toshiba 32" TV is up all the way, you can just hear it like it was about a one fourth of the way up; if you...
- A Tale of Two Tivos
- TechLore - February 23, 2005
- Is TiVo dying? Eric Daugherty thinks so, and he claims he's not alone. Read on to learn about the 2 major types of TiVo devices in the market, and why Eric believes that TiVo may be going the way of the Do-Do.
- Do It Yourself HDTV
- TechLore - February 10, 2005
- While it's great that high definition-capable displays are getting so cheap nowadays, there still seems to be a lingering problem with most of them: if you actually want to watch anything in HDTV, it's still going to cost you an arm and a leg for a t...
- Ask The Experts: My Cable Box Says 'Message'
- TechLore - February 8, 2005
- Question: A red light came on the box and I have no idea what is wrong. I tried calling but could not get in touch with anyone. I HAVE 3 TV'S AND EACH ONE HAS THE SAME THING. I JUST GOT THE CABLE INSTALLED RECENTLY ON THE BOX IT SAYS MESSAGE -submitt...