Archive for the 'television' Category
Back in the old (eek!) days of the VCR, I used to record shows and keep lots of them for future viewing. My friends have tons of VHS tapes in their library still.
When I got my first DVR/PVR, I stopped recording to tapes and everything goes on that box. I have a DVD recorder but [...]
Okay, I don’t watch much hockey. I don’t have time since I am on the computer so much. But I do recognize the national importance of “The Hockey Theme” that has been running on CBC for 40 years. It is an icon for Canada and I couldn’t imagine never hearing it again.
Last week, CBC, which [...]
I first learned about the Harmony remote a few years ago. I had a co-worker who talked about owning one and loving that he could put the channel/network logos on the remote so he could more easily find the shows that he wanted. I think, at the time, the remote was around $400 so I [...]
The birds are chirping, the snow is almost gone and the sun is out. It must be April!
This April features a new sign post that I hope does not repeat itself.
Today basically marks the complete return of regular television as almost all shows, that were off for the writer’s strike, are back on the air [...]
So last night I got home around 8pm, in the snow storm we were having. One of my neighbours called and asked to come over and watch a show because their satellite was down. Their neighbour had the same problem.
Is ExpressVu really that vulnerable to snow and rain? Are the old cable TV ads showing [...]
So NBC-Universal and FOX have set up this great web site called ‘Hulu” where you can watch tons of your favorite programs online. It sounds great! The library is huge.
Live outside of the U.S.? You’re not going to see anything. But you won’t know that until you try to watch something specific. You can look, [...]
I have a feeling that my grandchildren will not watch television or at least, not very much of it.
I’m seeing this pendulum swing that is just beginning really. It started with video blogging who are really the new broadcast pioneers. In reality, they are narrowcasters though.
I am finding, more an more, a reliance on [...]
My mind has been working overtime lately and I couldn’t quite figure out what it was. It has finally hit me.
For the last several years I’ve felt as if I’m not moving forward much, as if time was sort of standing still. I was seeing small changes in my interests but nothing more than little [...]
Okay, my sister was a huge fan of “The Donny and Marie Show” and I liked Donny Osmond in his run as “Joseph” in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat“. But that is about as close as I get to discussing the Osmonds, normally.
Last month, all the television bigwigs got together for the NATPE convention. [...]
I am a huge fan of the show “The Lab with Leo Laporte“. I wasn’t sure that I would be. The show was previously “Call for Help“, and before that “Screensavers“. In the “Call for Help” incarnation, the show was filmed in Toronto and had a real Canadian high-tech feel. Because everything is so US [...]
