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Next Tuesday my 4-tuner Premiere 4 arrives and I will no longer need my not-too-old 2-tuner model. I also have 3 (or maybe 4) series 2s that have been gathering dust. (Don't ask) If anyone needs an SD DVR for a home surveillance system or similar application, these could be just what you need...

...INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! (I would have written CAPS LOCK DAY!!!!!! but apparently international run-on exclamation point day isn't until October.) Regards, Joe

HBO and the team that produced Rome are preparing to remake the classic BBC series I, Claudius for broadcast in 2013. Here's a short blurb from today's NY Post. And yes, that is me picking nits in the comments section. The original series was one of the best things the BBC ever made, and...

My nephew's 6 year old 42" Samsung DLP seems to have bit the big one. He gets a vertical black line when he turns it on, and after an hour or so the colors go faded and goofy. A Samsung tech told him that he may have held off too long before replacing the bulb not long ago, with the result...

The following are excerpts from actual Information Technology (IT) Help Desk requests submitted by users at a state agency somewhere in the U.S. The names and certain other details have been changed to protect the guilty. The replies are not actual. They are what the techs wish the COULD have...

My brother-in-law is finally surrendering to the 21st century and upgrading his satellite service to HD, because he needs to buy a new TV for the family room. One of the reasons he's making the move, despite the lousy economy, is that he's getting a terrific deal on a 60" Sony TV. He's...

Remarkable deal. List Price: $249.99 Yesterday's Price: $178.15 Today's Discount: - $30.16 Gold Box Price: $147.99 (41% off) Regards, Joe

My sister has a chance to get a pretty much unbeatable deal on one of these sets. (So good that I'm starting to wonder if Sony is about to discontinue this model and the dealer is clearing out his existing stock. ) So this isn't about whether she should buy it or whether another set would be...

Silica - is there anything it CAN'T do? Regards, Joe

The Insignia NS-WBRDVD is a terrific player and a bargain at its usual retail price of $179.99. (Comparable players have an MSRP of around $250 or quickly get up there once you add in the required external "dongle" for the "wireless-ready" models. The Insignia wireless is built-in.) I bought...

I can't believe we're nine episodes into the season there isn't even a thread for this season. I can't be the only one who enjoys this show, it averages almost 3.5 million viewers a week. No love for Grace? Earl? Rhetta? (And what the hell is wrong with her husband?) I think next week...

In June Warner Home Video quietly released repackaged season sets of Babylon 5 with new SKU numbers and a higher MSRP. (I presume because they're expecting sales volumes to be relatively low this many years after the original release.) Apparently the "new" sets are in new slim-line cases with...

I have a fair amount of experience with HDTVs - have personally owned four at various times, set up a couple at work, helped my nephew set his up, advised various friends on purchases. But in all that time I've never so much as seen a plasma set outside a store or some kind of public display...

Not now, maybe. But soon...? UC Berkley announces "Invisibility Cloak" :D Regards, Joe

Over in the SD TV DVD section there's a thread about series where the lead character goes blind temporarily. That brought to mind some of the other well-worn plots that every series of the 60s and 70s seemed to use at some point. (Many of which survive to this day.) Anyway, I thought it might be...

This helpful video explains it all. I'd forward it to my mother, but she doesn't have a computer. Joe

I recently stumbled across Kidnapped on Universal HD. I vaguely remember hearing about the show when it debuted, but I never got around to watching before it was cancelled after a mere five episodes. (In what turned out to be a lucky move, NBC made the decision to cancel the series after airing...

1. How do you put a giraffe in the refrigerator? You open the refrigerator door, put in the giraffe and close the door. 2. How do you put an elephant in the refrigerator? Well, first you remove the giraffe... 3. The king of beasts invites all the animals of the jungle...

Or... "I have GOT to get me one of these!" :) Regards, Joe

A modern classic: Abyss & Apex : Fourth Quarter 2007: Wikihistory Regards, Joe

If you thought "suicide" was on the list, take one step back. Regards, Joe

A lot of people who new to hi-def and to home theater are tempted to buy so-called "Home Theater in-a-box" (HTiB) systems - inexpensive surround sound system, usually with a receiver or dvd/receiver combo and 6 speakers. These systems are compact, and promise easy set-up and low cost for those...

Some real bargains to be had. How about the Homicide: Life on the Streets 5-season set (with the TV movie finale and the flip side episodes from the Law & Order cross-overs) for $39.99? Unfortunately I already have most of the stuff I would want from this sale, but that doesn't mean some of you...

Am I the only one who diid a double-take every time they ran a promo for the CMA Awards, thinking it was a teaser for the new Trek film? :D Regards, Joe

Looks like the Tivo Series-3 and TiVo HD models are finally getting Tivo2Go and multi-room viewing in the next software update. Since Comcast is still dragging its feet on the roll-out of its long-promised TiVo hybrid DVR, I've been thinking about biting the financial bullet and returning to...

'Wholesome former THE BRADY BUNCH star MAUREEN MCCORMICK is set to reveal the beloved 70s TV series' most shocking secret in a new book - she and her on-screen sister had a lesbian fling. MCCormick's tell-all, Here's The Story, won't hit bookstores until 2008, but publishers are already buzzing...

Did a search on this title and was surprised to find it returned no results. Am I the only one watching this terrific recreation of the insanity that was New York in 1977, from the financial crisis to the Son of Sam to the insanity of the first Billy Martin Era at Yankee stadium? Maybe this...

See some before-and-after pics at ABCNews.com. Still one of my all-time favorite films. :)