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Lawrence of Battlestar Galactica
Update: 6/13/2008 For those who want to know where Revelations took its dramatic moment, see this post. Spoilers for those who have not seen the episode. The uneasy alliance between the colonials led by Starbuck and the cylons led by “Natalie Six” exploded into violence. An unnamed Six kills Jean Barolay after the realization that [...]
Season of Disney: Spluge! – Review
Splurge! is the latest presentation in the Season of Disney programs airing on the Travel Channel. Unfortunately this time, the Travel Channel showmercial formula did not work. Splurge follows four families (the Laws, the Rogers, the Lonardos, and the Leedys) who are indulging in expensive amenities and services offered by Disney. However, rather than feature [...]
Hauppauge HD PVR Supported by SageTV, Snapstream & GB-PVR
As reported in an earlier article Snapstream’s BeyondTV will support the new HD PVR. Now, it has been confirmed that SageTV will also support the USB 2.0 device that takes full advantage of the analog hole. According to this post SageTV CEO Mike Machado confirmed that the HD PVR will likely be supported when the [...]
Battlestar Galactica – An Adam & Eve Allegory Part II
In this article here Season 4 of Battlestar Galactica was referred to as a possible Adam and Eve story. That still may hold to be true. Now that cylon centurions have been returned to full mental capacity, they are rebelling – killing those who enslaved them. This seems to be a repetition of the earlier [...]
“Season of Disney: Splurge!” May Not Be a Samantha Brown Show.
Now that “Season of Disney: Samantha Brown’s Favorites” has aired, information on the next program is very scarce. No synopsis is available after several searches of the Travel Channel Website. However, it seems that perhaps the show is NOT a Samantha Brown show, but is merely a profile of how to enjoy a Disney World [...]
Home Brew HD PVR Timeshifting Soon to be a Reality!
Finally the home brew PVR HD solution is available! Snapstream has pictures here of BeyondTV working from a prototype Hauppauge HD PVR. One caption reads “the red light means Beyond TV is busy making a recording off this thing.” The analog hole has finally been exploited. Hauppauge is taking orders for $250 a unit. When [...]
HD Set-top Box PVR Finally a Reality
Update 8/09/2008 Snapstream is hard at work to make BeyondTV and the HD-PVR to operate well together. See the article here. Update 6/20/08: Hauppauge has issued new drivers that are available for download. Soon we will see if BeyondTV will work with the new drivers. Update 6/3/2008 The HD PVR is in – See the [...]
Battlestar Galactica – An Adam & Eve Allegory
I just finished watching the latest Battlestar Galactica and I believe the religious references along with the diminishing population will lead to only one outcome. Earth is finally reached with only two survivors, one male – one female. The question is – will it be two humans, two cylons, or one of each. I suppose [...]
The Great Music Bubble of the 1990s
Do you remember how music was marketed, bought, and sold in the 1970s and early 1980s? The 1970s had over the top television shows about music like “Dance Fever” and “Solid Gold.” Radio was much better then than now, with stations that understood how to create a playlist. The 1980s had the phenomenon that was [...]
