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Entries Tagged ‘Home Theater’

TiVo introduces an online Season Pass manager

Tivo rarely gets any credit for the small incremental yet useful improvements to their product line. This week they quietly introduced an online Season Pass manager. You can now manage your TiVo season passes for ALL your TiVos from a single web page. This is a welcome improvement to the time consuming problem of managing [...]

What is wrong with this TV?

Perfectly nice TV but obviously mounted wrong. The correct placement is to have the middle of the screen be at or just below eye level. This minimizes eyestrain and keeps the picture looking its best. Remember the picture on an LCD or plasma display degrades with off angle viewing. Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

Basic HDTV calibration

HD displays (TVs) are not calibrated for home use out of the box. They are meant to attract attention in the showrooms. Therefore are usually set to high brightness settings with very vivid colors. To achieve a more pleasant viewing experience try the following simple steps: Change any auto setting to “Cinema” do not use [...]