This week, Phil loses his ability to remember anything at the end of the show. Luckily, we were able to make it through most of the show before he loses control of cognitive thinking.
We start out with a look at a great article from Anandtech on THX certification on HDTVs. The company started by Lucasfilm to ensure theaters perform to spec evntually branched out into home video and audio. And now that the THX Certified badge is out there, what does it mean? Is a THX Certified HDTV something that …

Ahh March. Welcome, please shine your madness upon us. College basketball conference tournaments dominate the schedule this week, as March Madness gets fully underway, topped off by the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on CBS at 6 p.m. Sunday (1080i). Sunday also features a marquee NHL matchup with Washington and Pittsburgh.
SPOTLIGHT
Saturday and Sunday, when there are eight conference tournament finals on. ABC, ESPN, and CBS all get into the action. Strap on the feedback and cozy up.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
Conference Championship Title Games in Red
Monday …

Due to some technical issues, and throw in a trip to Denver for my real job, and we’re posting our show a few days late this week. Keep this in mind as you listen.
We start out with a whimsical look at the Sony ApacolyPS3 (thanks to @doblu for the catchy title). A flaw in the calendar system rendered older PS3s useless for the better part of a day. 12 years later, Y2K finally catches up to us.
On the retail front, the new Blu-ray players from CES are hitting store shelves, …

RealDVD should have been lauded by the movie and television studios as a great step forward.  Software that allowed consumers to copy their legally purchased DVDs while not only maintaining copy protection but adding an extra layer to be sure that the files created couldn’t be shared.  If just one executive in Hollywood had even an ounce of foresight, they would have tried to form a formal partnership with RealNetworks.  Instead, the studios and the MPAA have ensured that millions of content buyers will continue to do things illegally …

Let’s all take a breath after the excitement of the Olympics, especially the hockey. Don’t think you get a break, however, because this week marks the official start of March Madness. Conference tournaments are starting, league title races decided and jockeying for position in the NCAA tourney is officially underway. Ahh, Spring is in the air.
SPOTLIGHT
Take your pick of the college hoops games, there’s several the feature two ranked teams. However, Wednesday’s Duke-Maryland tilt is with the ACC title on the line (9 p.m. ESPN).
Here’s the rest of the week, …

There are many methods for getting content from optical discs into Media Center. Some are more complicated than others, some are more reliable. There’s even been previous posts on this site about this same topic. This is a story about my attempts, and what I found worked and didn’t work. I’m going to write it in a way that I hope will make it easy to follow.
Couple things to lead off with: First, this is not the only method, just the one that worked for me. Second, it’s not perfect, …

Some fairly big news this week, as word broke shortly before recording the show that Walmart had bought online movie service Vudu in what’s being reported as a $100 million deal. This could either be a good thing for Vudu, giving the young company more capital behind it to expand and give Netflix a run for its money, or it could go the way of the Walmart MP3 store and leave thousands of customers out in the cold in the future.
On the TiVo news front, the company that became a …

First off, if you haven’t seen any of the men’s hockey from the Olympics, you’re missing out. It’s been phenomenal. Go watch the final 10 minutes or so of the U.S.A.-Canada game for proof. With that out of the way, it’s pretty much basketball or Olympics this week. Conference schedules are quickly wrapping up and serious jockeying for NCAA seeds is in full effect in college hoops.
SPOTLIGHT
Olympics take center stage again.Women’s figure skating, one of the premier events, concludes Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC and the men’s hockey gold …

We’re always looking for new ways to get our content out to our readers and podcast listeners.  Starting today, you’re able to get The DMZ on your iPhone, iPod Touch or Android handset the mobile way!  No more using a browser to get your fix.
We’ve put together an application for both the Apple and Android platforms.  Both are free and while they’re not perfect yet, we’ll be working to improve them in the future.  There are just a few issues that need ironing out but using it myself, I find …

After the flu canceled last week’s show, Seen in HD is back for episode 22. We start things off with a quick discussion on Windows Phone 7 and its potential as a HD video player since it has a lot of similarities to the Zune HD. More info needs to come out on the video playbacks features, but Phil was particularly intrigued.
After that we shift to talk of media streamers/extenders and their worth after the announcement of Toshiba’s Media Center TV (no it has nothing to do with Windows Media …