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.
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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 …

Where last week it sounded like Adam was in a tin can, this week you won’t have to hear either of us ramble on. As happens every once in a while, real life gets in the way of fun things like podcasts, so this week we’re taking a break from the podcast and instead present to you the first-ever Seen in HD lettercast (is that a word?)
On the news front, Oppo has revealed plans for an even less expensive entry-level Blu-ray player, the BDP-80. It shares many of the same …

Our first week with no bowl games in a while, but we do get NFL playoffs to keep us warm on Saturday and Sunday (FOX, CBS various times). NBC kicks off its Sunday NHL coverage with Detroit and Chicago at 12:30 p.m. On the college basketball side, lots of ranked teams in action as conference schedules get underway this week. Side note: I’ll be at Saturday’s Illinois-MSU game, look for a guy in green. Also, the U.S. figure skating championships are on NBC this weekend, helping determine our Olympic team. …

Happy New Year. A great week of football greets us for the first HD Sportsman of 2010. The BCS National Championship, a pair of unbeatens in the Fiesta Bowl and Wild-card weekend in the NFL.
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Hard to argue with Thursday’s BCS National Championship (8 p.m. ABC 720p). Alabama and Texas will square off for the right to be called the best college team in the country, or at least for the right to be part of the TCU/Boise State should have been in that game argument.
Here’s the rest of the week, …

It’s quiet around here. Too quiet. That’s kind of what it feels like in this post-Black Friday pre-CES month. Not too much news coming out as companies seems to be holding pat until the Vegas show in early January.
Also not much news about Black Friday yet either, a sure sign that it was bleh at best for the CE industry. Blu-ray marketshare for Black Friday week was 12% (only 12% we wonder?) of total packaged media (DVD and Blu-ray) but revenues for that week were a record $69 million.
More signs …

Full of turkey, Seen in HD returns for episode 14. We start out talking about Black Friday. With little sales news available on recording day, Adam and Phil take a look at this article from Marketwatch.com, which says a lot without saying anything. The hosts also talk about their weekend shopping experiences, as lite as they might have been.
Are Netflix discs going to kill you?? KLTV in Texas pondered that same question, so they had six Netflix discs and sleeves tested for diseases and other yucky stuff. In the end, …

Florida and Alabama met in last year’s SEC Title game with the Gators coming out on top. ‘Bama gets a rematch Saturday.
We’re sticking with the full-week post again this week, and likely for the foreseeable future as College Football winds down. Let us know if you prefer this or the twice-weekly posts. Looking ahead to the first week in December, there’s a lot to like. New England tries to give New Orleans its first loss of the season Monday night (ESPN 8 p.m.). There’s some great college basketball this week …

College hoops makes a triumphant return to the airwaves this week, including a 24-hour marathon on the ESPN family. Top-25 football teams tangle on Thursday as well, it’s a big week for sports.

It’s football overload this weekend. Sunday’s NASCAR race on ABC at 3 p.m. is the only non-pigskin national sporting event on TV this Saturday and Sunday. The college football regualar season is nearing an end, and conference title races are heating up. In the NFL, one of the great rivalries today is renewed when New England heads to Indianapolis Sunday night on NBC.
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There are many games Saturday that have conference title implications, but Iowa heading to Ohio State is essentially the Big Ten title game and a trip to the …

Football frenzy starts early this week as college games start on Tuesday when Ohio heads to Buffalo for a MAC showdown on ESPN2. In the NBA, there’s a couple conference finals rematches, and Friday night, college basketball kicks off across the country. ESPNU has the Morehead State at Kentucky game at 6:30 p.m. Note: Had a big weekend of kids birthdays so we’re a bit late starting this week.
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As excited as I am for college basketball, the one matchup this week doesn’t excite me …