The Yankees have a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series and could wrap up their 27th title Monday night in Philadelphia (7:57 p.m. FOX). TNT and ESPN have NBA action starting Wednesday night, highlighted by Cleveland’s trip to New York on Friday (8 p.m. EPSN). Finally, college football on the ESPN networks along with MLS playoffs.

The World Series continues this weekend with games three and four in Philadelphia. Saturday night’s college football games on ABC and ESPN2 each feature matchups of top 25 teams, and for the Irish fans out there, Notre Dame plays in primetime this week when they host Washington State at 7:30 on NBC. It’s a good thing the primetime games are good, because it’s a bit of a snooze-fest in the afternoon on Saturday.
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USC at Oregon, Saturday at 8 p.m. (ESPN2 or ABC). Both teams are 6-1. Oregon is 4-0 in …

Talk turns to gaming for part of episode nine of Seen in HD. Recent news that the PS3 will be getting Netflix support and the Xbox won’t be getting Blu-ray support gives Adam and Phil a chance to talk HD gaming and the future of consoles. One thing we forgot to mention in the show was that the PS3 Netflix streaming requires the use of a special Blu-ray disc to access the video.
On the bargain front, Best Buy lobs the first shot in the holiday shopping season battle, offering up …

A day late this week, but the big events start Tuesday night anyway, with the opening of the NBA season. The World Series kicks off Wednesday, so for a short period of time, we’ll have all four major sports going at the same time. Live it up while you can, sports fans!
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I’m torn this week. The World Series, with games one and two on Wednesday and Thursday (FOX 7:30 p.m.) is the obvious choice, but the NBA season kicks off with some great games, including Boston heading to Cleveland on …

The Yankees and Angels will decide the other half of the World Series this weekend. One of the two teams will join the Phillies either Saturday or Sunday (FOX). An odd week in college football where no top 25 teams face each other on national TV. Minnesota travels to Pittsburgh in what’s likely the highlight NFL game (FOX 1 p.m.), although New England and Tampa Bay are playing in London at the new Wembley Stadium (pictured) on CBS at 1 p.m. NBC has gymnastics and ice skating for those into …

Episode eight of Seen in HD and we’re talking Blu-ray. Third quarter sales figures were released and the Blu has seen an 83% increase on the year, 66% compared to last year. Is it a sign of things to come, or just a new format catching up? We take a look at a couple different twists on the story.
Also, a recent survey by Retrevo talks about what Blu-ray needs to do for the holidays to get more people buying, we’ll take a look at that as well. Despite what some …

The baseball league championship series could both be decided by the end of the week, with Philadelphia and New York leading their respective series. Other than that, pretty normal week. Soccer fans will want to check out some English Premiere League action at 3 p.m. Monday on ESPN2 (720p).
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Gotta go with the baseball games this week. The Yankees could complete a sweep Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Fox (720p) and the Phillies could close out the Dodgers in game five Wednesday at 8 on TBS (1080i).
Don’t forget to check out …

Welcome back to Seen in HD, your weekly look at all things High Def. This week, an article from the HDTV Professor sparks discussion about how we’ll look at the current 3D fad in 10 years. Forrester research boldy predicted that HDTV would not succeed in a 1998 report, and similar reports are swirling today as consumers try to figure out what to make of 3D. Adam and Phil looks at some of the factors. Including are results of a study that says the majority of consumers are not willing …

We lead off this week’s look at all things HD with an examination of an article from VideoBusiness.com that says Blu-ray is expected to hit mainstream in 2010. The article bases its assertions off of data reported by NBD Crest group showing that early adopters are not the main Blu-ray buyers any more. Adam and Phil talk about what it will take for this to really happen.
Phil also shares that he’s hosting a Windows 7 House Party, and encourages everyone to watch the hilariously awful host video that was on …

After two weeks of dead air on Tuesday night, the ESPN family saves us with baseball and football this week. The NHL season kicks off Friday (Vs. 3 p.m. 1080i) when Detroit and St. Louis play the first of two games from Sweden. The WNBA finals start Tuesday on “The Deuce” and Major League Baseball wraps up its last week of the regular season. ESPN will choose games that have playoff implications to air. UPDATED – ESPN will be in Detroit for the Tigers final series’ against Minnesota and Chicago.

And …