video on demand
The Motion Picture Association of American wants to rent movies to TV viewers earlier in the release window, but they don't want anyone potentially streaming that video out to other appliances. That's why last week they went back to the FCC to once again ask for the
power to disable analog ports on consumer television sets.
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bad deals
Matthew emailed us with an interesting link to a Meritline offer that he says is making the rounds on deal sites. The Airlink digital-to-analog converter box is a fairly generic offer, but
Meritline is offering a free HDMI cable with it. The only problem is, there's no place on the box to use the cable. If you just see "free HDMI cable" and don't read the specs closely, you'll be in for a rotten surprise when the box arrives. But hey, free cable.
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cables
Adam writes in with a reminder for those of you who got a new TV, Blu-Ray player, or video game system this holiday season: you don't need to spend a fortune on fancy
HDMI cables.
hdmi
CNET has weighed in and agrees with
what we've been telling you: cheap HDMI
cables are just as good as pricey ones.
Do you really need to spend that much money on a single HDMI cable? Absolutely not—those cables are a rip-off. You should never pay more than $10 for a standard six-foot HDMI cable. And despite what salesmen and manufacturers might tell you, there's no meaningful difference between the $10 cable and the $50 cable...The editors at CNET are so confident that cheap HDMI cables offer identical performance, we've been using inexpensive Monoprice HDMI cables in the CNET Home Theater Lab for more than a year with no issues.
They recommend buying from
Monoprice.
complaints
Like many others, Andy's not getting that amazing hi-def signal on his hi-def TV. His 42 inch, plasma, 2 grand plus, hi-def TV.
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