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HDTV Almanac - Is 3DTV in the Cloud?

By Alfred Poor • Nov 10, 1:00pm

Friend and colleague Jon Peddie is one of the leading analysts and experts in the area of graphics processing and related display concepts. In his blog yesterday, he mused about the role of cloud computing in various applications. He pointed out that lots of server farms have idle CPU cycles, and just as we rely [...]

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HDTV Almanac - Comcast Close to Buying NBC

By Alfred Poor • Nov 3, 1:00pm

It seems a little like a gasoline company buying General Motors, but it looks like the rumors about Comcast wanting to buy NBC Universal have some fire behind the smoke. In an article published Sunday by the New York Times, General Electric may be on the verge of reaching a deal with Comcast. According to [...]

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HDTV Almanac - Satellite Without the Dish

By Alfred Poor • Oct 26, 1:00pm

Got Windows 7? Want satellite TV service? Don’t want to hang a dish on your house? Well, if you live in the United Kingdom and your version of Windows 7 includes Media Center, you’re all set. You can subscribe to the Sky satellite service and get all your programming content sent to you over the [...]

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HDTV Almanac - New Wireless HDTV Option

By Alfred Poor • Oct 22, 1:00pm

You’ve got your beautiful, big, flat screen television hanging on the wall. Now how do you get the signal to it? You can buy an expensive HDMI cable to cover a long run, or you can spend a lot more to get a professional to run wires through your floor, wall, or ceiling. Now there’s [...]

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The DIRECTV High Definition DVR - Year Three

By Doug Brott • Oct 8, 1:05am

It's hard to believe how long it has been since the first HR20-700 hit the streets. Three years after the introduction of DIRECTV's flagship receiver in August 2006, it continues to improve. Even though there hasn't been a new receiver since the HR23 was released last year, DIRECTV continues steady development of the HD DVR platform by adding new features. One such highly anticipated feature...

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HDTV Almanac - Where Is Blockbuster Headed?

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 23, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - We Want Broadband TV

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 23, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Where Is Microsoft?

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 22, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - DTV Transition Winners

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 16, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Broadband Growing at High Speed

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 8, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Trying Harder: Rent-a-TV

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 7, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Netflix Plans for the Future

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 3, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Supreme Court Okays Cable DVR

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By Alfred Poor • Jun 30, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Time Warner Drops HDNet

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By Alfred Poor • May 26, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Dish-ing Out Movie Tickets

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 18, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - U.S. Consumers Staying Connected

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 10, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Does ZillionTV Have the Formula?

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 9, 2:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - HDTV Owners Don’t Watch HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 28, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

The DIRECTV Plus High Definition DVR – Year Two

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By Doug Brott • Jan 12, 4:11pmCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - CES 2009: DTV Switch Boosts Satellite

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 12, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Bugged about Bugs

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 22 2008, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Sony Signs with DISH Network

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 26 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV Half Full? Half Empty?

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 17 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DirecTV Grows

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 12 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DIRECTV Adds HD Channels

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 30 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Tax Fairness Passes House Judiciary

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 28 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DIRECTV On Demand Nationwide

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 4 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Tru2way to Dominate Cable

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 2 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DISH Sells Converter Boxes

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 1 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Cable Transition to Digital

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By Alfred Poor • Jun 25 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Sat-Radio Merger on the Way?

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By Alfred Poor • Jun 23 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Sony Chooses tru2way

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By Alfred Poor • May 28 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Time Warner to Sell Cable Business

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By Alfred Poor • May 5 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - 3D TV Is Coming

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By Alfred Poor • Apr 17 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Blockbuster Wants Circuit City

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By Alfred Poor • Apr 15 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - TiVo vs. EchoStar: Nearing a Decision?

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By Alfred Poor • Apr 14 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - My PC = My HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • Apr 8 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Englewood, We Have a Problem

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 24 2008, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Verizon Plagued by Success?

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By Alfred Poor • Feb 28 2008, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Where’s the HD?

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By Alfred Poor • Feb 8 2008, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - More Broadband Movie Delivery

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 21 2008, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Powerline networks have promise

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 3 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - What’s on Tonight?

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 29 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Changing Times for Cable

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 27 2007, 2:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Free HDTVs from Verizon

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 22 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV: Far Out!

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 16 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV Consumers Still Confused

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 12 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Verizon to Boost HD Channels

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 8 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Satellite Merger?

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 17 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Best Buy Survey: Buyers Confused by HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 5 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DISH Discounts Sharp HDTVs

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 28 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DVRs Upset Traditional TV Business

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 12 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV Cost per Hour Down 11%

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 6 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Satellites and Power Lines

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 5 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Half of You Are Watching!

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By Alfred Poor • Aug 30 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV Before “Same Day Release”

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By Alfred Poor • Aug 14 2007, 3:31pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Is IPV the Future for US Viewers?

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 25 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - CableCard Deadline

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 24 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Is “Pause” the Next HDTV Feature?

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 17 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DISH Adds HDTV Channels

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 11 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - FCC Cites Retailers on Analog Tuner Warnings

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 6 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - New HDTV Content: Who Pays?

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 4 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - FiOS Hits Seven Figures

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 3 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Keeping Up with the Jones’s HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • Jun 27 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Satellite Services Lead in Satisfaction

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By Alfred Poor • Jun 20 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Highs and Lows in HD

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By Alfred Poor • Jun 6 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Is HDTV on Cable in Peril?

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By Alfred Poor • May 16 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DirecTV on the Road

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By Alfred Poor • May 7 2007, 2:46pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Telco Video Franchise Rules Set

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 15 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Truth Patrol: More Digital TV Confusion

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 5 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Satellite HDTV Services Make Nice

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 2 2007, 2:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - CBS Reaches HDTV Deal with Cable

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By Alfred Poor • Feb 26 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DTV Changeover: Two Years to Go!

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By Alfred Poor • Feb 16 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Let HDTV Freedom Ring!

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 29 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HD SuperBowl on More Cable

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 23 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - SuperBowl in HD? Maybe not…

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 17 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - A Bigger Pipe

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 2 2007, 2:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Local Weather from Satellite

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 6 2006, 2:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Look Up in the HDTV Sky!

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 17 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - OTA HDTV: Not Always Best

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 9 2006, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Alfred Poor in NYC Oct 12

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 2 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DirecTV Makes Difficult HD Decisions

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By Alfred Poor • Sep 25 2006, 1:00pmCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Video on Demand to Grow

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By Alfred Poor • Aug 31 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Are You Up for Downconversion?

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By Alfred Poor • Aug 28 2006, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - TV on the Road

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By Alfred Poor • Aug 25 2006, 1:00pmCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Are You Watching HDTV?

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By Alfred Poor • Aug 23 2006, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - US Gov Sells Frequencies Today

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By Alfred Poor • Aug 9 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - A La Carte Won’t Work

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By Alfred Poor • Jul 19 2006, 1:00pmCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - One with Everything

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By Alfred Poor • Jun 22 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Producers Oppose Downconverting of HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • May 31 2006, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - “No-Box” DVR Challenged

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By Alfred Poor • May 25 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - DISH Network Expands Local HD

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By Alfred Poor • May 19 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - PowerDVD Supports MPEG4 AVC

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By Alfred Poor • May 12 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV from Space

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By Alfred Poor • Apr 6 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - A “No-Box” DVR

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 29 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - IPTV for Europe

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 24 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Happy Camper!

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 8 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Watching the Tiny Screen

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By Alfred Poor • Mar 7 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Alfred Poor at TCF ‘06

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By Alfred Poor • Feb 16 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Dishing Out HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • Feb 15 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Is IPTV for Real?

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By Alfred Poor • Feb 8 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Satellite Built-In?

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 31 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - One Less Network

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 30 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Family-Friendly Programming Gets Boost

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 25 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - What is MPEG4?

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 16 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - CES 2006: HDTV Conference

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 13 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - CES 2006: Wireless HDTV Is Possible

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 12 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Replay TV Goes Soft

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 5 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Network Your HDTVs

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 4 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Display Prices Down; Content Costs Up?

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 3 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Happy HDTV New Year!

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By Alfred Poor • Jan 2 2006, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Cold News for DirecTV

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 30 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Look Ma! No Wires HDTV!

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 26 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - One in Four with HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 23 2005, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - US Analog TV Dark Date Set!

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 22 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Making HDTV Pieces Play Nice

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 21 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Surprise! Cable Rates Going UP!

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By Alfred Poor • Dec 5 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Happy Thanksgiving!

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 24 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Microsoft Backs HDTV

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 22 2005, 3:09pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - More Networks on Demand

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 17 2005, 2:05pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - See You in Las Vegas?

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 16 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - VOD is Here! Now!

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 3 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Will IPTV Content Be Limited?

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By Alfred Poor • Nov 2 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV is a Hit

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 28 2005, 1:00pmCable & SatelliteGeneral Interest

HDTV Almanac - Satellite HDTV Relies on More Compression

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 27 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Verizon IPTV Takes on Cable

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 24 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - Networks for HDTV?

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 13 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite

HDTV Almanac - HDTV on DVD: Will blue lasers be too late?

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By Alfred Poor • Oct 11 2005, 1:00pmGeneral InterestCable & Satellite