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General Interest

HDTV Almanac - Walmart Joins Early Sales Trend

By Alfred Poor • Nov 6, 1:00pm

Early Black Friday sales are popping up all over, and Walmart is holding a one-day in-store sale tomorrow, Saturday November 7, starting at 8 AM. Quantities are limited, and you can’t buy more than two of some items, but here are some of the items that might get your attention. The 46″ 1080p plasma HDTV [...]

General Interest

HDTV Almanac - Looks Like Last Year

By Alfred Poor • Nov 5, 1:00pm

Last month, the NPD Group came out with the results of their annual survey of consumers, trying to find out what their holiday shopping plans are. And the results look very familiar. 11% of those polled indicated that they intend to spend more than they did last year, which is the same number as last [...]

General Interest

HDTV Almanac - Go with the Flo

By Alfred Poor • Nov 4, 1:00pm

I’ve mentioned Qualcomm’s Flo TV before, but now you have a new way that you can get television programming as you go about your daily routine. Chrysler announced last week that it will be offering this mobile TV service as an option in most of its cars, starting next month. For $629 (plus dealer installation [...]

General Interest • Cable & Satellite

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 [...]

General Interest

HDTV Almanac - DIY Big Antenna

By Alfred Poor • Nov 2, 1:00pm

I still get TV broadcasts over the air, but I’m not happy with the antenna I’ve got in one of our buildings. So I’ve been poking around the Web lately, looking at ideas for a do-it-yourself TV antenna. And then I found a site that has plans for a monster, designed for fringe reception. I [...]