Television

Comcast Announces 2 Gigabit Service but the cost is INSANE

If you are a power internet user and love to stream HD TV to all of the TVs in your house at the same time you are downloading huge amounts of software then a Two Gigabit connection might be just what you need.

First lets put this in perspective… Comcast’s lowest priced plan of 3mbit down costs you $30 a month if you buy a mid level TV package or $40 a month if you …

How To Record Multiple TV Shows At The Same Time With Your Computer DVR

Many people are moving to Cutting The Cord with their Cable TV company but before you do I wanted to talk about ways that you can supplement your entertainment resources by recording Movies and TV Shows on your computer.

In other How Tos we have talked about setting up a TV Tuner to capture Television Programming. The easiest way to do this is to purchase a single tuner PCIe Card or USB Tuner and use …

How To Prepare For 4K TV Standards In Your Home Media Center

Recently I was having a discussion about the new video standards that increase the quality of video so it can be displayed on very large LCD TVs. The newest standard is 4k video and if you are looking at a TV that supports it you will understand there is a cost involved for being the first on your street to buy into it.

You should also understand that these standards change fast and sometimes a …

How To Turn your TV into a Computer Less Than $100

The price of computers for the family can be pretty difficult to afford but one of the great things about everyone moving to Streaming Content from providers like Netflix Hulu and Amazon Prime is that the developers of the products are introducing some pretty impressive hardware in a very small package.

So here is the situation Maybe you have a family computer or laptop and your kids share it. Or maybe everyone is sharing including …

How To Find Out What Antenna TV Is Available In Your Area And What Antenna You Need

A friend of mine was asking me about helping his daughter get Over The Air TV at her home because she needs to save money on her cable bill which is over $100 now.

He told me that she will be canceling her TV subscription and going with just basic Internet and would like to see if she can get some local stations to supplement her Netflix account.

The first thing I told him was that …

How To Channel Master DVR for OTA Antenna TV

If you are thinking of cutting the cord and moving to Antenna based TV for most of your viewing pleasure then one of the things you might really miss is the ability to record your favorite episodes for later viewing.

And thats the one thing about Antenna TV there are still a number of good shows that you want to watch. Many people will watch Prime Time shows on the big OTA networks and then …

How To Pick The Best Antenna For Apartment And City Locations

If you Live in the City or in an Apartment and are considering cutting the cord and moving to antenna based TV that is supplemented with online content then you have probably tried to hook a low-end Antenna to your TV and had varied results.

The problem is although you might have great signal to your area due to the proximity of the TV Towers in your area the actual signal that can get to …

How To Setup your Silicondust HDHomeRun To Watch Live TV with the Kodi.tv Add-on

If you’re cutting the cord like many Americans or trying to reduce your cable bill by getting rid of costly boxes to rent for DVR Features then you have probably been looking into a solution that includes a SiliconDust Tuner and Kodi.tv.

Well lucky for you SiliconDust has just released a Beta Version of their new Add-on for Kodi.tv that will let you watch all of your TV Programs on Cable or Over The Air …

How To CableCARD Tuners for your Home and Media Center

If you love cable tv but hate the cost of renting boxes you may have looked into the availability of a CableCard Tuner which can help you with your Entertainment needs.

Unfortunately these devices are both expensive and require more than just the device to get content to your TV and to record shows for later viewing.

In this How To we will look at the three leading Manufacturers of CableCARD Tuners for residential / end …

How To Record Digital HDTV From Your OTA Antenna DVR Options

If you are moving to Over The Air Antenna based Television then one of the things you might miss from cable or Dish is the ability to Record your shows for later playback.

In this how to we will look at some of the options you have to record your shows and even save them on your computer’s hard drive or serve them over your wired or WiFi network to your Televisions, Tablets and Phones.

There …