Posts Tagged ‘cable’

Cox cable living up to their name: Testing new "Time Sensitive" Bandwidth Throttling

Share Hard to believe it’s been over half a year since Comcast announced their Protocol-agnostic throttling method, and nearly half since they set a hard cap at 250GB/Month, eh? There’s at least one TNMS Employee that’s surprised he (and his 2 roommates none the less) hasn’t hit...
January 28th, 2009 | Announcements, The Internet | Read More

Panasonic announces first Tru2way TV, Comcast plans more ways to charge you

Share For those of you that have Cable and have a set top box, have you ever wished those damn pieces of crap could just get out of the picture? I mean you got this sweet TV and a neat wall mount and then you still need a damn dresser or another shelf system to hold your Cable box. I could complain for...
October 15th, 2008 | TV | Read More

Could AT&T's new cable TV service be better than the rest?!

Share No really! As a current Verizon FiOS subscriber, standard definition cable boxes are $5/month and a hi-definition cable box with DVR is $20/month. For Comcast, it is $5/month for a standard def. box and a hi-def box with DVR is $22/month. DirectTV has a flat rate of $5/month for each receiver,...
September 9th, 2008 | TV | Read More

Switched Digital = More HD! – Andy the Cable Guy #3

Share Ok ok, so I left you all hanging last week, and subsequently today due to circumstances beyond my control.. outside of my own personal TV purchase. Tehe. so why don’t I just get right into it. dtsv.dtse_post_1504_permalink = 'http://kurteng.com/2008/06/switched-digital-more-hd-andy-the-cable-guy-3/'; dtsv.dtse_post_1504_title...
June 3rd, 2008 | TV | Read More

Worse HD = More HD! – Andy the Cable Guy #2

Share Have you ever wondered why you don’t get ESPN3, but your relative in another city does? Well, that’s because the channels you get in your lineup is limited, and it’s your provider’s choice as to what channels you get. This is important because instead of getting another...
May 27th, 2008 | TV | Read More