I used to have Comcast, who provide a pretty good DVR with their service. But then I moved to a place that had Cablevision, and their DVR was absolutely horrible. It just sucked. When I was moving again to another place that had Cablevision, I decided to go with TiVo instead - the DVR is very important to me because I never watch shows at their standard time, and the … [Read more...]

I saw the HP w2408h in person at MicroCenter, and I decided this was the monitor for me. It looked great in the store - both in terms of physical appearance and picture quality. HP makes some very attractive, high quality stuff. My old monitor was a 19" CRT, but all monitors these days are widescreen, including PC monitors. The CRT had gotten old and didn't have the picture … [Read more...]

The Panasonic Viera TH50PX80U is a great TV and a great deal. I bought it after doing a lot of research. One key thing I learned was that 1080p is really not advisable for televisions under 56" - the experts say that you can't really tell the difference, and there's a big jump in price going from 720p to 1080p. While a 50" TV is big, it's just not big enough to make 1080p … [Read more...]