If you want to find something that’s always available to buy right now on Craigslist, it’s used rear-projection televisions. These hulking masses of electronics positively litter not only Craigslist but just about everywhere else where things can be posted for sale freely. So what happened? Why are these big-big TVs being sold left and right? Is...

Just about everyone can afford a big-ass TV these days, and generally speaking any screen over 36 inches on the diagonal is considered "extra large" territory. There’s plenty of articles online that will tell you in a very techy way how to determine the maximum size of TV you can use for a room, such as this this one that mentions things like...

If you’re considering doing the cord-cutter thing where you cancel your cable or satellite subscription in favor of DTV or DTV+Internet television, it helps to know what type of reception you’re going to get so you know what type of outdoor antenna to buy. In most instances if you need a DTV antenna, chances are you probably don’t need some...

When you watch the video above you may get a chuckle or two out of it – however it is amazing that what we think is new now actually did exist in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The part of the video you’ll identify with today’s technology is the part mentioning "television text systems," and how "..in the short run, the greatest...

It’s becoming more common to see 24-inch LCD monitors on desktops, however you have a choice when it comes to which 24-inch you want to go with. In this instance I’m not talking about brand but rather monitor type. The two types you can choose from are traditional computer monitor or actual television. The price of a basic new 24-inch 1080p LCD TV is...

It’s interesting to consider what the best mediums are for entertainment and news. Obviously it depends on what type of entertainment or news is being referred to, so here’s a basic rundown. Local News 1st place: Newspaper 2nd place: Internet 3rd place: TV Last place: Radio Your best source of local news is still the tried-and-true newspaper. This is...

Over the course of the weekend I finally got around to hooking up my Magnavox DTV Digital to Analog Converter. The model of this particular converter is TB100MG9 for those interested. For those that just read the above and said, "What’s that for?", it’s the thing used to receive a digital over-the-air signals for an analog TV. Or to be very...

As everyone (and I mean everyone) has been hearing for about, oh, a year’s time is that analog television will cease transmissions on February 19, 2009 and switch to digital – so if you receive TV via rabbit ears (pictured) you’ll have to throw those out and buy a new set that can receive digital. But now the soon-to-be CINC is suggesting that...

A recent trend with is really gaining steam is TV networks placing full episodes of their shows online. Many stations from the major networks (NBC, ABC, CBS) and cable networks (TNT, TBS, etc.) are putting their shows, everything from soap operas to reality series, online for you to view anytime. The great thing about this trend is, obviously, you can watch them...

On February 17, 2009, all TV stations will cease broadcasts of analog signals and go completely digital.  What this means is that analog TVs will be obsolete, so anyone with antennas or rabbit ears would no longer receive TV signals.  People with satellite and (most) with cable boxes should be unaffected. Instead of forcing everyone in the US to buy new TVs...