January 21, 2012 – 12:22 am | No Comment

Happy 2012! This year I am going lean–downsizing to control my budget and getting in shape. I am “cutting the cord” –discontinuing my cable TV service–and I am losing weight and training for another Olympic-length …

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Triathlon Training Technology -Fitness-Weight Loss

How to use technology for losing weight and training. Features, tips, and my journey toward an Olympic-length triathlon.

Cutting Out Cable-Streaming Media & Home Networks

Can you live without cable TV? See my experience. How to get movies, TV shows, your videos, photos and music WHERE and WHEN you want it. What you need to stream.

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iHow-to and iNews: How to use your iPhones, iPods, iPads, Android SmartPhones, MP3s, GPS…What they are. What you want. How to use it. Troubleshooting and tips.

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Making photography and cameras simple. Explaining features to help you get your best photos.

TVs, Home Audio and Home Entertainment

All about TVs, and home audio includes components like Blu-ray Disc and DVD players, and DVRs, TIVO, and anything else you hook up to your TV… Satellite, Antenna, Cable

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LG’s LE5500 – Picture Wizard Video Calibration – Great Picture Quality Made Easy
November 3, 2010 – 5:24 pm | No Comment
LG’s LE5500 – Picture Wizard Video Calibration – Great Picture Quality Made Easy

Let’s face it, most people will not go through a lot of effort to make sure their TV has the best picture quality.  Just the term “video calibration” will send most people running. But LG’s …

How to Get the Best Picture From Your TV- Video Calibration
October 12, 2010 – 11:41 pm | 4 Comments
How to Get the Best Picture From Your TV- Video Calibration

Now that you can spot a good quality picture on a TV, did you know that you can make the picture even better by adjusting it? TVs have come a long way from basic adjustments– …

How to tell which TV has the Best Picture Quality-Exactly what to look for in a TV
October 6, 2010 – 2:08 pm | 2 Comments
How to tell which TV has the Best Picture Quality-Exactly what to look for in a TV

Recognizing the Best Picture Quality – What to Look For
You’ve finally decided to make the investment in a TV and you want the best quality picture you can afford. With video technology getting better …

Getting the Best TV and the Best From Your TV
September 23, 2010 – 7:55 pm | No Comment
Getting the Best TV and the Best From Your TV

While iPhones have been taking over the simpletechguru blog, let’s get back to home theater.

Next week I’ll post articles about getting the best picture from a mid-priced TV and review LG’s LE5500.  This TV has …

Shopping for TVs – Step 2 Get Advice
May 14, 2009 – 11:20 pm | No Comment

The second step in shopping for a TV is finding out what features are available on today’s TVs.  Researching TVs can be time consuming and tedious for most folk.  Here’s…
Where to do your Shopping for …

A Sad Day for Plasma TVs – “Seeing and Hearing like you never will” -Pioneer Kuro R.I.P.
February 21, 2009 – 5:52 am | No Comment
A Sad Day for Plasma TVs – “Seeing and Hearing like you never will” -Pioneer Kuro R.I.P.

[/caption]. It’s official. Pioneer has killed their plasma division. I got confirmation from my PR connection at Pioneer. Here’s the official lowdown The company that makes the best consumer flat screens, the reference by which …

3D TV is a Reality
February 2, 2009 – 12:47 pm | No Comment
3D TV is a Reality

I attended CES 2009 in Las Vegas at the beginning of January and reported that 3D TV was everywhere. Today’s Superbowl commercials for “Monsters and Aliens” illustrated my point. We were at a …

Great info on HDMI
July 14, 2008 – 11:54 pm | No Comment
Great info on HDMI

I was at a client’s house the other day working with the local Dish Satellite installer. He was using component cables and I asked him why. He said that he knew that HDMI …

More on Why to Use Quality HDMI Cables
April 4, 2008 – 12:19 am | No Comment

I keep harping on why to use quality HDMI cables. It’s because there is so much information on the web to the contrary and very little of it talks about real life experience. …

150 Inch Plasma – Now that’s bigger! News from CES Keynote
January 8, 2008 – 2:09 am | No Comment

Just got out of the the CES 2008 keynote address where Panasonic chairman Toshishiro
Sakamo talked about their newest and future technologies. I was so awestruck by the 150 inch plasma flat panel that I …