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     <title>Start the 3D TV Revolution Without Me</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-schedules/" rel="tag">TV Schedules</a></p><br/><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="216" border="0" align="right" alt="3D_TV_watching_glasses" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/04/3d.jpg" />Technology is a marvelous thing, right? No, no, this is not a story about the <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/04/01/modern-family-was-one-long-ipad-commercial-last-night/">Apple iPad coming out this weekend or the wonders it promises to bring -- just ask Phil Dunphy</a>. He called it the first day of the rest of your life. <br />
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But no, the technology that has me scratching my head is 3D television. That's right, the state-of-the-art, mind-blowing idea that you will be able to watch television in a way you never have before. Bigger than a big screen. Better than high definition. More powerful that a home theater sensurround experience.<br />
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Next weekend, if you have invested in a first generation 3D TV for about $2,500, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/comcast-will-broadcast-the-masters-tournament-in-3d-april-7-11/">you'll be able to watch the Masters Golf Tournament in 3D</a>. And you had better spend on the glasses, too, because not all sets are sold with the spectacles that make the 3D possible in the first place. Funny, you would think that the glasses were included, but apparently not. It's like some computers that ship without a power cord. Are you kidding me? <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/04/03/start-the-3d-tv-revolution-without-me/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-04-03T09:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>TV 101: Wouldn't it be nice if HBO grew a pair?</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/24/tv-101-wouldnt-it-be-nice-if-hbo-grew-a-pair/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/cable-satellite/" rel="tag">Cable/Satellite</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/entourage/" rel="tag">Entourage</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/web/" rel="tag">Web</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-101/" rel="tag">TV 101</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/01/hbo-logo.gif" alt="" />Last week, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/17/hbo-starting-online-video-service/">HBO launched a new service called "HBO Go"</a>. If you subscribe to the network through your cable system, you can now access a deep offering of its content - about 600 hours so far - on your computer. <br />
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As soon as the average hotel wireless speed improves from "<a href="http://blog.boxedart.com/images/aol4.jpg">AOL 1997</a>" to something more akin to what I have at home, HBO Go is going to make my life on the road much less boring. Goodbye drinking myself to sleep at the Des Moines Holiday Inn! Hello '<a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/entourage/99659/main">Entourage</a>'! (And , uh, drinking myself to sleep).<br />
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Happy as I am about the new service, ever since it was announced something has really been pissing me off: The way HBO Go is currently configured helps the cable companies screw over their customers. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/24/tv-101-wouldnt-it-be-nice-if-hbo-grew-a-pair/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Jay Black</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-02-24T11:01:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Will the iPad change how we watch TV? Maybe</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/28/will-the-ipad-change-how-we-watch-tv-maybe/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/the-big-bang-theory/" rel="tag">The Big Bang Theory</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/modern-family/" rel="tag">Modern Family</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="234" border="0" align="right" alt="steve_jobs_slates_moses" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/01/steve-jobs-apple-tablet-apple-slate-computer-bcd66c8b6dc46d5d.jpg" />Will Apple's new <a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/BC_Beat/30349-Analysis_iPad_Doesn_t_Change_Apple_s_TV_Game.php">iPad really change the way we watch TV</a>? That was one of the big questions that we were asking before Steve Jobs' presentation yesterday in San Francisco. I thought that since <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/26/steve-jobs-wants-the-networks-to-cut-itunes-tv-download-prices/">he was conferring with network execs</a> to slash iTunes prices for TV episodes, that <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/27/madtv-had-the-ipad-years-ago/">the iPad</a> would have a major TV viewing component.<br />
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Now that we've seen the device and watched it demonstrated, the answer isn't crystal clear. But yes, it should have some impact on TV viewing. <br />
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Oh, don't get me wrong. I agree with those that call the iPad just a bigger version of the iTouch or iPhone. On the surface, it is. However, while it's true that someone might prefer a one-hand device like the smaller iTouch or iPhone to watch a show on a commuter train, you have to imagine a different setting for the iPad. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/28/will-the-ipad-change-how-we-watch-tv-maybe/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-01-28T11:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Steve Jobs wants the networks to cut iTunes TV download prices</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/26/steve-jobs-wants-the-networks-to-cut-itunes-tv-download-prices/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" alt="steve_jobs_apple"  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/01/steve-jobs-300x300.jpg" />Maybe it's just a coincidence, but on the eve of Apple's next big thing -- something being called <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/the-apple-tablet-a-complete-history-supposedly/">the Apple tablet</a> which only makes me think of an aspirin that tastes fruity -- <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-asking-tv-networks-to-slash-prices-on-itunes-2010-1">Steve Jobs wants the networks to drop the cost to download TV episodes</a> from the iTunes store. <br />
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Could that be the reason Steve is meeting with the executives, to make them see that downloads would increase substantially if individual episodes were $.99 instead of the current prices which are typically twice that amount or more.<br />
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There's plenty of reason why the networks should listen to Steve. He's been right a lot more than he's been wrong. The iPod and the iPhone have revolutionized how we listen to music, use our phones, PDAs, etc. Whatever the next big thing is from Apple, it probably involves how to watch TV in a more portable way. Even more than we already are watching with the stuff we're carrying now. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/26/steve-jobs-wants-the-networks-to-cut-itunes-tv-download-prices/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-01-26T20:40:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Discovery Channel also going 3D</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/06/discovery-channel-also-going-3d/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/documentary/" rel="tag">Documentary</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2008/07/discovery-logo073008.jpg" />The only way <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/05/espn-shooting-with-3d-tv-but-will-it-score/">a 3D version of ESPN</a> could be cooler is if ESPN aired some kind of awesome competition at the X-Games that involved skateboarders and sharks. <br />
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So until some stoned extreme sports team organizer invents "sharkboarding," we'll just have to settle with a three-dimensional Discovery Channel. <br />
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<a href="http://production.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=946137&amp;afterinter=true">The network is teaming with Sony and IMAX</a> to launch its own 3D, 24-hour channel by 2011. It doesn't say exactly what the programming will entail, but expect a lot of giant man-eating animals trying to jump out of your TV and claw their way up the food chain. <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-01-06T10:29:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>ESPN shooting with 3D TV, but will it score?</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/05/espn-shooting-with-3d-tv-but-will-it-score/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2006/10/espn.jpg" />If <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/23/im-sorry-james-cameron-but-3d-is-not-the-future-of-television/">three dimensional television</a> is just a passing fad, then clearly no one told ESPN. <br />
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The all sports cable network will implement <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100105/ap_en_tv/us_espn3_d_sports_channel">3D technology with a new sports channel</a>, set to premiere this year. The first 3D game will be the FIFA World Cup in June. <br />
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Would you watch your sports if they were in glorious 3D? If anything, it would make watching soccer tolerable. <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-01-05T21:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Family Feud and The Simpsons on the iPhone</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/the-simpsons/" rel="tag">The Simpsons</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img hspace="4" height="148" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/12/thesimpsonsarcade.jpg" alt="" />With the invention of the App Store, it should be no surprise that game versions of various television properties would appear on the iPhone and iPod Touch. I have managed to get my hands on two of them (<em>Family Feud</em> and <em>The Simpsons</em>) and offer a brief review of each.<br />
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<strong><em>Family Feud</em></strong> - This game is a wonderful recreation of the environment of the game show it's based on, right down to the camera pans. The big difference is that one has to type any of the top-however-many answers rather than speak them, so it's best if the player have excellent spelling skills. Currently the game is on sale for $2.99 in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id303579255?mt=8">App Store</a>. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/12/27/family-feud-and-the-simpsons-on-the-iphone/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Brad Trechak</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-12-27T13:05:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Would you buy someone a Flo TV for Christmas?</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/cable-satellite/" rel="tag">Cable/Satellite</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/12/flo_tv.jpg" alt="" />As I ran through my local Best Buy trying to fight my way through the horde of morons like me who waited until the last possible minute to buy presents without having to resort to gasoline gift cards, I came across this strange device: <a href="http://www.flotv.com/">Flo TV.</a><br />
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I call it strange because while a portable TV isn't a new idea, one that gives you deep access to cable and network shows like a TiVo that can fit in your pocket does seem like too much TV for one person. <br />
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Don't get me wrong. It's cool that technology has finally allowed such autonomy, so that now even a Sherpa on the top of the Himalayas can catch up on <em>The Hills</em>. But isn't part of the fun of television the anticipation of waiting to see your favorite shows? That rush you get running home from work so you can catch <em>The Colbert Report</em> or <em>Top Gear</em> and bring an official end to a long and hard day. <br />
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Is there such a thing as too much access to your favorite shows? <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-12-17T20:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>NFL to try 3D football broadcast live on Sunday</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/12/09/nfl-to-try-3d-football-broadcast-live-on-sunday/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="265" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/12/3d-300x300.jpg" alt="3-D_viewing_50s_glasses" />Imagine if you will that you have a ticket to the amazing new monolithic football megaplex, Cowboys Stadium, this Sunday to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the San Diego Chargers. It's two probable playoff teams. It's a potential offensive showcase with two strong-armed quarterbacks. It's got everything to recommend it and you have a ticket.<br />
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Now, how excited are to learn that you can watch the game in 3D? That's right, when you enter the venue, you'll be handed 3D glasses. <a href="http:// http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2009/12/nfl-to-experiment-with-3-d-gam.php">The Cowboy-Charger game will then be broadcast on the huge HD screen in 3D</a>. That's the big screen that hangs over the field. Every play will immediately be converted from HD to 3D with some exciting new technology created in Edison, New Jersey. If you're at home, you won't see 3D, but if you're there, you can wear glasses just like these folks in the picture. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/12/09/nfl-to-try-3d-football-broadcast-live-on-sunday/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-12-09T22:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>What Brad is thankful for</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-schedules/" rel="tag">TV Schedules</a></p><br/><p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/11/bigbangtheory.jpg" alt="The Big Bang Theory" />There comes a time of the year when one has to count their blessings because, when truth is finally told, things could be a lot worse. This is that time. And what am I thankful for? Glad you asked.</p>
<p><strong>Big LCD televisions that hang on the wall</strong> - I think that says it all. Of course, some day all the current display technologies will be abandoned in favor of the video waves that transmit directly to our brains, but until then there is the LCD (or plasma, depending on your technology choice) on the wall.</p>
<p><em><strong><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/the-big-bang-theory/">The Big Bang Theory</a></strong></em> - It's hard to believe that the creator of <em>Two and a Half Men</em> (a show of which I am not a fan) could create such a terrific show. I only discovered the show this past year. I'm usually not a fan of sitcoms but with all the geeky references in <em>BBT</em>, I find that if I could give the show a big, sloppy, wet kiss, I would.</p> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/11/23/what-brad-is-thankful-for/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Brad Trechak</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-11-23T19:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Do you still watch a black and white TV?</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/11/13/do-you-still-watch-a-black-and-white-tv/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-squad-polls/" rel="tag">TV Squad Polls</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="201" border="0" align="right" alt="Philco TV" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2008/06/philco-predicta.jpg" />I haven't owned a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8355519.stm">black and white television</a> in 20 years, but a lot of people in the UK still do. In fact, 30,000 of them, according to the story at BBC News.<br />
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That seems like a lot to me, but I figured I'd ask TV Squad readers if they still watch one or not. Sometimes I'll watch a color movie in black and white (by turning off the color), to see how it looks and see if it gets any better (note: does not work with Pauly Shore movies).<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/11/13/do-you-still-watch-a-black-and-white-tv/#poll36885">View Poll</a></p> <br/><br/>]]>
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     <category>black and white television</category><category>black and white tv</category><category>color television</category><category>color tv</category><category>hdtv</category><category>uk</category> 
     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-11-13T16:01:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Would you watch TV on iTunes for $30 a month?</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/11/03/would-you-watch-tv-on-itunes-for-30-a-month/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/web/" rel="tag">Web</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-schedules/" rel="tag">TV Schedules</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><em><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="256" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/11/applelogo200.jpg" alt="Apple" />The Wall Street Journal's</em> All Things Digital blog is reporting that Apple is having meetings with TV networks to see if they'd be interested in having their programs available on iTunes in a deal where viewers would pay a monthly flat fee to watch the shows. <br />
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Obviously, many networks already offer various shows on iTunes, but this would be a scenario where <a href="http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/">Mac and PC users of iTunes would pay a $30 a month</a> subscription in order to watch TV shows. And that would be all shows, not just paying for each show that you want to watch. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/11/03/would-you-watch-tv-on-itunes-for-30-a-month/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-11-03T12:42:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Do more 3D movies mean 3D at home?</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/10/27/do-more-3d-movies-mean-3d-at-home/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img hspace="4" height="157" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" alt="A 3D movie crowd" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/10/3d_movie.jpg" />All this talk of <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/09/30/the-next-television-technological-breakthrough/">3-D television</a> has really puzzled me. It seems the companies are pushing more for the technology than the customers actually want it. It's the debut of the Toyota Prius all over again. <br />
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Television manufacturers are hoping the onslaught of 3-D movies, such as <em>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</em>, will increase the whisper-level clamors for 3-D televisions. The TVs should be in stores next year. <br />
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To me, the two experiences are almost completely different. 3-D films work in the theaters because the audience is forced to look at the screen, whereas TV is a completely voluntary viewing experience. If there is a way to utilize the technology to enhance the experience on more than just a visual level, like Comedy Central's first-person junk-joke-fest <em>Secret Girlfriend</em>, then maybe you've got gold. <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-10-27T10:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Now guys don't have to choose whether to watch TV or breasts</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/10/21/now-guys-dont-have-to-choose-whether-to-watch-tv-or-breasts/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="203" border="0" align="right" alt="Boob Tube bra" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/10/boobtubebra1.jpg" />Finally, someone has given guys the opportunity to look at a woman's chest and not get slapped.<br /> <br /> It's the Boob Tube Bra, a bra that has two small TV screens embedded in the cups. Sure, this isn't going to be sold in stores, it's one of the <a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Boob-Tube-Among-Bras-For-Cause-65098262.html">special bras on display</a> at the Baylor Medical Center at Irving Cancer Center in Texas, but it's a cool concept. I wonder how you turn up the volume and change the channel?<br /> <br /> [via <a href="http://www.tvtattle.com">TV Tattle</a>] <br/><br/>]]>
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     <category>baylor medical center</category><category>boob tube</category><category>boob tube bra</category><category>irving cancer center</category><category>tv inside a bra</category> 
     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-10-21T19:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>The next television technological breakthrough</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/09/30/the-next-television-technological-breakthrough/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="183" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/09/3d_television_finally_coming_to_your_home_television.jpg" alt="3D television" />Why must Panasonic, Sony, Samsung and that lot constantly develop new technologies in an attempt to break my bank account? First it was things like flat television and high definition. Now, Panasonic is joining the ranks of other television manufacturers to produce a high definition television that can handle both 2D and 3D images. But this time, they're enlisting Hollywood <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2009/09/panasonic_enlis.html">to help them sell it</a>.<br /> <br /> The idea is that Hollywood is producing more 3D films and this technology will enable the sale of 3D DVDs. It could even potentially be the feature to push Blu-ray sales to the level of regular DVDs (assuming it's only on Blu-ray).<br /> <br /> Do we really need to be able to watch 3D movies at home? It sounds like one of those things that seem extraneous at first then once you have it in the home you have no idea how you lived without it. 3D television has been talked about for years now. We'll have to see if this is the event that pushes it more to the mainstream. <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Brad Trechak</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-09-30T16:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>EW's Fall Preview issue with the embedded video creates tons of opportunity</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/09/09/ews-fall-preview-issue-with-the-embedded-video-creates-tons-of/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="CBS Fall Preview 2009" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/09/cbs_fall_preview_2009.jpg" /><span style="font-style: italic;">Entertainment Weekly</span> Subscribers in New York and Los Angeles were treated to <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/21/entertainment-weeklys-fall-preview-issue-will-have-40-minute-ad/">40 minutes of video promoting the CBS fall lineup</a> right in the pages of the magazine's Fall Preview this week, as Bob reported last month. But this groundbreaking movie got me thinking about how this technology could be used.<br /><br />It's a potentially great development for the print medium. The player in <em>EW</em> is interactive, meaning that as you press on the page it's embedded in it responds. Click on <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/tag/big%20bang%20theory/"><em>The Big Bang Theory</em></a> and you'll see the preview of the new season on that show. All those people who abandoned print for the interactive experience online can now get that in their favorite magazines as well.<br /><br />The technology is a brilliant way for an advertisement to reach out to an even wider audience. These little players can be stuck just about anywhere, and loaded with 40 minutes or so of playback. Imagine picking up that DVD set of a TV show you've heard about and being able to watch clips of it right there. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/09/09/ews-fall-preview-issue-with-the-embedded-video-creates-tons-of/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Jason Hughes</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-09-09T19:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Is Apple looking to take a bite out of TV next?</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="248" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/08/applelogo.jpg" alt="Apple logo" />Apple has left some fairly noticeable heel marks on the free throw lines of the computer, digital music and the cell phone industry. <br /><br />So what technology business does Steve Jobs have next on his "To Dominate" list? Why TV, of course. What did you think I was going to say? Toasters? Did you not read the name of this blog?<br /><br />A financial analyst with the Piper Jaffray investment banking firm speculated that <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10314746-1.html">the company is eying at taking a stab at TV technology</a> by releasing its own high definition television by 2011. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/25/is-apple-looking-to-take-a-bite-out-of-tv-next/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <category>apple</category><category>apple iphone</category><category>apple store</category><category>apple tv</category><category>AppleIphone</category><category>applestore</category><category>appletv</category><category>hd</category><category>hdmi</category><category>hdtv</category><category>iphone</category><category>iphone 3g</category><category>iphone 3gs</category><category>iphone os 3.0</category><category>iphone3g</category><category>iphone3gs</category><category>IphoneOs3.0</category><category>ipod</category><category>ipod dock</category><category>ipod nano</category><category>ipod touch</category><category>IpodDock</category><category>IpodNano</category><category>IpodTouch</category> 
     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-08-25T14:33:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>I'm sorry James Cameron, but 3D is not the future of television</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/23/im-sorry-james-cameron-but-3d-is-not-the-future-of-television/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="3d glasses at Cannes Film Festival" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/08/3d_glasses_090823.jpg" />James Cameron has a lot of money. So if he wants to throw some of it at <a href="http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/08/james-cameron-pushes-3d-tv-sets.html">Panasonic to help promote 3D TVs</a>, that's his terrible decision. He shot his latest film in 3D, so he's clearly got it on his mind. And if <em>Avatar</em> does as well as the response to that trailer would have us believe, he may have a lot of free time soon anyway.<br /><br />Speaking of time, this is about the worst time to try and thrust new television and film technology on consumers. Aren't we still in the middle of this transition to digital broadcasts, HDTV and Blu-Ray? Now you're telling us we should buy new HDTVs and new Blu-Ray players that support 3D technology? Oh, and we'll need those cool 3D glasses, too.<br /><br />There's a few problems with this. 3D was going to revolutionize the movies in the '80s. It didn't happen. It's supposed to be "going to revolutionize" movies right now, but it's not happening. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/23/im-sorry-james-cameron-but-3d-is-not-the-future-of-television/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Jason Hughes</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-08-23T14:24:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>A universal remote that can control everything, maybe even the universe</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/23/a-universal-remote-that-can-control-everything-maybe-even-the-u/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a></p><br/><img hspace="4" height="253" border="0" align="right" width="250" vspace="4" alt="An old Zenith remote control" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/08/old_remote_control.jpg" />Every TV addict has that moment when they throw themselves on the couch and muster enough courage to overcome their body fat, gravity and the risk of doing a full sit-up to reach for the remote. <br /><br />But then comes that feeling of sheer dread when your hand, reaching as far as your arm will allow, grabs nothing but air. Your eyes dart around the room, first scanning the immediate area that doesn't require you to get up from the contoured indent left by your ever-expanding ass. Finally, you find it ... clear across the room. You have discovered the remote control's one and only modern flaw. <br /><br />Don't fret. Scientists across the globe have been putting their swine flu vaccine and obesity epidemic research projects aside and working on improving TV remote technology.  That idea for a miracle virus cure never materialized but, thankfully, they've perfected the remote control. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/23/a-universal-remote-that-can-control-everything-maybe-even-the-u/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <category>cristal</category><category>cristal research project</category><category>CristalResearchProject</category><category>scientific research into increase the ass sizes of humans</category><category>ScientificResearchIntoIncreaseTheAssSizesOfHumans</category><category>touch screen</category><category>touch screen remote</category><category>TouchScreen</category><category>TouchScreenRemote</category><category>universal remote</category><category>universal remote control</category><category>universal remotel</category><category>UniversalRemote</category><category>UniversalRemoteControl</category><category>UniversalRemotel</category><category>wired</category><category>wired magazine</category><category>wired news</category><category>WiredMagazine</category><category>WiredNews</category> 
     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-08-23T09:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Verizon to offer cell phone services with FiOS</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2009/07/28/verizon-to-offer-cell-phone-services-with-fios/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/cable-satellite/" rel="tag">Cable/Satellite</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/hardware/" rel="tag">Hardware</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img hspace="4" height="98" border="0" align="right" width="200" vspace="4" alt="Verizon FiOS" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/07/verizon-fios-logo.jpg" />Verizon is <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&amp;sid=aNzOyY1xEbCQ">planning to package</a> FiOS TV and Internet service with its wireless cell phone services. All I can say is, it's about time.<br /><br />If I may go off on a rant here for a moment, I actually investigated getting FiOS installed in my house. Verizon didn't even have a fiber optic cable anywhere near me that they could run to my building. And I live only a few miles from Manhattan.<br /><br />Despite that, by offering a set fee for both FiOS and cell phone service, Verizon is providing something that cable competitors can't duplicate. It's a smart move on the part of the company. Since I already have Verizon Wireless, I can only wish that they got off their lazy asses and laid some more fiber optic around my neighborhood.<br /><br />In the meanwhile, I'm stuck with my sadly deficient cable company (satellite isn't an option due to the nature of my condominium). For those who have FiOS, how is it? Would you be excited about packaging that with your cell phone service? <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Brad Trechak</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2009-07-28T11:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
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