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How To Beat HDTV "Customer Service"
By Ben Popken on October 27, 2011 12:00 PM   36 Comments
If your HDTV set is malfunctioning you follow the advice most HDTV manufacturers put on their website, you can actually end up screwing yourself. Surprise, surprise. Here's what you should do instead. More »

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Make Your Own Indoor HDTV Antenna From Cardboard And Aluminum Foil
By Ben Popken on August 8, 2011 11:00 AM   38 Comments
You could drop $40-$70 on an indoor HDTV antennae, or you could make your own for a few bucks out of cardboard and aluminum foil. Since most TVs have built-in HD tuners, you can get local TV without paying for cable just by applying your DIY know-how. Reader Dave shares his instructions. More »

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ESPN Drives Football Fans Crazy With Arbitrary HD Blackouts
By Phil Villarreal on October 4, 2010 10:30 AM   77 Comments
Once you become addicted to watching football in HD, it's tough to go back to standard definition. And when you realize that people in other parts of the country are getting to watch the game in dazzling HD while you suffer through your grainy, small-screen 1985 version thanks to a nonsensical decision by ESPN, it's darn near maddening. More »

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Silly DirecTV Forgot To Waive My HD Fee
By Phil Villarreal on June 24, 2010 9:15 AM   23 Comments
In the rush to drop HD fees to attract new customers, DirecTV pulled a boner and forgot to remove the charges for at least one customer. Andrew says he called the company, reminded it of the oversight and got it to take HD charges off his account. More »

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Should I Assume All HDTVs Self-Destruct And Just Buy Something Crappy?
By Laura Northrup on May 26, 2010 10:01 AM   147 Comments
Brendan has a question for the Consumerist hive mind. He wants to buy a large-ish HDTV, but isn't sure that his usual method of buying technology—buy the cheapest thing he can get his hands on, and count on it not to break for a year or two—will work at these price points. More »

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Google TV Is A Thing Now, And It Can't Be More Pointless Than Wave
By Phil Villarreal on May 21, 2010 8:43 AM   50 Comments
We saw this coming a couple weeks ago, but now it's official: Google is busting down your door and stealing away your TV. More »

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Netflix Now Offering HD Streaming On PCs And Macs
By Marc Perton on May 13, 2010 10:01 AM   46 Comments
Netflix customers using computers can now get something that Xbox 360 and TiVo users have taken for granted: HD streaming. However, the fact that Netflix is now apparently making most of its HD titles available for high-def computer streaming doesn't necessarily mean you'll actually get the highest resolution on your rig. And, no matter how sharp the picture is, some films will still be just as bad. More »

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You Don't Need HDMI 1.4 Cables For 3D TV
By Marc Perton on March 24, 2010 11:57 AM   28 Comments
If you're ready to shell out $3,000 for a new 3D-capable TV (plus as much as $150 for each additional set of goofy goggles), you can still save a few bucks in one place: cables. Despite what the aggressive electronics dealer might say, any high-speed HDMI cable will work just fine with today's 3DTVs and Blu-ray disc players. And those so-called HDMI 1.4 cables? They're not even allowed to mention them. More »

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HDTV Popular With Octopuses, Jury Still Out On Squid
By Marc Perton on March 22, 2010 3:51 PM   18 Comments
Marine biologists studying octopi have begun using HDTV to simulate prey and predators, relying on the sharp onscreen images to trick the animals into responding as if they're actually under attack or on the hunt (when basketball is on, they reach for breaded shrimp and Hebrew National franks). More »

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Family With Shattered TV Takes Best Buy To Court, Wins
By Laura Northrup on March 21, 2010 3:00 PM   65 Comments
Remember the Florida family whose sad story of a smashed TV we shared on Super Bowl Sunday? When they unboxed their 50-inch plasma screen HDTV, they found a cracked screen and a world of sadness. They took a page from the Consumerist playbook and sued Best Buy in small claims court. When the mega-retailer failed to send a representative, they won a default judgment. More »

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New 3D TVs To Cost You $1K Per D
By Phil Villarreal on March 11, 2010 9:30 AM   65 Comments
Colin Boyd of Get the Big Picture put together a roundup on the upcoming home entertainment craze of 2010, 3DTV. The verdict: New bigscreen, 3D-capable TVs in the 46 to 50-inch range from Panasonic and Samsung will cost about $3,000. And the early industry standard seems to be that the sets will come with two pairs of glasses. Additional glasses, required for watching in non-blurry vision, will cost an extra $150. More »

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Hey, Time Warner Customers, Ready To Pay For Fox?
By Marc Perton on January 4, 2010 9:28 AM   44 Comments
Customers of Time Warner Cable may consider themselves the victors in the battle between their cable operator and the Fox network. After all, the two sides came to a last-minute agreement on New Year's Day guaranteeing that TWC customers will still be able to catch up with Homer Simpson, Walter Bishop and Jack Bauer. But guess who's gonna pay for that? Here's a hint: It's not Rupert. More »

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Make Your New HDTV Slightly More Awesome
By Laura Northrup on January 3, 2010 4:30 PM   32 Comments
Did you acquire a shiny, flat new HDTV in 2009's end-of-the-year buying frenzy? If your new TV looks a little odd, you may need to calibrate it. Consumer Reports Electronics can help. More »

Three Months Later, Hitachi Finally Makes Good For Busted TV
By Phil Villarreal on October 15, 2009 3:59 PM   17 Comments

—>Remember Mark, the gentleman who paid $200 to repair a Hitachi TV, only to see it immediately break again? Of course you don't, because we posted his story three months ago.  More »

Want An HDTV? Just Imagine That You Have One
By Laura Northrup on October 7, 2009 4:24 PM   88 Comments

—>Good news, everyone! I don't have an aging hulk of a CRT television in my living room anymore. No, I have a high definition television, thanks to the power of my mind. At least, that's what a recent study tells me will happen if I wish hard enough.   More »

CRT TVs Masquerading As HDTVs Plague Another Walmart
By Phil Villarreal on October 7, 2009 3:07 PM   44 Comments

—>It's officially a trend now. Old-timey CRT TVs are not only mislabeled as HDTVs at a Connecticut Walmart, but also, according to reader Chris, at a Kentucky location.  More »

Walmart Tries To Pass Off Antique As HDTV
By Phil Villarreal on October 5, 2009 2:56 PM   75 Comments

—>Shawn spotted Walmart selling an old CRT TV, mislabeling it as an HDTV. He snapped the accompanying incriminating photos and writes:  More »

Deep HDTV Discounts From Best Buy This Week
By Laura Northrup on August 29, 2009 11:28 PM   92 Comments

—>People just aren't buying ginormous TVs like they used to. At least not from Best Buy. That's why there's going to be some great deals this week at Best Buy on large-screen HDTVs. HDGuru got an advance copy of their Sunday circular, which advertises discounts that bring the big TVs down to an almost reasonable price!  More »

Pop Goes The Shoddy Refurbed Hitachi TV
By Phil Villarreal on July 7, 2009 1:00 PM   52 Comments

—>Mark thought he'd save some money by buying a refurbished Hibachi HDTV off UEC Web, but was disturbed to discover the TV — as an under-fire politician, coach or CEO would put it — decided to spend more time with its family.  More »

Don't Clean Your HDTV With Windex
By Meg Marco on May 5, 2009 4:57 PM   119 Comments

—>Windex works great on your windows, but will it clean your TV? How about those expensive cleaning kits they sell at Best Buy? Our sister publication, Consumer Reports, says that both of them are bad ideas, but for different reasons.  More »

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