Dave's Download
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Life on a Digital Hilltop
Continue reading… 0 CommentsI chuckle when I see "HDTV antenna" on boxes near expensive TVs at electronics stores. We're watching great digital TV with nothing more than a $20 antenna, an old-fashioned dipole (rabbit ears) with a loop in the middle.
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Two's Company but Three's a Crowd
Continue reading… 3 CommentsThe race for raw speed is taking a pause; now PC makers are pitching more "cores" to sell new PCs. And according to reports this week from chipmakers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, the new multicore processors are going to help awaken a slumbering PC market.
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Casting a Shadow Over Baseball's Tech Wizardry
Continue reading… 4 CommentsThe first potential deal breaker has cropped up in my plan to cut the cable to cable. My Cardinals are in the baseball playoffs, at least for now. But ESPN has rights to broadcast many of the games, and it's only available on cable or satellite. That might mean that Cards uniforms, the beloved "Birds on a Bat," won't grace the sets of cheap antenna ants like me.
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Screens: Some Prices Have Bottomed Out
Continue reading… 2 CommentsWe always expect prices for electronics to fall, and the predictions are just that for most flat-panel LCDs and plasmas. But don't get too cocky this holiday season—there are blips on the screen(s).
