Tagged: Digital video recorder

Hulu – Salt – Tears of the Earth – Watch the full movie now.

Hulu – Salt – Tears of the Earth – Watch the full movie now.. This is a very informative and well done documentary about the history and methods of salt. I like how it makes it very human and shows things that I haven’t seen before.

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Windows Media Center Customization, Part: V – Skipping Commercials Automatically (via Teknophilia)

Nice easy to follow tutorial. Isn’t it great that someone else has worked out the details on how to make things work? Really a huge time saver when you find resources like this.

videocrab Recording TV is a great convenience; I like it so much that I rarely watch live television anymore. Skipping commercials lets you forget about fast-forwarding so you can sit back and enjoy the show. Running Vista? Skip this part. WtvWatcher Setting up commercial skipping on Windows 7 involves one extra step that Vista doesn’t need. In Vista, shows are recorded in the “.dvr-ms” format, which is what allows us to process the commercials. … Read More

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Download: How technology is changing the way we watch tv (via telling minor stories to avoid a major one)

I’ve wondered that as well. With all the time-shifting technologies available, perhaps one day all entertainment will be on demand rather than scheduled.

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of AV Club. One of the big reasons why is their weekly AV Talk podcasts, where they cover various pop culture topics like movies, tv shows, music, books, etc. This past week’s was a tv-focused discussion between site contributors Leonard Pierce, Noel Murray, and Keith Phipps on “how blogging, Twitter, and DVRs are changing the way we watch our shows.” Well worth the 30 or so minutes. Link … Read More

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