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Home Theater April 23, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson |
VOOM Doom Brings DIRECTV Boom A week before VOOM satellite service is discontinued, DirecTV offers a deal to VOOM customers.  |
Home Theater April 23, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Satellite HD and 3D Channels Grow Both DirecTV and Dish Network beef up their high-def content.  |
Home Theater October 20, 2003 |
Cablevision Launches Voom Satellite service offers 21 HDTV channels, standard fare, plus more to come.  |
Home Theater October 1, 2007 |
MGM Lion to Roar in HD DirecTV will get a leg up on the Dish Network this fall with the launch of the MGM HD channel.  |
Home Toys October 2004 |
Get The Most From Your HDTV While some cable and satellite companies are beginning to work HD into their lineups, one new satellite service, VOOM, was created with HD expressly in mind.  |
Home Theater March 24, 2008 |
Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013.  |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Pulls the Plug on DISH Network Disney and DISH battle over HD channel programming fees.  |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Larry Armstrong |
Must-Have Toys For HDTV Buffs Receivers with built-in DVRs make recording programs a cinch: DirecTV's HR10-250... Dish Network's DVR-921...  |
Home Theater September 2, 2008 |
BDA: HD Claims Misleading Satellite operators and others that claim to supply full HD are "irresponsible" and "misleading," says the Blu-ray Disc Association.  |
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 David Lee Smith |
DirecTV Churns Out One Solid Quarter With subscriber defections slowing, DirecTV was able to increase its quarterly income by more than 40%. From the perspective of savvy investors, it looks like there is money to made from DirecTV.  |
Wired June 2006 Frank Rose |
Prime Time for Hi-Def Gorgeous movies. Eye-popping sports. Hyper-real crime dramas. HDTV finally arrives.  |
Home Theater January 7, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson |
CES - Day 1 DISH Network's big announcement was that they will begin offering a Video On Demand... DIRECTV touted the soon-to-be-launched satellites which will give them the capability of offering local broadcast HD channels...  |
Home Theater December 6, 2004 Darryl Wilkinson |
Even more HDTV from VOOM The third satellite provider shows it's no also-ran as it gets ready to beef up its already hefty HD channel lineup. The latest order? Five more geostationary telecommunications satellites from Lockheed Martin.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Brendan Mathews |
DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note.  |
PC Magazine February 14, 2007 Robert Heron |
HD Inequality The efficiency of modern video compression enables multiple channels of digital programming where, previously, only one analog channel was possible.  |
Home Theater January 24, 2005 Darryl Wilkinson |
VOOM and Gloom Was it a flawed business model that brought down the VOOM HD-centric satellite service, or was it something smaller but much more powerful?  |
Home Theater July 2003 Rebecca Day |
Baby Steps to HDTV The process may be painful, but the result is a bundle of joy.  |
Home Toys August 2005 James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable  |
Home Theater February 10, 2003 |
Showtime Boosts HD Programming Showtime Networks has announced that it will "substantially increase" its high-definition programming for 2003, with sports events, movies and many of its original series airing in the digital format.  |
Home Theater July 21, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
XStreamHD to Offer Lionsgate VOD Dish Network subscribers can get it through HD Media Server.  |
Popular Mechanics July 2008 Joel Johnson |
How to Get the Best HDTV When Satellite Carriers Degrade Quality Over-the-air HD signals tend to be of very high quality -- and they are free. All you need to receive them is an HDTV and an antenna.  |
Home Theater June 1, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
DirecTV Fixes Some STBs for 3D If you've got an H21, H23, H24, or HD21 box, you're in. Older set-top boxes will be left out in the 2D cold.  |
Home Theater February 17, 2003 |
DirecTV's Full-court Press Direct satellite broadcaster DirecTV is making an aggressive move with live high-definition coverage of National Basketball Association games this season.  |
Home Theater July 9, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Sony HD Movie Channels Coming Sony is about to launch two movie channels. One of two would be studio's first wholly owned channel.  |
Home Theater April 9, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Sling That Dish Dish Network unveils SlingLoaded HD DVR receiver.  |
Home Theater February 12, 2007 Darryl Wilkinson |
Universal HD Radio The HD Radio Alliance is now promoting the availability of a pricey HD Radio add-on for car stereos that will enable users to access free HD Radio content and services.  |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Is DirecTV a Flash in the Pan? DirecTV credits its new on-demand service for some of its sales growth, along with attractive digital video recorder packages and a market-leading high-definition channel lineup.  |
Home Theater November 6, 2008 |
Dolby Digital Plus Hits the Airwaves Dolby Digital Plus will make its broadcast debut in France's recently launched HDTV platform.  |
Home Theater December 3, 2003 |
HDTV Sales Jump 50% Price drops, more programming combine to push hardware sales to new heights.  |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2009 Anders Bylund |
DirecTV Only Wants the Big Spenders Dish and DirecTV are locked in mortal combat. Will lower prices beat higher quality -- or vice versa?  |
Home Theater August 2, 2007 |
Who's Going Blu? Is the end near for HD DVD? A recent spate of bad news suggests that the format is running out of retail friends. But the situation may not be as bad as it first appears.  |
Home Theater July 31, 2003 |
Fox Plans HDTV, Comcast Adds ESPN HD High-definition television got a big boost from two major sources in July.  |
| AskMen.com |
In-Car HD Radio Decks Those wanting to listen to HD Radio in the car are faced with an increasing number of HD-enabled aftermarket stereos and tuners. Here's some help.  |
Popular Mechanics July 25, 2008 Glenn Derene |
The Real Story of HDTV Standards--There Aren't Any: Buzzword When you turn on a high-definition broadcast, you assume that your TV will come to life with the crispest, sharpest picture imaginable. But the fact is, hi-def doesn't always mean high quality.  |
Home Theater February 11, 2008 |
Netflix Vows to Be True Blu Netflix will drop HD DVD and stock its virtual shelves exclusively with Blu-ray discs.  |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Rick Steier |
DirecTV in Perfect Focus No other content delivery company can compare to DirecTV, for services and financial strength.  |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Tom Lowry |
From Vanilla To Full Metal Racket Clear Channel is racing into the Digital Age with an array of high-def niche channels.  |
Home Theater September 20, 2007 |
New DVD Format Coming, Shoot Us Please HD DVD and Blu-ray will get some competition next month when New Media Enterprises drops its first red-laser-driven HD VMD players and titles on an unsuspecting world.  |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
You Heard Right: HD Radio HD radio aims to deliver big improvements in quality and a wealth of new services. But as with digital television, HD radio's reality falls far short of its promise.  |
PC World June 2004 Anne Kandra |
The Cable-or-Satellite Conundrum TV lovers finally have a real choice. Here's how to pick the right cable or satellite service.  |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away DISH Network has been steadily losing subscribers. Is it time to get rid of your DISH stock and replace it with something else? Take a look at: Direct TV... Liberty Capital... Netflix...  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 David Lee Smith |
A Dish (Network) to Set Aside While Dish added subscribers in the quarter, its rate of growth fell from the prior period.  |
PC Magazine September 13, 2006 Robert Heron |
Expert View: Big Screens Don't Always Mean HDTV The most insidious problem is the fact that all video on TV is highly compressed.  |
PC World May 2004 Yardena Arar |
HDTV Answer Guide Ready for next-generation television? Before you take the high-definition high dive, read this guide to the services, the sets, and more.  |
Home Theater December 30, 2009 Mark Fleischmann |
DirecTV Readies First 3D Channel The first 3D channel is coming to satellite. DirecTV plans to announce it next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 Anders Bylund |
Low Churn, Happy DirecTV Investors A little short-term pain leads to lots of long-term cash for DirecTV. Spending more money now on the high-def and DVR boxes they're putting into customers homes, the satellite TV leader knows that this strategy will return higher demand from customers and a higher revenue stream in the future.  |
Home Theater October 4, 2006 Darryl Wilkinson |
Radio Free HD Radio You'll have your chance to snag a free HD Radio receiver when thousands of them are given away by local HD Radio broadcasters this winter.  |
Home Theater April 26, 2007 |
TWC Axes Analog Time Warner Cable's Staten Island Project will provide 100 new channels of HDTV to the southernmost borough of New York City.  |
Home Theater December 13, 2007 |
Warner Won't Do High-Def Hybrid Disc Hopes for a disc that would play in either HD DVD or Blu-ray players died a few weeks ago when Warner suspended plans to market what it had called a Total HD disc.  |
Fast Company Harry McCracken |
Review: Sling TV, An Intriguing -- But Incomplete -- First Draft Of The Future Of Pay TV There are going to be some people who care enough about the channels the service offers to pay $20 a month. Sports fans especially. But there will more who will look at the lineup and fixate on what's currently missing.  |