Comments for Connected http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog Staying Connected with Technology and You Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Bringing Mobile Technology Home by Jon Brink http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/bringing-mobile-technology-home/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Jon Brink Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:00:43 +0000 http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/?p=3#comment-158 Too bad so many people hock their stuff so cheaply. It's really kind of ruining our hobby. Too bad so many people hock their stuff so cheaply. It’s really kind of ruining our hobby.

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]]> Comment on The Future of TV by KLotto http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/the-future-of-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-16 KLotto Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:26:38 +0000 http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/?p=121#comment-16 More and more services are being created by clever companies that allow exactly what you are looking for. Netflix, as you referenced, has been doing it for quite awhile. They'll give you suggestions based on what you have watched before. However, the catalog of movies they have available to watch over the internet is not the best available. Not surprising since it is a free part of their service. It is also not the best resolution available. Sites that allows you to purchase or rent movies over the internet offer the most selection, best resolution, and best interface (you get what you pay for). Examples of this are sites like Amazon's Video on Demand (http://www.amazon.com/Video-On-Demand/b/ref=topnav_storetab_atv?ie=UTF8&node=16261631). You can rent or purchase movies and watch them on your PC or on a device that offers the service, such as a Blu-Ray player. VUDU (www.vudu.com) is another service that offers higher resolution and better selection. This service does not work on your PC however. You must purchase their device and hook it to your TV, or purchase a Blu-Ray player that has the service built in. The question remains: Which one is the best? Well, it depends on personal preference. I haven't experienced them all myself.... yet. If anyone has experience with any of these services, or has another service I didn't mention, please leave a comment so everyone can get a sense of what the pros & cons are of each. At DC Home Systems, we also typically have at least one of these devices in our shop being assembled for a client. Give us a call (800-649-3228) or send me an email (klotto@dchomesystems.com) to set up a demo. More and more services are being created by clever companies that allow exactly what you are looking for. Netflix, as you referenced, has been doing it for quite awhile. They’ll give you suggestions based on what you have watched before. However, the catalog of movies they have available to watch over the internet is not the best available. Not surprising since it is a free part of their service. It is also not the best resolution available.
Sites that allows you to purchase or rent movies over the internet offer the most selection, best resolution, and best interface (you get what you pay for). Examples of this are sites like Amazon’s Video on Demand (http://www.amazon.com/Video-On-Demand/b/ref=topnav_storetab_atv?ie=UTF8&node=16261631). You can rent or purchase movies and watch them on your PC or on a device that offers the service, such as a Blu-Ray player.
VUDU (www.vudu.com) is another service that offers higher resolution and better selection. This service does not work on your PC however. You must purchase their device and hook it to your TV, or purchase a Blu-Ray player that has the service built in.
The question remains: Which one is the best? Well, it depends on personal preference. I haven’t experienced them all myself…. yet. If anyone has experience with any of these services, or has another service I didn’t mention, please leave a comment so everyone can get a sense of what the pros & cons are of each.
At DC Home Systems, we also typically have at least one of these devices in our shop being assembled for a client. Give us a call (800-649-3228) or send me an email (klotto@dchomesystems.com) to set up a demo.

]]> Comment on The Future of TV by tinagleisner http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/the-future-of-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-15 tinagleisner Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:26:10 +0000 http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/?p=121#comment-15 You are so right that I remain baffled by all the boxes, remote controls, etc around our living room TV. I rarely sit just to watch television and more often, I'll pick up a good book given the dismal programming choices today. A friend showed us their Blu-Ray with Netflix setup and I get it. Not sure I'm ready to invest in Blu-Ray until there is an easier way to monitor movies, build a list of those I'd like to watch ... and then when I want to relax, I can simply scan the list, select a movie and download for immediate viewing. Like Amazon telling us, people who bought book A also bought B, C and D. We need this type of interest profiling to make TV worth watching again. Wait, that's really movies as there isn't one TV program that I wait to watch, except for the Olympics and figure skating. You are so right that I remain baffled by all the boxes, remote controls, etc around our living room TV. I rarely sit just to watch television and more often, I’ll pick up a good book given the dismal programming choices today. A friend showed us their Blu-Ray with Netflix setup and I get it.

Not sure I’m ready to invest in Blu-Ray until there is an easier way to monitor movies, build a list of those I’d like to watch … and then when I want to relax, I can simply scan the list, select a movie and download for immediate viewing. Like Amazon telling us, people who bought book A also bought B, C and D. We need this type of interest profiling to make TV worth watching again. Wait, that’s really movies as there isn’t one TV program that I wait to watch, except for the Olympics and figure skating.

]]> Comment on Revisiting The Bat Cave Theater by Steve Hayes http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/revisiting-the-bat-cave-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Steve Hayes Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:57:35 +0000 http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/?p=47#comment-4 Nick (and Team) This install in really cool...NICE work! And thanks for using our cables, would love to get feedback from you on them. Many thanks, Steve Nick (and Team)

This install in really cool…NICE work! And thanks for using our cables, would love to get feedback from you on them.

Many thanks,

Steve

]]> Comment on Balancing Technology and Tranquility by Leslie Mark http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/balancing-technology-and-tranquility/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Leslie Mark Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:32:35 +0000 http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/?p=24#comment-3 These are really great comments. If I weren't married to the boss, I might very well still be using dial up and renting VCR tapes. I'll write up some "digital age 101" tips over the weekend. Thanks for the comments. These are really great comments. If I weren’t married to the boss, I might very well still be using dial up and renting VCR tapes. I’ll write up some “digital age 101″ tips over the weekend. Thanks for the comments.

]]> Comment on Balancing Technology and Tranquility by Bill Hutley http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/balancing-technology-and-tranquility/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Bill Hutley Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:34:24 +0000 http://www.dchomesystems.com/blog/?p=24#comment-2 Sounds like magic to us less evolved humans. Really, I don't think that most folks truly understand the options that are available for integrating technology into their homes, especially in the realm of entertainment media. Just twelve years ago I received my TV signal via bent rabbit ears. I still haven't adjusted to the idea that my LP's are obsolete, and suddenly the CD's that are battling my cassette tapes for shelf space are members of the dinosaur culture. Now TVs and Blue Ray players are streaming video over the internet, computers are being linked to home entertainment systems, and folks are left scratching their heads wondering where you plug the wires in. There ought to be a thoughtful, easy to read consumer guide to inform the less savvy among us who yearn for integrated entertainment systems but struggle to know where to begin. And all those wires, please! Sounds like magic to us less evolved humans. Really, I don’t think that most folks truly understand the options that are available for integrating technology into their homes, especially in the realm of entertainment media. Just twelve years ago I received my TV signal via bent rabbit ears. I still haven’t adjusted to the idea that my LP’s are obsolete, and suddenly the CD’s that are battling my cassette tapes for shelf space are members of the dinosaur culture. Now TVs and Blue Ray players are streaming video over the internet, computers are being linked to home entertainment systems, and folks are left scratching their heads wondering where you plug the wires in.

There ought to be a thoughtful, easy to read consumer guide to inform the less savvy among us who yearn for integrated entertainment systems but struggle to know where to begin. And all those wires, please!

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