Cable companies! They are about as fun to deal with as your parents divorce. We offered you a chance to vent by telling us your horror stories. Here’s the rock bottom of the coaxial carnival ride. More »
Over the past few days, we’ve received more than 1,000 horror stories about bad cable experiences: tales of bad techs, terrible service, and troubling billing practices. We used those to build a cable customer’s bill of rights. More »
Nearly two years after releasing their Red Eye app for iOS users, the convenience enthusiasts over at ThinkFlood have now brought the universal remote control to the Android community, as well. The app, which was released in beta a few months ago, allows users to remotely control their non-networked home theater, lighting and air conditioning systems from the comfort of their tablets, laptops or smartphones. Version 2.7.0 also brings plenty of customizable graphics and layouts, for those looking to add a more personal touch to their lives of leisure. Compatible with any device running Android 1.6 or later (including tablets running Honeycomb), the app features a built-in TV program guide that can be used with any display, but in order to take advantage of its other home theater controls, you’ll have to purchase networked ThinkFlood hardware products like RedEye or RedEye Pro (it’s not compatible with RedEye mini). If you’re interested in downloading the tool for free, check out the source links below, or click past the break for more details, in the full PR.
ThinkFlood releases RedEye remote control app for Android, makes it even easier to sit around originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Your new pad is ace. All it needs now is cable. Easy! You’ll be all set in no time; just take a vacation day and wait for some dude to show up and run a line to a box. What? More »
Enough Already Arduino mutes TV’s overexposed celebrities, frees you to live again (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Gizmodo wants to fix your cable. All this week, we’re going to take a long-hard look at the cable industry, and how to improve it. We want to fix cable, and we need your help to make it happen. More »
You hate your cable company, right? Seems like everyone does. Cable television routinely scores lower in customer satisfaction than just about anything else—including congress. So why don’t you just switch providers? Oh yeah, you can’t. You’re so screwed! More »
Continue reading Hitachi’s 50-inch P50-GP08 3D TV could be its Japanese swan song
Hitachi’s 50-inch P50-GP08 3D TV could be its Japanese swan song originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Well, would you look at that? Two of our favorite entertainers, Lucile Ball and the World Wide Web, share a birthday. Of course, the former Mrs. Desi Arnaz would have about 80 years on the old web if she were alive today, but there’s no reason the two can’t get along, right? That’s Google’s stance anyway, as the internet giant’s dedicated its latest doodle to the memory of the fiery ginger comedienne. If you love Lucy as much as we do, hit the source link, grab some popcorn and cozy up to that tiny TV to watch some of her very finest comedic performances.
[Thanks, Bedan]
Babalu! Google celebrates Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday doodle-style originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Now that eager hackers have actually managed to shoehorn the latest flavor of Android onto Logitech Revue units, the question is what does it actually look like? We got a few screenshots at Google I/O but now there’s pictures and videos popping up all over. One of our tipsters sent a few shots over, while the Channel Android folks on YouTube have posted a video walkthrough (embedded after the break). So far it looks good, with little remaining of the original Google TV UI, now replaced by widgets, box art-style listings of TV content and more. Thinking about dropping a Benjamin on one of these units and upgrading to Honeycomb yourself? Be warned — it’s very raw, so with no Netflix and not much app compatibility to speak of, remaining a voyeur is probably advisable for now.
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Continue reading Logitech Revue running Honeycomb caught on camera, looks pretty good
Logitech Revue running Honeycomb caught on camera, looks pretty good originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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