Gary Merson

FiOS TV: Fiber HD Right to Your Door

By Gary Merson
Posted May 5, 2006

Wish your satellite or digital cable-TV provider offered more high-definition channels, or maybe just a better picture? Take heart: now rolling out, VERIZON FiOS TV delivers more than 350 standard-def channels as well as 20-plus high-def ones. FiOS TV - that's Fiber Optic Service - is already available in parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, and Texas.

» Read More

First Look: Va-Va-Voom!

The newest satellite service delivers the most HDTV channels available anywhere

By Gary Merson
Posted April 1, 2004

Just ask anyone who's spent any amount of time watching a high-definition TV - it's addictive. Maybe it's the seductive picture or the cinemalike sound, but the half-dozen HDTV channels I had available until recently were about the only ones I regularly watched - even though there were hundreds of standard-definition channels I could have tuned in.

» Read More

Wild Card

Goodbye cable box, hello CableCARD

By Gary Merson
Posted October 16, 2004

Before premium cable channels like HBO began appearing 30 years ago, you were more likely to have a bowl of waxed fruit atop your TV than a black box that changed channels.

» Read More

DirecTV HR10-250 HDTV Satellite Receiver/Recorder

By Gary Merson
Posted September 22, 2004

I'm a huge fan of the video hard-disk recorders (HDRs), also known as digital video recorders (DVRs), that have revolutionized the TV viewing habits of millions. As the ads say, you can watch what you want when you want. But the options for time-shifting high-definition programs have been limited.

» Read More

Digital Stream HD3150 HDTV Tuner

Free Air

By Gary Merson
Posted July 11, 2005

The Short Form DIMENSIONS 14 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches PRICE $229 MANUFACTURER Pro Brand International,

» Read More