Category Archives: Broadband

More Info On the Channel Master TV DVR, Now Even Less Appealing

Posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 by MegaZone

The other day I posted about the Channel Master TV CM-7400 ATSC & clear QAM DVR, and given its features and $400 price tag I concluded that a $600 TiVo Premiere with lifetime was the better deal. Well, now we … Continue reading →

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Netgear and Roku – If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Beat ‘Em?

Posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 by MegaZone

Last October Netgear launched the NTV250 Roku Player, licensing the platform from Roku. Apparently that didn’t work well for Netgear, and now they’re back with the NeoTV NTV200 Streaming Player which appears to have a home-grown OS. They’ve kicked out … Continue reading →

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New Netgear N900 Wireless Router Offers Extreme Performance

Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 by MegaZone

Remember the top end Netgear N600 router I reported on just a couple of weeks ago? Forget it, it is obsolete. While the N600 was a dual-band (2.4GHz & 5GHz) router which offered 300Mbps in each band, or 600Mbps today, … Continue reading →

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The Channel Master TV CM-7400, an OTA DVR Alternative to TiVo?

Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 by MegaZone

Channel Master is probably best known for the CM-7000PAL OTA DVR, which was better known as the Dish Network DTVPal DVR when it launched back in 2008 to coincide with the digital broadcast transition. It is still out there, still … Continue reading →

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Chumby Drops Huggable for Practical

Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 by MegaZone

We recently saw Chumby moving into the connected TV app space as an app platform included on the TiVo Design Insignia cTVs. Chumby is continuing their move in that direction with the NeTV, a simple little box that connects in-line … Continue reading →

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