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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Cisco to Introduce Home Products

    Update Jan 7 2009:  CES almost has started in Las Vegas (see this CNN article).  They say attendance is down.  Still pretty darn big if you ask me!  I was CTO at the now defunct “TeleCon” Conference and we were happy to get 20,000 attendees.  But, I’m pretty sure that live shows will, over time,…

  • High Definition TV Poll

    Update:  Jan 12 2009  7 total votes.  Actually not bad!  I saw a blog that had this on the side.  I will try to get it there and try again!  Thanks for voting!  🙂   Ok, now that I am on WordPress, lets try something new.   I am interested to see how many people…

  • Sony Blu-Ray Player Review

    Rating:  4 WaterTowers For Christmas this year before we run out of money (remember starving blogger and substitute teacher) my wife gave me a Sony Blu Ray player. Prices have come down and apparently she got a really good deal at Best Buy in Tracy, CA.  She also purchased a few movies to watch (Batman,…

  • Internet Movies and Blu Ray

    I’ve been thinking.   A very dangerous thing, I know.  But I was wondering how the likes of VUDU (see my review), AppleTV, the Blockbuster (see my blog entry) and NetFlix (see my blog entry)  streaming video players will effect (hmmm, is that right?  effect, affect?) the life of Blu-Ray.   A few weeks ago,…

  • WordPress Support Review

    Rating: 5 WaterTowers Before Christmas, I noticed that I had lost column #2 of my main page Blog. On most individual pages I could see it, while on others, I could not. (This turned out to be a major hint, that I did not catch at the time). Very odd. Not expecting to hear back from…

  • Radvision Scopia Desktop Review

    Radvision Scopia Desktop Review

    Radvision Scopia Desktop Review December 12, 2008 Rating:  4 WaterTowers Radvision has recently made one of their Scopia MCU products available to the public for testing.  Not being one to shy away from a good test, TelBitConsulting.com signed up and logged on. Since this blog is for “Everyone”, and Scopia Desktop is a complicated application…

  • Tutoring Help via YouTube

    If you need (or someone you know needs) help with Math, Physics, SAT Preparation….visit the Khan Academy on YouTube. An example video is included below.  I picked Pre-Algebra since that is the class I long term subbed in for two months this year….I like that he says almost the same thing I told my class:…

  • Comcast Tracy, CA Upgrades HDTV Channels, Part 2

    I was breezing through the HD channels a couple of nights ago, and found new channels. Interesting that I never seem to be aware that this is going to happen…is it just me? Fourteen new HD channels have been added and we lost MOJO….but, if you ever watched MOJO you may agree that that is…

  • Videoconferencing 101, Chapter 1

    Update:  Chapter 2 has been added. 🙂   I will start new series where I will try to make videoconferencing, collaboration, streaming, and related technologies easy to understand for “Everyone”. Taking advantage of the Blog format, I will be able to add to this entry as new information appears, and make changes as needed (a…

  • Comcast HDTV Cable Box Installation

    Comcast HDTV Cable Box Installation

      As many of you know, I had a cable card installed in my Sony HDTV. That card has given me very good service for the past 4 years, but, in the past year or so, I have periodically lost signal to many stations we watch. To get those stations back, I have to call…