What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
In my last Mr. Noobie podcast, I talked about how I think that households recording their own television shows will soon be a thing of the past. I went to say how recording television programs will be replaced by on-demand downloads over the Internet. If you don't believe me that this trend is already happening, listen to what happened to me last week. I was watching a recorded show on my TiVo and saw an advertisement for the season premier of 'Til Death, a show I like to watch. I immediately knew I was in trouble since the ad mentioned… Continue reading...
This fall I don't plan on missing any of the hit television premieres or pilots. No more standing around the water cooler listening to everyone tell me how great a new show was that I didn't watch or didn't record. This year I've hired a television guru. Actually I should say enlisted the help of instead of hired because my guru doesn't actually cost me a dime. His name is TiVo and he's quite good. Guru guides All joking aside, I'm referring to a TiVo service called guru guides. Guru guides are groups of shows that have a common theme.… Continue reading...
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I talk a lot about Amazon.com and how easy it is, even for noobies, to order products on their web site. But a recent series of events made me realize it may be too easy. I wanted to order a Slingbox Pro and have it delivered in one day. The only problem was I was running out of time to meet the shipping deadline and I was smack dab in the middle of a fantasy football draft. My wife came to my rescue. She ordered the Slingbox Pro for me. She also ordered one for her dad and my sister.… Continue reading...
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One of the core reasons I started Noobie was to help technology challenged people wade through all of the baloney (I'd like to use a stronger word but I won't) that's thrown at them from the technology media. Last night was a prime example. I was watching the Indianapolis Colts fall to the Chicago Bears on television which already put me in a sour mood (I may have grown up Wisconsin but I live just outside Indianapolis) when a new Comcast commercial aired. The commercial simulated a Family Feud style game show where contestants had to answer who had the… Continue reading...
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I did a double-take when I read my TiVo email newsletter today. I thought I was seeing things. It said you can now watch YouTube videos right from your TiVo. The newsletter included a screenshot of a familiar TiVo screen but with a new YouTube item. I didn't read another word of the newsletter. Instead I ran straight to my family room and brought up the TiVo menu. It was right around this time that I remembered that I had recently received the TiVo summer service upgrade on my TiVo HD DVR. I had read all of the highlights of… Continue reading...
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