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The Enough Already Mutes Your TV When Overexposed Celebrities Come On [Video]

Whitson Gordon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Sick of hearing about Charlie Sheen’s tiger blood or the political gaffe du jour? This simple DIY project will mute your TV whenever it starts talking about a celebrity or subject you’ve heard enough of. More »

The Enough Already Mutes Your TV When Overexposed Celebrities Come On [Video]

Whitson Gordon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Hush Automatically Mutes Obnoxious Commercials on Hulu [Video]

Adam Pash — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:15:00 +0000

Mac: Hulu has changed the way we watch TV, but it hasn’t changed the way advertisers blow out our eardrums and drive us crazy playing the same obnoxious ads, over and over again. Hush is a free app for Macs that automatically mutes your computer during Hulu commercials and restores your volume when the commercials end. More »

How to Reduce Your Cable TV Bill [Cut The Cable]

Arvin Dang — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:00:00 +0000

If you’re not ready to cut the cable bill entirely just yet, here are a few methods to help offset the cost of your bill and still enjoy the same content. More »

Ivi.tv Streams Live Broadcast TV over the Internet [Streaming Video]

Dave Drager — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:00:00 +0000

If you’d love to cut or eliminate your cable bill but still want to get the major networks’ live feeds, consider Ivi.tv, an online-only alternative to retrieving over-the-air stations with an antenna or via ClearQAM over the cable network. More »

“Remember to Watch” Alerts You to New TV Episodes via SMS [Television]

Whitson Gordon — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0000

If you aren’t using a DVR at home (and you’re still watching TV on cable instead of online), simple SMS service Remember to Watch will send you SMS messages 30 minutes before your favorite show comes on. More »

How to Pick the Right TV Tuner for Your DIY DVR [Media Center]

Whitson Gordon — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000

You can pay a monthly fee to your cable provider for a time-shifting DVR, but if you prefer control and flexibility to DRM and, well, that monthly fee, you can roll your own DVR with a TV tuner for your PC. More »

Netflix Instant Streaming Comes to the iPhone and iPod touch, Works over 3G [Downloads]

Adam Pash — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

iOS: You could already watch Netflix on your iPad—or an iPhone with a clever hack—but now the popular streaming service is available as an official iPhone app. More »

Top 10 Tools for Managing and Automating Your Media Downloads [Lifehacker Top 10]

Kevin Purdy — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +0000

You’re handy with BitTorrent, you’ve learned your way around Usenet, and you have all kinds of files streaming onto your hard drive. Learn how to automatically unpack, rename, convert, and otherwise make your media ready for viewing with these 10 helper apps. More »

Speaker Placement Rules for Achieving Optimum Sound [Media Center]

Jason Fitzpatrick — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000

If you don't consider yourself an audiophile there's a good chance you placed your speakers based on where they'd look best—and stick out the least—rather than where they sounded ideal. Follow some basic speaker placement rules to optimize your setup. More »