Time Warner Cable – Splice of Life

DIRECT TV VS. TIME WARNER CABLE :: WHY IS DIRECT TV ALL OVER NY1'S WEBSITE???

January 5, 2010 by Nico

I really have come to loathe the quality of Time Warner Cable service in NYC – they deny any knowledge publicly of the constant packet dropping, jitter, channel freezing and the spontaneous “reboot” of their STB’s – of course ignoring a problem doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. In search of better service, I am doing a little … Read more

Time Warner Cable :: Not In Synch :: Streaming The Bar

February 22, 2009 by Nico

For years, the most aggravating argument against the virtue of streaming media on the web versus “television” has been consistency of the user experience; however, for the last three [3] days I have been waiting for MTV on Time Warner Cable to figure out that their NYC TWC “guide” has been totally off… Right now, … Read more

MY PARENTS:: HD TV USABILITY

February 1, 2009 by Nico

My parents love new gadgets – anything “hi-tech”, shiny and expensive. When they brought home their first SONY BRAVIA HD TV, they were so excited to see those 4:3 channels stretched out to 16:9 – they actually like to see the image stretched out because it is bigger and as we all know, bigger is better!!