http://www.techmoments.com Digest of the digital lifestyle... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:08:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone has been asking me how Fios has been since I installed it in July. Here is the 2 month report: TV: Crystal clear, TONS of HD (just under 100 channels including the movies package). Cablecards have been solid since install, even after loss of power. There was some ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/09/19/fios-2-month-report/ I know I have mentioned SlingMedia before. I was very impressed with their setup utility over a year ago when I got one. But I wanted to mention a few new developments which solidify their status as being completely TechMoments approved. I have been using the SlingBox ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/09/10/sling-rocks/ Verizon was happy to port my phone from Cablevision. Not a problem they said, it will port over immediately when your Fios installation is complete. Well, I couldn't argue with that. And honestly, it did port over once the installer activated the line. There was just ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/07/25/fun-with-phone-porting/ I have been putting off writing this post intentionally. You see, I was still basking in the glow of a fantastic install experience. I didn't want to dredge up, and subsequently address, all the problems that have occurred since the fiber was lit. Over the past week ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/07/25/fios-the-aftermath/ I woke up bright and early today eagerly awaiting the Fios installers. I counted down the days to my install date, but I don't see how anyone could forget an appointment. I received no less than 3 phone calls and an email confirming todays date and time. ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/07/16/fios-is-in-the-house/ Apple recently re-branded their .Mac program to MobileMe. MobileMe provides a lot of updates to .Mac, not the least of which is a newly enhanced web interface. But what caught my attention was that you can now sync your contacts and calendar to "the cloud" and then keep ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/07/14/apple-syncs-to-windows-vista-still-sucks/ I have finally chosen the lesser of two evils by signing up for Verizon FiOS and subsequently canceling my Cablevision. This is a full conversion, Triple Play for Triple Freedom. Don't get me wrong, there are still benefits for being on Cablevision, but the scales finally tipped in ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/07/01/the-road-to-fios/ I have been looking for this video for over 5 years. Not knowing what it was called, I only remembered it as "the parody game show that was on the MS Beta CD's". I've scoured hundreds of old BETA discs and MSDN's and never found it. Finally, ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/05/17/finally-found-it-studs-from-microsoft/ At first I was going to title this post "Dell XPS M1330 First Impressions", but since I'm "upgrading" from a Sony Vaio TZ190, most of my comments are a direct comparison of the two. First off, I should say that I'm a huge fan of ultraportable laptops. I've ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/04/30/dell-xps-m1330-vs-sony-vgn-tz190n-led-and-ssd/ HD-DVD may be dead, but not before giving away some free money and enjoying two great last releases. I've been largely ignoring the rebate situation, as I bought my HD-DVD (for Xbox) from Amazon. Surely they won't give away free money! I was wrong. Amazon, like ... http://www.techmoments.com/2008/04/09/hd-dvds-last-will-and-testament/