I need a new cell phone.

My current celly is a first generation Motorola Razr and its a POS. Its fine for calls and I got it for cheap compared to the early adoptors for it, but the camera sucks, and internet is total balls.

I like what the iPhone offers, but it cannot record video (WTF?) and has no real GPS. You cant even pair with a BT receiver for GPS integration of Google Maps.

I basically want an iPhone-like device with video recording, gps, and a real web browser that will allow me to access Google Maps and a lot of standard website forums to read and post from. I also want 3G speed capability. I mean whats the point of waiting 1 and a half minutes for that page to load. Ugh.

Also, "affiliate" AT&T stores suck. They have nothing but the standard flippy phones, and none with even GPS capability.

Why cant we get decent phones here in the US for affordable prices? ARRGH.

The PS3 is a fine Blu Ray player.

I finally got my free PS3 over the weekend.

For games, it sucks ass. For an online marketplace. Ass. For demos. ASS.

MS just gets everything right for being a gaming console system (and handles HD DVD great as well) but for games. UGH. For the Xbox, when you download a game or demo, its done! It is ready to play.

For the PS3, after downloading you have to install it, then play, this subtracts valuable seconds of playtime!!!

Anyway, other than the lack of quality games, or frustrating experience with their so called store, the Blu Ray movie player portion of the PS3 gets the job done nicely.

My only complaint is no IR port so my Harmony uni remote wont work. The controller for the PS3 can be used, but is a tad ackward. I will likely get a BT remote, but I think I can trudge through it.

For Blu Ray playback however, you couldnt ask for much more. Quick, speedy loads and responsiveness to your commands, excellent 1080 picture and high resolution sound!

I am now Format Neutral! Bring on the HD movies!

DirecTV continues its HD channel expansion.

Today DirecTV opened more HD channel goodness with:

FX
Cartoon Network
HGTV
Speed
Fuel TV
Fox Business HD

Keep it up!

High Definition days are here!

For years I have had DirecTV using a high definition Tivo to access a limited selection of HD channels from local broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC. DirecTV provided HD HBO, Showtime, some ESPN, Universal TV, HD Discovery Theater and 2 channels from HD Net, and we liked it, uphill, bothways, in the snow, at midnight.

This month in October, DirecTV finally started broadcasting new HD channels using MPEG-4 compression.

This required me to get a new satelite and High Def DVR as the above Tivo can only access MPEG-2 encoded channels. I moved the Tivo to the bedroom and took delivery of the HR20 that DirecTV now uses. I dreaded it because I loved my Tivo so much. But other than the lack of Dual Live Buffers, there have been no issues.

New channels such as National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel, TLC, Food Network HD, Scient Channel, Sci-Fi HD, USA HD etc look insanely great.

Alton Brown on his show Good Eats was showing last night after Food Network went HD and the picture is glorious to behold. At a supermarket next to a huge amount of jars on shelving, you could see each individual lid in crystal clarity.

National Geographic outdoor scenes are breathtaking.

More channels are on the way like Cartoon Network and F/X.

Keep up the good work DirecTV, with roll outs like this, I will stay a customer for a long time.