Digital Video Free

Last month we reviewed the new Newfangled website which had been in the works for over a year. Not all websites take that long to build--in fact we've launched significant sites in a little less than a month (not all websites are built that fast). However long one works on a website, there comes the day when we "send the site live." It's a day of great anticipation and anxiety. Getting everything together, making last minute changes, testing everything for the umteenth time, dealing with technical details, and finally pulling the trigger can be a momentous event.

This month's newsletter serves as a preparatory document for going live with a new site. Dotting all the I's and crossing all the T's before a site launch will make for a celebratory experience rather than a potentially fearful one.

Last month we reviewed the new Newfangled website which had been in the works for over a year. Not all websites take that long to build--in fact we've launched significant sites in a little less than a month (not all websites are built that fast). However long one works on a website, there comes the day when we "send the site live." It's a day of great anticipation and anxiety. Getting everything together, making last minute changes, testing everything for the umteenth time, dealing with technical details, and finally pulling the trigger can be a momentous event.

This month's newsletter serves as a preparatory document for going live with a new site. Dotting all the I's and crossing all the T's before a site launch will make for a celebratory experience rather than a potentially fearful one.

Last month we reviewed the new Newfangled website which had been in the works for over a year. Not all websites take that long to build--in fact we've launched significant sites in a little less than a month (not all websites are built that fast). However long one works on a website, there comes the day when we "send the site live." It's a day of great anticipation and anxiety. Getting everything together, making last minute changes, testing everything for the umteenth time, dealing with technical details, and finally pulling the trigger can be a momentous event.

This month's newsletter serves as a preparatory document for going live with a new site. Dotting all the I's and crossing all the T's before a site launch will make for a celebratory experience rather than a potentially fearful one.

Gene Frantz
TI Principal Fellow and Business Development Manager, DSP

It’s the holiday season and people are naturally out shopping and creating their own wish lists. A while back, Dylan McGrath at EE Times posed several questions for his readers on what they wanted for the holidays. Here are my thoughts as I wind down this week, with holidays and CES just around the corner.

1) If you had $100 to spend for electronic devices for the holidays, what would you spend it on? a) If $300? b) If $500? c) If $1,000?

This is a hard question as my entertainment tastes exceed the $100 mark. Some of the products I am wanting fit into other categories. So, here they are:

For $300, I would invest in a Sling Box, that is if I didn’t have one already. The reason for even mentioning this is that the Sling Box gives me one more dimension of freedom with my entertainment. That is it gives the ability to have my entertainment where I want it. As I am writing this I am sitting in my hotel in Taipei wishing I could watch a local Houston channel. OK, I guess I could even now except TI won’t let me connect to the Sling Box through the firewall. Perhaps this is something else I could wish for this Christmas.

For $500, I guess I would be looking for a new DVR. I really need an HD DVR. Believe it or not, I actually have two DVRs right now. One is a TIVO which I bought the first year they were available. The other is a ReplayTV. And yes, I bought it the first year it was out. But that has now been more than five years and its time to upgrade. My fear is that an HD DVR is going to be more like a $1000 product this Christmas, so, I may be waiting another year for it.

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