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Heritage Boston Pizza goes Full HDTV just in time for the Hockey Playoffs!

Heritage Boston Pizza recently upgraded all the TVs in the lounge and restaurant to FULL HD,  just in time for the third round of the NHL Playoffs. The AV upgrade was part of a complete restaurant renovation which included adding … Continue reading

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Shaw Increases Prices on Motorola Cable boxes in hopes to shift customers to Buy the Problematic Gateway

Shaw increased the wholesale and retail prices of the Motorola DCX3400 and DCX3200 cable boxes this week in hopes that customers will decide to buy the new Gateway Hub and Portal based on price rather than features and advanced technology. … Continue reading

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New Dish (Bell) Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR System • Shaw Gateway – Telus Optik TV Killer

Look out Shaw Gateway and Telus Optik, Dish Network just introduced a 3 tuner networked PVR at CES today called Hopper with thin-client servers called Joey’s.  Dish satellite equipment (echostar) is used by Bell north of the border so it’s … Continue reading

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Shaw Gateway and Portal System Hands On – First Look

I got my first hands on look at the Shaw Gateway and Portal System today and overall was quite impressed with the look of Shaw’s Newest Cable Box. The Shaw Gateway and Portal System is Shaw’s competitive offering to Telus … Continue reading

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Shaw Drops the Ball and Almost Loses $45,000 in Business!

It’s odd that a company in very competitive market, spending millions of dollars on marketing to attract new business is so quick to dismiss a new business inquiry by telling the person inquiring on the other end of the phone … Continue reading

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When’s a Shaw DVR iPad App Coming?

Last November (2010) Comcast a USA Cable Service Provider launched their Xfinity TV iphone and iPad App for DVR Control and a month later a streaming video app to allow Comcast shows to stream directly to the iPad.  Comcast uses … Continue reading

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Motorola DCX3400 PVR Cable Box Review

The Motorola DCX 3400 HDTV PVR set top box is a dual tuner cable box with a built in 500GB hard drive. The DCX 3400 is a lot faster than the previous DCT Series cable boxes thanks to increased processor … Continue reading

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Motorola DCX3200 Review

The Motorola DCX3200 is a compact, affordable, HDTV Cablebox priced under $200, but with the low price come some disappointing limitations. At 10.5” wide, 3” high and 10.5 inches deep this compact cablebox will fit almost anywhere, above the TV, … Continue reading

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