One of the biggest sources of confusion to many HDTV buyers is all of the cables. Many of us HD-ready folks have gone over to relatives and friends house only to see the most dreaded of all cables hooked up to their gorgeous new 46" HDTV:

It’s gonna be okay.
Well, first off, what’s so wrong with seeing the trusted ol’ composite cables? Well, first off, composite cable is really just a single channel of NTSC video thrown onto the yellow cable, with the audio split between the two white and red cables. In other words, the video information …read more

Yes, you read that right. The FCC is banning agreements that make apartment buildings only have one cable provider. This means that those who live in the city where apartments are the big thing and can’t live without their cable are able to choose between providers. “There is no reason that consumers living in apartment buildings should be locked into one service provider,” said Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman. While the cable providers aren’t too happy about this, consumers should turn up happier because they will have the choice to save money by switching to another provider and get what they …read more