How To Manage Your Bandwidth Caps

If you are on a Internet plan that places limits on your bandwidth make sure you are getting everything you pay for. As an example last month I still had about 25g on my plan. If I did not use this bandwidth by the end of the month it would be gone forever. What I have been doing is checking the week before my new billing cycle to see how much bandwidth I have left for the month. If I have a lot left I will try to download as much as I need to use up my bandwidth cap for the month. This month I downloaded a few shows from iTunes and updated my smartphone to update the apps with my home WIFI. Keeping an eye on your usage you can avoid going over and getting charged extra or not taking advantage of what you are paying for. If you download torrents the end of the month is a great time to start the download as you will be using up the bandwidth left for the billing cycle and will have something to watch the following month without wasting next months caps. It pays to keep an eye on your usage.

LG Smart TV Upgrader Media Streamer

The LG Smart TV Upgrader is a media streamer that failed to get much press. If you never heard of this product if is simmilar to the Apple TV or Roku allowing Internet content to be accessed on your television screen. The new line of HDTV's from LG have the Smart TV interface pre-loaded giving buyers a connection to the Internet right out of the box. The LG Smart TV Upgrader give consumers who do not have one of the new LG TV's a simple solution to adding these apps to their exisiting set up regardless of televison brand you already own.

The Upgrader has a Twitter and Facebook app and access to Netflix. The box will also let you access your media files and play them on your TV. As more televison manufactures incorporate some sort of app store in their TV's more functinality is brought to your television screen.

It was smart of LG to bring this box to market which will add more users to their app store and they can profit by offering video on demand or other paid services. The new Samsung televisons also have a built in app store, but Samsung has yet to bring out it's own media streamer.

At the current price of $120 it's not a bad buy, but with Apple TV and Roku on the scene will have to wait and see what apps are going to make their way to the LG Smart TV Upgrader.

Report: Hulu offers potential buyers guaranteed access to programming for 5 years

Online video service Hulu, which is seeking an additional owner, will offer suitors five years of access to shows from its current media-company owners, according to a report in Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the situation.

Hulu plans to include two years of exclusivity. That means the new owners would have continued access to programs from Walt Disney Co. , News Corp. and Comcast's NBCUniversal. The move is important as companies like Amazon.com and Microsoft are not likely to bid without guaranteed access to this programming.

Hulu plans to offer suitors five years of access to shows from its media company owners, including two years of exclusivity, two people with knowledge of the situation said. According to Bloomberg's sources, TV networks would still be allowed to post shows on their own sites during the exclusivity period, and there would be exceptions for on-demand services.

Canadians Going Digital in September

The change from analog to digital will take place in September and viewers with older televisions will need to get the right equipment for the change. If you have a newer television set you should be able to continue to watch all your local stations in HD. If you have an older television set you will need a digital converter box. When the digital converter box is connected it will allow you to view the digital channel with your older television.

The cost of the converter box is anywhere from $50 to $100 (you can find them here!). The local stations in Canada are running television commercials to announce the change as per CRTC rules. These commercials are little misleading as many local stations are owned by cable and satellite companies. The commercials make it seem that you need a cable subscription to continue to watch over the air television.

In communities where a direct line of site is not possible you might lose the signal. The technology that makes digital signals work requires your antenna to point towards the broadcast tower.

As Canadians prepare for the digital change over this site will feature information to help those who are not sure what will be required to continue watching over the air television.