Mario Orazio

What I really want to rant about this month is good old high definition. The problem is defining definition and figuring out how high is high -- that and some other stuff.

You might not have noticed that, if you want recent commercial-free movies on video, there are better places to look than broadcast TV.

You might not have noticed that summer's over. Congress is back in session, and it's time to knuckle down and complete the DTV transition.

You might not have noticed that leeches and maggots have been in federal government news recently. Yes, this month's rant is about Hurricane Katrina and DTV.

You might not have noticed that HDTV is great, and that's a problem. I don't mean that it's a problem that you ain't noticed that HDTV is great.

Big is good… small is not to be trusted, except, of course, when small rules the day, and big is a liability.

I'll bet dollars to donuts you aren't watching.

You might not have noticed that Feb. 17 is going to be a good day to celebrate TV technology. But it ain't a day most of us are going to have to do anything different with that there technology.

You might not have noticed that there are numbers smaller than 13. I point this out because the FCC, Our Beloved Commish, seems to have just made the discovery.

You might not have noticed that Steve Jobs changed his mind. Let me put that another way: You might not have noticed that the most important thing about HDTV is NTSC

Ah, Las Vegas. Where else would you find a woman's near-naked derriere blown up to about two stories high on the side of a hotel in what's now promoting itself as a family-friendly city?

You might not have noticed that HDTV has higher definition than standard-definition television. I am not making this up.

You might not have noticed that sometimes a purchase has more than you wanted.