"Comcast claims this is just not true and there are actually at least 17,000 VOD titles available in most markets"

Of those "thousands" of titles are stupid things like cars for sale or video dating vids or other local crap that no on watches.

Now, if they had 17,000 HD tv SHOWS or MOVIES that would be different. I wish someone had the time to go and do a pie chart of all the on demand stuff that each provider offers and compare HD to SD. And compare stuff you have to pay for with stuff that's free. Also some stuff on demand is only available if you subscribe to premium channels so technically, it costs extra to watch.

This reminds me of those short videos that they used to play on Sesame Street

Booo! They ripoff Popcorn Hour! Don't buy their products!

The correct response to "Do you know how fast you where going?" is

"I believe I was driving within the speed limit"

Then you give an answer that isn't a number and the response can't be used against you.

Dear manufacturers: please use RF for your wireless boxes so we can put them in the closet next to the NAS. Thank you.

Scientists used to put styrofoam cups in a bag and send it down to the bottom. The pressure at the bottom would cause the cups to shrink down to the size of a thimble. Then someone decided, why not try one of those strofoam heads instead? You know the ones that people usually keep wigs on. My guess is that is a bag of shrunken styrofoam heads.

An example of a before and after can be found here:
http://www.mbari.org/expeditions/Pulse53/Logbook/sept18.htm

That remote looks just like the remote for Popcorn Hour
http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/blog/popcorn_hour/popcorn_hour_3.jpg

I'm happy to have this. I wish you could set up a series recording though. As of now, you can only record set one show at a time to record. An iPhone app would be even better.

Two words for ya: Popcorn Hour

Yeah, that what I was thinking. This was featured in the TV Show Lost.