Help me build a laptop puppet [more inside]
posted by Doctor Suarez on Oct 20, 2009 - 2 answers

Were the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics broadcast on tape delay in the United States? How can I figure out the TV schedule? Anecdotes of events you remember watching would help. [more inside]
posted by alicat on Oct 18, 2009 - 7 answers

Who is the artist performing the song "Under the Milky Way" by The Chuch on the new Lincoln-Mercury ads? Saw the ad on "Fringe" and "House". Good viewings selections, heh?
posted by ecollie on Oct 12, 2009 - 5 answers

I am looking for a TV to put downstairs. I was shopping at bestbuy and I found a floor model for sale. [more inside]
posted by Mastercheddaar on Oct 5, 2009 - 4 answers

What happens when the satellite my pay-tv satellite-dish is pointing at dies? [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on Oct 4, 2009 - 5 answers

How would one go about getting (assisted and monitored) access to scientific/medical research equipment in the Chicago area? (fMRI, MRI, electron microscopes, mass spectrometry) [more inside]
posted by chambers on Sep 24, 2009 - 5 answers

Why does my RCA plasma TV keep going black for 5 seconds at a time, outta nowhere? [more inside]
posted by flowerofhighrank on Sep 13, 2009 - 6 answers

[Australia] Which television should I buy for AU$2500? [more inside]
posted by turgid dahlia on Aug 30, 2009 - 10 answers

Trying to identify a British television program about a doctor that used to be broadcast on PBS. [more inside]
posted by Riki tiki on Aug 22, 2009 - 2 answers

Weird movie memory filter: I feel like it was a Disney Channel movie. The premise was a 14ish year old girl wanting to be in a boy's band, so she ended up dressing like a boy and they let her in the band. She was also in an all girl band and it happened that they had to perform on the same day. Chaos ensues, and she is found out in the end... Any help is great.
posted by razzamatazm on Aug 21, 2009 - 12 answers

Toronto cable tv frustration: should I dump Rogers for Bell? [more inside]
posted by maudlin on Aug 17, 2009 - 6 answers

Looking for the name of a song in a Radio Shack commercial. [more inside]
posted by geekchic on Aug 12, 2009 - 4 answers

Which recording of "Cup of Loneliness" is used at the end of Mad Men season 2 episode 12, "The Mountain King", and where can I get it? [more inside]
posted by teem on Aug 8, 2009 - 3 answers

Name That Show Used In That Russian Music Video-Filter: I was at a Russian restaurant in L.A yesterday and saw the strangest music video. I got the name of the artist (Something and Federov?) but the video was chopped up clips from what looked like a British TV show. What TV show or movie was being cut up? Details inside. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Aug 3, 2009 - 5 answers

Television recommendation just for running a Wii? [more inside]
posted by scruss on Aug 1, 2009 - 19 answers

Does anyone remember a BBC kids' TV series from the 70s-80s featuring psychic teenagers? I last saw it in the mid-80s. [more inside]
posted by emjaybee on Jul 29, 2009 - 8 answers

What's with these mysterious, over-the-air, digital television channels? [more inside]
posted by dirtdirt on Jul 28, 2009 - 14 answers

Help me build a media PC for my home entertainment unit. [more inside]
posted by consummate dilettante on Jul 27, 2009 - 9 answers

Lucille Ball plays golf after aborted attempts at other sports.... she and Ethel are jealous of the time lost to Desi and Fred...they take up golf to be with the boys and the boys 'teach' them a silly way of 'playing'...haliarity doth ensue. [more inside]
posted by dawson on Jul 10, 2009 - 7 answers

Dish Network, DirecTV or uVerse? [more inside]
posted by tippiedog on Jun 30, 2009 - 16 answers

Are the new indoor antennas to use with the DTV converter boxes any better/more effective than the old rabbit ears from years ago? [more inside]
posted by pushing paper and bottoming chairs on Jun 14, 2009 - 10 answers

Please suggest movies, TV shows and books that feature unrepentant, amoral characters [more inside]
posted by reenum on Jun 10, 2009 - 71 answers

Here's a tough question! I'm looking for two examples of films/tv shows that have recipes (for cooking) in the on screen credits. [more inside]
posted by niccolo on Jun 2, 2009 - 12 answers

I have a computer running Windows XP and I just connected it to my TV via VGA cables. The TV reports its maximum resolution as 1024x768, which Windows will happily provide, however my TV is 16:9. This results in an over-wide picture. I would like to have Windows use this 1024x768 resolution, but tell it to use non-square pixels, or something similar to bring everything back to the correct shapes.
posted by Xoder on May 30, 2009 - 10 answers

So... I may be going on television... [more inside]
posted by gergtreble on May 29, 2009 - 22 answers

Is there anywhere online I can watch the season 5 premiere of Jon and Kate Plus 8? [more inside]
posted by Quidam on May 29, 2009 - 6 answers

[TVMoviesFilter] Trying to remember an old, cheap-looking movie from a single rememberance: in a room full of rich people, a magician/healer slides a woman's neck tumor/lump through to her finger, at which point he cuts it off with a knife. [more inside]
posted by XiBe on May 14, 2009 - 5 answers

What are the best documentaries / movies on depression? [more inside]
posted by jfricke on May 12, 2009 - 5 answers

How do different news media (radio vs. television) end up doing the same news stories? [more inside]
posted by Hanuman1960 on May 6, 2009 - 10 answers

the end of the Bob the Builder theme song has that heavy guitar riff "wind down" which reminds me of some tv show theme (like the drew cary show or WKRP) where some guy shouts: "I love you NEW YORK -or maybe detroit--what is that show?
posted by hardyboy on Mar 29, 2009 - 6 answers

How can I watch videos on my computer in black and white? [more inside]
posted by siclik on Mar 24, 2009 - 8 answers

Can anybody identify or adapt this connector on my Terratec cinergy 850e PVR box? [more inside]
posted by Orb2069 on Mar 22, 2009 - 7 answers

TV Filter: I love 'The West Wing, so what other TV/DVDs should I watch? [more inside]
posted by eclecticlibrary on Mar 13, 2009 - 40 answers

Identify this (probably really awful) movie! [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Mar 2, 2009 - 8 answers

What, if anything, does the oft-used-on-TV license plate 2FAN321 reference? [more inside]
posted by chudmonkey on Feb 21, 2009 - 5 answers

How do I force PS3 games to play at their optimum resolution? [more inside]
posted by Who_Am_I on Feb 6, 2009 - 11 answers

The greatest a-holes to ever strut in front of a documentary film maker's camera? [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Feb 4, 2009 - 70 answers

Help me make a list of must see costume dramas/period films/tv. I love costume dramas and period films/tv and I'd like to see more of them. Recommendations please? [more inside]
posted by katyggls on Feb 3, 2009 - 50 answers

What are some of the typical things said on Japanese variety shows? Preferably cheesy and/or cavity-inducing sweet? [more inside]
posted by Xere on Feb 1, 2009 - 7 answers

Are the 2009 Winter X Games shown on any Canadian channels? It appears to be only available on U.S. ESPN.
posted by canoehead on Jan 22, 2009 - 1 answer

My surround sound system keeps cutting out at higher volumes. Please help me find a way to stop it happening. [more inside]
posted by Beep on Jan 21, 2009 - 9 answers

Movie/TV ID question: a half-remembered scene where a minor (?) character cracks nuts with his wooden hand. [more inside]
posted by Johnny Assay on Jan 16, 2009 - 3 answers

TV Movie ID: A sci-fi-ish TV movie from the 1980s which mostly featured children living on a planet where it never stopped raining. [more inside]
posted by DavidNYC on Jan 1, 2009 - 11 answers

Can you help us with our British TV Comedy addiction? [more inside]
posted by Secret Life of Gravy on Dec 31, 2008 - 76 answers

For the past two years, I've come across a TV channel broadcasting a looping video of a fireplace with Christmas music. I have no idea what channel it was on, or how/why it exists. All I want for Christmas is answers.
posted by SamuelF on Dec 23, 2008 - 17 answers

West Wing Filter: What's that dude doing walking on the roof? [more inside]
posted by grapefruitmoon on Nov 23, 2008 - 13 answers

A question about digital TV antennas in SE Portland. [more inside]
posted by concrete on Nov 17, 2008 - 8 answers

Can I make my Dell laptop keep running when it is closed? [more inside]
posted by trip and a half on Oct 31, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm in the US and want to follow the Canadian parliamentary election returns. Will any US TV station, cable or otherwise, have election coverage?
posted by Kattullus on Oct 13, 2008 - 7 answers

[Irritating-mystery filter] Of magical elevators, murder mysteries, Kenwood mixers and time travel: please help me identify this tv programme I watched once as a child! [more inside]
posted by badmoonrising on Oct 13, 2008 - 8 answers