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• Sneaky Fees Two bucks to get a paper statement? $15 to book airline tickets online? Wireless providers, cable companies, and other firms are increasingly nickel-and-diming us to death. Here’s how to fight back.
• Verizon's Quad-Play Bundle Verizon pushes the familiar "triple-play-bundle-for-TV" concept to the next level, adding wireless calling to its triple-play plans.
• Kiss Your Pricey Cable Company Goodbye Analysis: Say hello to high-tech alternatives from TiVo and Roku that avoid the frustration — and high cost — of moving to digital.
• How to Get the Best Video Signal for Your HDTV Even the best TV can look lousy if it's not getting a great HD signal. These tips will help you make sure that you're getting the best possible picture, whatever your signal source or service.
• How to Install Your HDTV If you were planning to mount your new set over the fireplace, stop right now. Our tips will make sure you get the best possible view of your new set.
• How to Connect Your New HDTV Properly The right connections can make all the difference to your picture, but that doesn't mean you have to break the bank for really expensive cables.
• Comcast's 'TV Everywhere' Gets CBS, AMC, and Others Comcast's trial to bring cable video channel content to its customers expands to include CBS, HBO, Cinemax, TBS, TNT, and Starz.
• How the Unknown Digital TV Transition Could Screw You As cable companies move toward their own digital transition, your tricked-out home theater setup could lose favorite TV channels and functionality.
• 10 Things We Hate About ISPs and Cable and Phone Companies From their automated phone-support systems to their missed service appointments to their penchant for nickel-and-diming us to death, service providers seem have an inexhaustible supply of habits that get our blood pressure up.
• Comcast Speeds Up--But Keeps Download Cap in Place With speedier service, customers have the potential to reach their 250GB monthly cap much sooner.
• How to Calibrate Your HDTV If you haven't calibrated your HDTV, you're probably not seeing the picture you paid for. Here's how to get a near-perfect image on your high-def screen without breaking the bank.