In October's issue of CE Pro, they report on the history of Best Buy's effort as a home integration company. It really goes to show you how big companies take multiple years to get an initiative going. 6 years later, you still wouldn't know that Best Buy is interested in anything else but selling you boxed CE goods. From the […]
Read moreI didn't catch any great DVD releases this week, except for maybe X-Men 3: The Last Stand. As always, there are a few hundred titles that make it to DVD in a week, I try and pick the more popular ones. You can head over to movieweb.com for a complete listing. Also worth noting, there several concert DVDs hitting Blu-ray […]
Read moreHave a tub of popcorn and a barrel of soda for me when you go to these upcoming flicks in the theater. The title is a link to a trailer of the movie from Yahoo! Movies Week Of October 1st, 2006 Shortbus (Limited) – An urban dramedy that follows a varied group of seven people, among them a dominatrix and […]
Read moreI guess we know where HP stands in the next generation format wars. You can expect to find HP HD DVD drives in their m7600n desktop, the dv900t laptop and as an external drive. From the article: Press Release: We all know the story, HP went from being a "strong" Blu-ray supporter (like Samsung and LG) to pushing for changes […]
Read moreThe 800 and above series from Logitech are great universal remotes but suffer from the arm and leg syndrome. The 720 follows closely due to the technology creep that we have come to know and love in lower end models. The "activity" functions are the same but the looks and feel have changed quite a bit from the Harmony 880. […]
Read moreTaking a cue from PC's, the Niles IntelliControl Multiroom Audio system is a 12 channel/6 Zone expandable audio distribution system. It uses cards to expand its functionality. Of course an iPod expansion card is available and other systems such as XM, line level inputs and traditional FM/AM radio are all available. Wisely, Niles has chosen Cat-5 cable for signals and […]
Read moreYou can hardly walk five feet without finding something to stick your iPod into. This non-iPod news guy is simply amazed at the accessory love the iPod gets. I tried to find a FM transmitter for my generic DAP and everything I found had big bold iPod stickers all over it. Seeing reviews like the iGroove system does make me […]
Read morePssst.. Pass it on! Secrets Of Home Theater And High Fidelity have a review of the Pioneer 42MXE10 Plasma TV. The main attraction for this TV is the support for multiple frequencies. It has proper support for 50, 60, 48, 72 and 75 Hz. This will certainly attract the globetrotters among us who have to deal with varying broadcast frequencies […]
Read moreThe ZigBee Alliance released a new spec that will incorporate some significant changes over the initial spec in 2004. ZigBee's market penetration is pretty small to date, so it should not have a large impact on consumers going forward. A lot of the changes in the new specification are targeted at the industrial market. If you are interested in further […]
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