I don't think this is a surprise to anyone. Would you spend $500-1000 without knowing that the format will be around to stay? "Many customers also are reluctant to buy because of a battle between two high-definition formats, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, says electronics analyst Rosemary Abowd with Pacific Media Associates. The HD-DVD/Blu-ray battle is expected to end with one being […]
Read moreWhat the deuce? How does this happen in this day & age? Nobody knows what it exactly means, but this sounds shady as heck, and I don't mean shady in a good way like my name. "Patent 7075919, awarded to Cisco earlier this year, states that Cisco is the proud owner of any "System and method for providing integrated voice, […]
Read moreOne of the more expensive plasmas on the market, but these guys seem to think it's worth it. And judging by the specs, this thing is damn impressive. "the 5000EX is the first 50in plasma ever with a genuine 1,920 x 1,080 ‘Full HD’ pixel count. No fancy pixel-‘creating’ processing, no chicanery with shared electrodes and the like (a la […]
Read moreLooking for new ways to let your house control you…errr…to control your house? Here's a new option, pretty cool, both wireless & plug&play. "With the Smart Home Starter Kit your home can be completely automated: in the morning and at night, the lamps in your home can be turned on/off at set times, just when you need it. What's more, […]
Read moreC|Net is hot on the trail of DirectTV's new MPEG-4 AVC HD DVR. It receives failry high marks for its ability to record two shows at once, a quality interface, easy to use EPG and a RF capable remote. The bad is that it has no commercial skip and the ATSC tuner is disabled. Looking through the review, it appears […]
Read moreHome Theater Mag tested 61 new 2006 HDTVs to see how the actually perform under deinterlacing, 3:2 cadence detection test, and the bandwidth test. I was quite amazed to see that 54% of the sets failed the deinterlacing and an 80% of the sets failed the 3:2 detection test. From the article: Many scripted television and all film-based movies that […]
Read moreEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 16, 2006–Syntax-Brillian Corp. (Nasdaq: BRLC), a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS(TM) HDTVs and digital entertainment products, last Friday celebrated the grand opening of an LCD TV manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, under its Nanjing Huahai Display Technology Co., Ltd. joint venture. With a projected capacity of approximately 300,000 units annually, the facility will significantly bolster […]
Read moreAll six Star Wars films on HD is almost worth my while to subscribe to Cinemax HD. I am gonna guess the othe r98% of subscribers are in it for the cable porn. If you can't get Cinemax, all six films will be coming to HBO HD sometime next year. From the article: All six ‘Star War’s films will air […]
Read moreDon't expect a Sony Blu-ray play in the UK until at least March 2007. Sony figures there is not much point in laucnhing the stand alone player until it launches the PS3. Reading in between the lines, Sorry Europe.. you are screwed… From the article: We won’t be talking about any product introduction until March 2007 at the earliest.” Sony […]
Read moreDigital Trends, formerly DesignTechnica, boldly goes where no HT enthusiast has gone before… Recommending against a sub!! Its not so much that Mark F. is recommending against a sub woofer for your HT, it's that he recommends to go without instead of buying a "one fart wonder". He sheds some light on the myth that a good subwoofer is an […]
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