Famous for their DIY projector kits, Lumen Labs has announced their very own custom designed video projector. For a mere $499 you can get a 800X600 or 1024X768 projector that offers a 1000 ANSI Lumen output, VGA connector and component connector. The kicker here is that the bulb only costs 30 dollars to replace!!! From the article: The $499 Lumenlab […]
Read moreIt looks like Scrooge is showing his ugly face around the holidays! TiVo is set to raise prices on its monthy subscritpion fee from $12.95 to $14.95. The plan options and price hikes are a confusing jumble of crap that would scare me out of wanting to buy a TiVo. From the article: 1. At the time of activation of […]
Read moreI am becoming more and more interested in an in-wall speaker setup. Not only for the WAF, which plays a big part, but as well for the wire management and clean layout they provide. I would be hard pressed to spend $3,000 on Polk's latest creation, however this speaker does get great reviews from Secrets Of Hi-Fi. IP based speakers, […]
Read moreThe 61" HL-S6187W 1080p DLP from Samsung weighs in at a very light $2999. For this price you get dual HDMI connections, the other usual suspects in the connection department and a very nice 10,000:1 contrast ration. Yowza! You do get a few downsides like minor artifacts during motion, a shoddy remote, and a little louder then usual fan noise. […]
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Well, it wouldn't be a blog without a little bit of armchair analyst going on. Whilst browsing for news over the past few days, I stumbled across PVRWire's article about things TiVo could do better to improve their product. One of the items was to have TiVo PVR software for the PC available. Now I would like to say […]
Read moreLets continue on with more HD loving tonight. After all, the Super Bowl is just around the corner :). Home Theater Blog has a press release/detail blurb about the upcoming BenQ W10000 1080p projector. You can expect this feature rich projector to sell around $6000 or $7000. However, don't be fooled by the 1080p label, it appears this simply means […]
Read moreecoustics has a great article covering everything you wanted to know about HDTV resolutions. Its a great primer before you go out TV shopping. The center point of the article discusses whether or not you actually need 1080p capable HDTV. Given the lack of content, and the marginal improvement (too most people's eyes) over 1080i, I am sure most people […]
Read moreUK Sky subscribers will be very to know that Santa is bringing them boatloads of HD delight this holiday season. You can expect great movies like X Men: The Last Stand, The Da Vinci Code, Narnia, and the ENTIRE six episodes of Star Wars. From the article: A further eight live Barclays Premiership games are live in HD on PREMPLUS. […]
Read moreYou heard it hear first, well at least the somewhere in the top 1000. INHD 1 and 2 is going way of the dodo and will be replaced by "Mojo". Its probably a good thing, I would rather have one channel with better selection then a couple with diluted programming. From the article: The network is also considering adding additional […]
Read moreChris Lanier has ventured beyond the PVR world and into the Home Automation end of things. He takes you a few of the options that are available and a quick overview of the advantages and disadvantages of each. In the end, he went with an INSTEON setup combined with the MCE software mcontrol. From the article: Next, you will want […]
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