1080p front projectors are still out of the price range of many, however, 720p projectors have had significant price drops in the last several months. An example of this is Optoma's HD70 720p projector that comes with a $1000 price tag. It also has enough features to satisfy most including an HDMI and VGA connector, relatively good brightness, 3,000:1 contrast […]
Read moreVia EngadgetHD, MHD is going to premiere a new concert in HD for the rest of 2006. 5 or 6 concerts is not a huge number but any HD content is in the right direct. Personally I am looking forward to concerts being released on one of the next gen DVD formats. From the article: MHD's concert premieres include: * […]
Read moreCE Pro copntinues their hot EHX coverage with a talk with Harmony and their Harmony 890 control. Is this remote worth 10 more of the 880? Well you will have to watch the YouTube video to find out. Here are a few hints, it retails for about a 100 more dollars that its sibling, it supports RF and has X10 […]
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This is great news for the consumer, and from what I can recall reading, Vizio is actually a fairly decent brand name. Especially if you can buy it at Costco & take advantage of their awesome return policy in case anything happens. Vizio is getting a jump start on Black Friday by unleashing a legion of new HDTVs. Delivering the […]
Read moreOrb is really doing a great job at being first to market on a lot of nice features, as well as making themselves some nice strategic partners. It's great to see as I frequently use it. Now if only it would play nice with Media Center!! Orb Networks today announced that its free MyCasting™ service is the first to take […]
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Apparantly only available for Series 2 TiVos so far, but still some nice updates for ya. I don't own a TiVo but could you really not set it to record a certain amount of time extra? Hey, maybe MCE did have some unique features afterall Thank you for your interest in the new TiVo Fall 2006 Service Update, […]
Read moreIf you've ever tried building a media center in your living room, (or anywhere else if you have a significant other who always seems to have super-sensitive hearing), then I'm sure you've tried all you could to make sure your HTPC is as silent as possible. SilentPCReview is a great source for info, and they go in-depth as to what […]
Read moreKeeping with our back to basics type articles, about.com teaches us about dynamic compression! From the article: In other words, if you find that the explosions or other loud parts are too loud and things such as dialog is too soft, by changing the dynamic compression setting, you can make it so the sounds of the explosions are not quite […]
Read moreI am a big fan of "back to basics" type articles that about.com and others (such as Audioholics) have. They provide insight into reviews and articles you read elsewhere that are inundated with technical terms. Today's topic is a loudspeaker impedance and series and parallel connections. I know we all started out hooking up multiple speakers in a variety of […]
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Sound & Vision has a quick blurb about an upcoming receiver from Cambridge Audio. Its worth it to check out the article to see the specs, it has some fairly impressive specs for its $1400 price tag. From the article: WEIGHT MATTERS At 33 pounds, the 640R has the heft you'd expect from a high-end component, thanks in part to […]
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