HAI Makes Product Announcements at ISC; All Omni Family Controllers Now CP-01 Compliant, Wireless Glass Break Detector and Spanish OmniPro II Controller Now Shipping Home Automation, Inc. (HAI), a leading manufacturer of home control products since 1985, continued its commitment to the security industry by making several major product announcements at the ISC show opening today in New York. Among […]
Read moreTEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 30, 2006–Syntax-Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq:BRLC), a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS(TM) HDTVs and digital entertainment products, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Vivitar Corporation, an Oxnard, Calif.-based leader in the design, development and marketing of photographic, optical, electronic and digital imaging products, for $26 million in stock. The acquisition will give Syntax-Brillian full ownership […]
Read moreNow with blacker blacks and whiter whites, the Sanyo PLV-Z25 projector will sure to please even the grumpiest of videophiles. Close to hitting market, this beauty boasts a sexy 10000:1 contrast, ratio dual HDMI connections, 1100 ANSI lumens brightness and a dual-iris system. From the article: Part of the PLV-Z5's secret is what Sany's calling the industry's first twin-iris system, […]
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I would guess that Microsoft decided to release this nifty little 1080p update just in time for Sony's release date. Also included in this free update will be the ability to stream WMV files from another computer, ability to play files from data CD's and DVDs, and 50 hz display compatibility. mmm The 360 is sounding better and better. From […]
Read moreThe Home Theater Guys are at it again with podcast #114! This week they talk about a few news tidbits including more Blu-ray delay rumours. As well, they talk in depth about the DVD iScan VP30 video processor-A/V Switcher. Read the article: Listen to the podcast: So what does it do? It cleans everything up and gives you the best […]
Read moreRecently, we had a user ask about the effectiveness of AC power conditioners in regards to their HT experience. Are they "all that" or are they just the latest mumbo-jumbo fad to try and extract cash from your wallet? Here's where I put on my day job hat (Electrical Engineer/Hardware Designer) and comment. The opportunity for smoke and mirror marketing […]
Read moreWell, let's just say don't go canceling your cable subscription or tossing out your DVR just yet. Ellen Gray does just that however, and sees how life with strictly internet-tv fares. Suffice to say, it's not there yet. But hey, it's better than where we were 1 year ago. Watching on the Web tends to take longer than watching a […]
Read morePVRWire does a little article on who they think will be buying TiVo. Personally, I don't see it happening until TiVo can make a big deal with cable companies to use TiVo's instead of their knockoff boxes that they charge people $10/month for, without any hardware fees. Knowing that the internet is going to take over the living room the […]
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EngadgetHD (formerly HDBeat) has a cool article about how to change out your TiVo Series 3 CableCARD enabled DVR with a larger hard drive. The Series 3 shockinly only comes with a 250GB drive, which as many of us know, HDTV will fill pretty quickly. As much as we love the TiVo Series3, for $800 we would like a bigger […]
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Thomson just introduced a new H.264 encoder for high definition optical disc mastering. H.264 is widely regarded as the trickiest of the next generation codecs. So a new toolset that can help create good looking 1080p movies is A-OK with me! TIGER AVC, co-developed by Thomson Corporate Research laboratories and Technicolor, is an optical disc compression tool that supports both […]
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