One 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 […]
Read moreHave a tub of popcorn and a barrel of soda for me when you go to these upcoming flicks in the theater. Week Of October 15th, 2006 Marie Antoinette – Biopic of the beautiful Queen of France who became a symbol for the wanton extravagance of the 18th century monarchy, and was stripped of her riches and finery, imprisoned […]
Read moreAre you a little confused about compatibility issues with the next generation DVD formats? Well About.com is here to shed some light on this annoying side affect of the format wars. From the article: Since the Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD formats are incompatible, due to differences in actual physical disc structure, you cannot play a Blu-ray Disc in an HD-DVD […]
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