Tag: General Home Theater News

Deputy-dog.com has a good article featuring ten fantastic sci-fi based home theaters. Deputy Dog as time goes by there seems to be a growing trend amongst those people lucky enough to afford it / mental enough to spend all available cash on it: home cinemas. huge screens, incredible sound systems and luxurious seats are popping up in seemingly spare rooms […]

Ah, we can wish… Phornix The Goldmund Media Room supports 128-channel surround sound! Using proprietary Goldmund processors, 5.1 channel audio can be re-matrixed in real-time to support up to 128 channels. Unlike the first room, the speakers and amplifiers are hidden behind the decorative walls. On the video side, this room supports 1080p and has an ultra-wide 6-meter projection screen.

Now here is a nifty concept for those building a home theater where the video source is a significant distance from the display device.  If a standard HDMI cable just won’t reach then give this a shot.  At around $325 they are a little pricey, but will do the job if you have a long run. HDTV Origin The converter […]

For those Canadians out there. macnn The tax may have a significant impact for online stores such as iTunes and Canada-based Puretracks, which will have to factor the amount both into future and past sales. The new tax would be retroactive to January 1st, 1996 and would effectively cover all sales and subscriptions from such services since their beginnings, which […]

Ars has put together a pretty good overview of Windows Home Server. Ars Technica Perhaps the most impressive "feature" of Windows Home Server is that it’s a product that gives the term "digital hub" real meaning for the first time. While WHS isn’t perfect, it’s not hard to imagine a future version of the OS offering both a wider range […]

EngadgetHD has a nice article on how to run power to a wall mounted TV. This certainly looks a bit more elegant that running your power cord behind the dry wall. If you want to improve you WAF with your latest flat panel project, hit this article up. EngadgetHD Like most things in life, there are many ways to achieve […]

Have you every wondered what bit and sample rates meant in digital audio? Ars has a nice write up explaining the basics of digital audio in family friendly terms. Ars Technicia These two factors—the number of measurements per second, or sample rate, and the precision of the measurements, or bit depth—determine the basic quality of an uncompressed audio file. By […]

Here’s a great rundown of the common misinformation or straight out disinformation spread around by laymen and your neighborhood brick and mortar electronics store. David Loves Life It pains me to surf the Internet and read the horror stories of people buying a Vizio at Wal-Mart, plugging it into analogue cable and wondering why “this new fancy HD” looks like […]

Generally my advice to this question is to head over to an e-tailer such as monoprice or Blue Jeans and buy from them. However, for longer distances you want to ensure your cable will hold up. CEPro takes the easy way out and doesn’t actually recommend a cable but they do give sound advice. CEPro When dealing with longer cables, […]