General Home Theater News
CEPRo has a nice writeup on why you should go HDMI. Of course, the convenience of one cable is always nice. A full analog setup with component cables would be 9 wires (3 for video, 6 for sound). CEPRo Aside from these technical reasons, it’s too much to ask of the content providers to allow output of 1080p signals via […]
Read moreIts not very often that I post contests to other sites, but this one is pretty damn good. Engadget and EngadgetHD are giving away an entire home theater. What I wouldn’t do to be able to give that away to our readers. Anyone want to sponsor a contest for MissingRemote.com?:) EngadgetHD We want you to send in photos of your […]
Read moreExtremeTech has a nice article up about getting more out of your Home Theater with methods from THX. It goes into nice detail in how to setup your speakers. I am going to bookmark this one :). Extreme Tech The speaker placement isn’t perfect still. The left and right speakers are set narrower than the THX guidelines of 45 degrees […]
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Just saw this news post, which led me to their website , which led to the sweetest home theater for sports fans, so the news article just gives me the excuse I needed to post! Oh yeah, they’re opening a franchise in California soon. I just might have to arrange for a visit 😉 CE Pro TheaterXtreme Entertainment Group, Inc., […]
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Gizmodo took a 1:1 comparison of Monster’s $250 HDMI cable and Monoprice’s $35 HDMI cable. The results aren’t exactly shocking, but there are some surprise results that Gizmodo has highlighted from previous testing. Gizmodo You will notice that all of the cables in the pictures are coiled. I did that on purpose, in order to amplify any problems in their […]
Read moreARS takes a look at the up and coming wireless HDMI and wireless HD that will (not) rid us of all of our wires behind our A/V equipment. ArsTechnica According to Keowen, Tzero’s ZeroWire HDMI can use the WiMedia UWB standard to "deliver more than 300Mbps of sustained throughput for in-room coverage." The theoretical maximum throughput of UWB, however, is […]
Read moreJenny sends word that Epson has released a new higher end HTIB. For 5000 to 7000 dollars, you get a complete Home Theater setup including a retractable screen. Akihabara News Epson on Monday unveiled the Ensemble Home Cinema system which includes either a 1080p or 720p rear projector backed by an upscaling AV receiver and an Atlantic 5.1-surround sound system. […]
Read morePVRBlog’s been a little quiet of late, but for good reason…the lucky guy is getting himself a new home theater!! And like any good blogger, he’s writing it all up to help those of you in the future. Part 1 is up, and deals with basically planning your project and setting your goals, which if you’re me, you’re guaranteed to […]
Read moreSomething I had not considered, but I am now, is a starfield ceiling for your Home Theater. I guess it brings that drive up flavor to your HT experience. All you need now is bad chili dogs and nachos to round it out. Home Theater Blog The iSky star field panel new window system consist of 2×2’ panels (other sizes […]
Read moreDALLAS (June 18, 2007) – Continuing its focus on providing feature-rich audio innovations, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that its Aureus™ generation of audio digital signal processors (DSPs) is the first audio/video receiver (AVR) implementation approved for both Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, bringing high-quality audio from the movie theater to the home theater as it […]
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