Tag: General Home Theater News

The user contributed news has slowed down a bit, so I thought I would find some to throw out there. For a nice change of pace, I will throw out some HT news. First up is S&V’s review of an ERA speaker system. Sound & Vision As ERA notes in their literature, these speakers are not the most efficient and […]

Skirge sent in this news story a few days ago, I finally read it and thought it was worth a post :). Engadget For the low, low price of $2500 you can supposedly rid your music of pops and clicks (but not hiss, strangely) with the turn of a knob.  

The bane of every technophile in existence…. waiting for new features… after all.. they are just around the corner! The author of Home Theater Blog, an AVS installer, tells the story of a client who suffers the exact same problem. I know I am coming across the same problem when deciding what to build for my new HTPC (details to […]

Planning your home entertainment setup can be a daunting task. I am smack dab in the middle of the very same thing and just can't figure out what I want to do. As the linked article from F-Stop details, dividing your home into zones can simplify the process. He even throws in a good sports analogy :). F-Stop Blues In […]

A good history lesson on HDMI, as well as some pointers on using it with your current setup. It's pretty interesting to see some shortcuts taken which of course affect your quality…shame. Audioholics HDMI, as we've pointed out elsewhere, is a format which was designed primarily to serve the interests of the content-provider industries, not to serve the interests of […]

Most of you probably already know most of these, but nonetheless, a good refresher for those who haven't done their HDTV research. I wonder if a Best Buy sales dude would know these? Popular Mechanics To make sure you get HD resolution, you need to do pixel math. Many 42-in. plasma TVs are sold with 1024 x 768 pixels. But […]

EH is featuring a very nice, down to earth type Home Theater with water falls and nice rock features. Of course, something of this caliber does not come cheap. Thats understandable when you have to start moving out walls and the like. It is really worth taking a slideshow and seeing this one. EH He started by pushing out the […]

I post alot of EH's articles mainly because they give me ideas that I can incorporate into my future man cave. The 2007 best homes of the year award features many different home theaters in different budget ranges. Just don't let your significant other see this or they may want dual LCDs popping out of the kitchen counter. Electronic House […]

A quality DVD player does not mean you have to pay a bundle for it. Oppo has come out with a line of great upconverting DVD players. Not only is the upconverting top notch in this player, it can also handle a ton of different CODECS including DivX, WMA, DVD-A and a few others. You can check out our review […]

Not a bad article for those of you ripping your music to your server, but honestly, in this day & age where you can buy terabytes of hard drive space for so cheap, do you really need to be skimping on your music quality, no matter what anyone says? So what do you kids rip at? I'm a 192kbps man […]