Tag: General Home Theater News

Good to see this time slowly coming, if still it's with Cable Lab's monopoly on the technology. Hopefully the wider distribution & usage of cable cards will increase awareness to the point where we actually have competition in the market…or at least a better product.  Connected Home 2 Go  Motorola started commercial shipments of CableCARD set-tops this month and will […]

EH has a nice article up on how to fit a home theater into a smaller space. I am moving into a new house and my dedicated HT area will be smaller then I had hoped, so I will picking up tips from this article. It looks as though my dreams of a 100" screen and nice sized loudspeakers are […]

So you have spent thousands of dollars, went through 4 divorces and have a maxed our credit line at your local HI-FI store. Now what do you do? Well show it off to your friends and family of course. EH has a few tips to help you wow your audience! One tip that I find absent from the list relates […]

Good news for you pirat…errr…legitimate people who love to backup your DVDs. And pretty good news in general for those of us with aspirations of building a super home media server where we can just simply store everything. CE Pro As Kaleidescape CEO Michael Malcolm explains, "The DVD CCA went on a fishing expedition for three years, trying to find […]

While I chastise about.com for over-simplifying things, they do have a number of great back to the basics type articles well suited for folks who are about to jump into the home theater arena. In today's article they explain the difference between 1080i and 1080p From the article: 1080i and 1080p are both High Definition display formats for HDTVs. 1080i […]

The title speaks for itself really, if you have tweny five grand for a home theater room, Audioholics is set to walk you through how to set one up and what gear to buy. The guide is geared more towards the audiophile then the videophile. If I were to create a guide I might try and strike a balance between […]

Keeping wires hidden and not looking like a rat's nest can be one huge pain in the tush. Apartment Therapy has a nice step by step procedure to trim down your Cox table. Now what I do with the rest of the wires? Seriously! I need some help. If you have a suggestion for a wire management system, please post […]

EH sends word they have posted up an article about building a Home Theater in a condo or an apartment. Why should the home dwellers get all of the HT fun? One of my main problems in my apartment living past has been related to noise. They have a few tips that should help out. The last is my favorite. […]

Courtesy of Big Picture Big Sound is a home theater basics question looking into what type of connection is better. Connecting your home theater can be a bit of challenge, specifically where to route each set of wires. From the article: However, whenever there is switching or distribution of an analog signal (component video is an analog signal), you can […]